Noida: A family escaped with minor bruises after a large section of ceiling plaster collapsed inside their rented flat at Supertech Ecovillage 1 in Greater Noida while they were sleeping on Thursday night.Varun Singh and his family, residents of Flat No 205 in Tower B1, noticed the plaster coming loose around 12.40 am and left the bedroom immediately. Within minutes, a nearly three-foot chunk broke off around the fan and fell on the bed and floor with a loud thud, the family said.They have demanded a structural inspection of the flat along with repairs and safety measures. YG Estates, the third-party firm managing the society’s maintenance, could not be reached for comment.Supertech chairperson RK Arora said Ecovillage 1 is among 16 stalled housing projects handed over to a Supreme Court-appointed apex committee and National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (India) for completion, after the builder entered insolvency proceedings in Dec 2024. The project has 8,173 flats.The incident has renewed scrutiny of construction quality across NCR. On Aug 25, Noida Authority had directed Colourful Estate Pvt Ltd, developer of Antriksh Golf View-II in Sector 78, to conduct a structural audit of the 15-year-old complex within a month, after inspectors found exposed reinforcement bars and seepage-damaged beams in several towers.Ecovillage 1 itself has recorded multiple such incidents. In June this year, a large section of exterior plaster fell from Tower E onto a parked car.In 2022, GNIDA officials inspected the complex following resident complaints about a sunken peripheral road and found cracks in basement columns and the driveway near Towers F7 and D5. Officials said some basement pillars had been twisted and fractured, possibly due to the construction of a sewage treatment plant, and ordered the builder to conduct an IIT structural audit.In May 2017, about a three-foot section of ceiling collapsed at a Tower A1 flat, with debris falling onto a sleeping tenant.Under the UP Building Bylaws 2025, highrise and special buildings must undergo their first structural audit in the 10th year from the grant of the occupancy permit, followed by audits every five years. The audit must be conducted by a registered or licensed structural engineer or an empanelled expert structural engineer. For buildings above 50 metres and special structures, the evaluation must be carried out by an expert structural engineer, with the findings submitted to the Authority for its records. The rules also allow for an immediate structural evaluation if a building shows signs of distress, including structural cracks, rather than waiting for the scheduled audit.Noida Authority’s Structural Audit Policy in Nov 2022 states that builders are required, from April 2023, to submit structural-safety reports from designated premier engineering institutions when seeking partial or full occupancy certificates. For occupied buildings, the policy allows residents to trigger an inspection if at least 25% of flat owners in a tower complain about structural safety. If serious cracks or other major defects are found, the Authority can order a detailed structural audit.