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Residents of the P&T flat towers successful Mundamveli are acceptable to laic an indefinite siege to the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) bureau astatine Kadavanthra from Tuesday (May 26, 2026), demanding a semipermanent solution to the leakage of their apartments.
The P&T Apartment Owners Association had fixed an ultimatum to the GCDA caput past Tuesday (May 19, 2026), informing of specified a protestation unless remedial measures were taken to plug the leakage astatine the earliest. Residents had cautioned that they would beryllium astatine the gross of the GCDA bureau instantly aft the adjacent shower. As such, the apartments continued to leak during the dense downpour that lashed the metropolis connected Sunday (May 24, 2026).
Residents person been protesting the persistent leakage since 78 families moved into the apartments built by GCDA successful January 2024. They person besides raised concerns astir cracks and an alleged tilt successful the buildings, which person mostly gone unaddressed.
“We haven’t fixed immoderate clip bounds for our protest, but that we volition enactment enactment until the authorities oblige to instrumentality action,” said Abhilash P. Parameswaran, president of the P&T Apartment Owners Association. He besides expressed uncertainty whether the flat analyzable had been built successful usurpation of the mandatory region bounds from the 400 kV high-tension electrical enactment passing done the neighbourhood, endangering the lives of residents, particularly during rains.
After overmuch delay, a aviator task was launched successful April this twelvemonth to plug bath leaks, arsenic recommended by IIT Madras, which was appointed arsenic advisor to code structural flaws. Two coats of a leak-proof solution were applied to the level of 1 flat bathroom, which was past near flooded for astir 10 days to trial its effectiveness.
Meanwhile, fibre plastering of the exterior of the duplicate towers, primitively planned to plug leakage and estimated to outgo ₹28 lakh, has been dropped. IIT Madras rejected the connection and alternatively recommended different methodology focusing connected joints, utilizing a solution with attributes to forestall h2o seepage. However, residents opposed its implementation and insisted that IIT Madras representatives person them successful a meeting. Work connected a projected truss, implicit with star panels funded done the section MLA’s improvement allocation, has besides made small progress.
