This is the moment a demolition of a defunct water tank went out of control and came crashing down on the wrong side, falling onto a house in western India's Gujarat state.

The incident took place on Monday (November 25) in the Chandkheda area of Ahmedabad.

Video shows the dilapidated water tank standing tall before the planned demolition in the residential area. The operation soon begins, only to have the water tank collapse off-course.

Luckily, no one was harmed in the event as the area had been vacated prior to the demolition.

According to reports, this is the third incident involving an old overhead water tank in a month.

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has been tasked with demolishing all the dilapidated tanks in the city.

This the moment controlled demolition of a defunct water tank went out of control and came crashing down on the wrong side barely missing houses in the neighbourhood in western India's Gujarat state.

The incident took place on Nov. 25 in Chandkheda area in Ahmedabad city of the state.

Visuals show the dilapidated water tank standing tall before the planned demolish in the residential area.

The operation soon begins only to have the water tank collapse off-course the plan.

Though parts of the debris had fallen on a nearby house, no one was harmed in the event as the area had been vacated prior to the demolish.

According to reports, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has been tasked with demolishing all the dilapidated tanks in the city.