<p class="title">The Kerala government has asked two companies shortlisted for the demolition of the five high-rises in Kochi to submit a detailed plan soon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">S B Sarwate, an expert in demolition, visited the high-rises on Friday and held discussions with the company representatives and government officials. Various options like controlled explosions or tilting the structure towards the water bodies were being considered.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mr Sarwate, who is a record holder in imploding the maximum number of buildings in the country, earlier told a section of the media that the demolition of comparatively new structures was quite challenging.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, the Supreme Court-appointed committee headed by Justice K Balakrishnan Nair, to decide compensation, asked those flat owners who lacked proper ownership documents to submit an affidavit with the documents to prove ownership of the flat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A preliminary examination by the committee found that only around 240 of the 326 flat owners had valid documentation proving ownership. Many flat owners had shown a very low price for the purpose of registration to evade stamp duty. Hence, they might get only that amount.</p>
<p class="title">The Kerala government has asked two companies shortlisted for the demolition of the five high-rises in Kochi to submit a detailed plan soon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">S B Sarwate, an expert in demolition, visited the high-rises on Friday and held discussions with the company representatives and government officials. Various options like controlled explosions or tilting the structure towards the water bodies were being considered.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mr Sarwate, who is a record holder in imploding the maximum number of buildings in the country, earlier told a section of the media that the demolition of comparatively new structures was quite challenging.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, the Supreme Court-appointed committee headed by Justice K Balakrishnan Nair, to decide compensation, asked those flat owners who lacked proper ownership documents to submit an affidavit with the documents to prove ownership of the flat.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A preliminary examination by the committee found that only around 240 of the 326 flat owners had valid documentation proving ownership. Many flat owners had shown a very low price for the purpose of registration to evade stamp duty. Hence, they might get only that amount.</p>
