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Toddler, caretaker trapped in Gurugram lift with no emergency button
A three-year-old child and his caretaker were trapped inside a lift in the K tower of Edge Towers condominium in Gurugram’s Sector 37D for about 15 minutes on Tuesday afternoon. Residents said the lift, which stopped between floors, had no emergency button or bell, sparking panic.
Residents alleged that similar lift failures occur almost weekly across all 12 towers and that requests for inspection have been ignored by the developer’s maintenance team. Ashutosh Thakur, a resident, said the child kept crying throughout the ordeal and warned that a lone senior citizen or an older child could face greater danger.
Umashankar Pandey, the condominium’s maintenance head, said a minor technical glitch caused the stoppage, that his team reached within minutes to rescue the pair, and that the fault has been fixed. Residents have demanded a formal inspection of all lifts in the society.
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Under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, a condominium’s maintenance body is responsible for ensuring common amenities like lifts are safe and functional. A lift without an emergency button violates basic safety norms under the Bureau of Indian Standards code for electric traction lifts. Residents of Edge Towers have now flagged a pattern of weekly failures across all 12 towers, yet no statutory inspection or penalty is on record. The Gurugram deputy commissioner’s office can order a structural safety audit under the Haryana Apartment Ownership Act. If the developer or maintenance agency fails to comply, the Haryana RERA authority can impose a penalty of up to five per cent of the project cost. The next event to watch is whether residents file a formal complaint with the district administration or RERA, which would trigger a mandated inspection within 30 days.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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