guwahati a day after the devastating earthquake rocked nepal and its neighbours a survey was conducted in the city by assam real estate and infrastructure developers association areida on sunday which confirmed that no structural cracks or defects were detected in the buildings here structural defects can lead to tilting and finally collapse of buildings apart from few nonstructural cracks in some of the buildings and apartments which pose no threat to them areida report said the conditions of the buildings in the city after the quake were found to be good the private companies and government agencies of the state involved in the construction work have done good work the report read an earthquake measuring 79 on the richter scale is a massive earthquake but if we see the extent of damage it is least in guwahati as compared to that caused in west bengal and delhi and the credit goes to the builders and all those involved in the construction here said pk sarma president of areida he said though guwahati delhi and kolkata are equidistant from pokhra 1000 km which was close to the epicenter damage was negligible in guwahati though everyone felt the aftershocks of the temblor he however said its high time that the people of guwahati and the northeast to take advice of engineers while constructing buildings and high rises in future kamrup metro district administration will assess the damages in the city and review the decadeold buildings the construction works in the northeast should be carried out following bureau of indian standards bis 1893 code which lays down the criterion for earthquake resistant construction in several other parts of the city where local bodies do not have technical experts to look after building designs people should consult experts before initiating construction work added sarma