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Bhora Kalan effect: Villages to soon put up ‘Health Wall’

GURGAON: Encouraged by the appreciation received by Bhora Kalan village for its improved sex ratio, several village panchayats in Gurgaon have decided to put up a ‘Health Wall’ displaying the sex ratio, number of expecting mothers, immunization status and the healthcare facilities available in their villages.

The decision was taken during a Panch Sarpanch Sammelan of Gurgaon district organized on Monday at Kingdom of Dreams. The meeting, presided over by deputy commissioner P C Meena, saw the members of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) of all the 210 villages of the district taking part.

Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-07/gurgaon/31033580_1_villages-panchayat-land-pris

City centre may get prepaid autos

In a bid to check exorbitant auto fares, the city traffic police may launch a prepaid service from Huda City Centre Metro station. It will soon ask the concerned authorities to constitute a committee and fix fares for various parts of the city. “To prevent auto drivers from fleecing commuters, a prepaid auto service is being proposed by the police. The prepaid service will be launched from the metro station premises as it has vacant space available,” said Bharti Arora, DCP (traffic), Gurgaon.

A major portion of the 29,000-square-metre parking space at the Huda City Centre Metro station is lying unused due to ongoing construction activities for a shopping mall. According to the traffic police, roads are often occupied by private vehicles, taxis and auto-rickshaws in the absence of a dedicated stand.

With a prepaid auto service within the Metro premises, there should be fewer traffic snarls in the area, Arora added.

However, daily commuters have little hope that the plan will see the light of the day.

“It’s a good initiative but I wonder how many auto drivers are going to comply. There is hardly any auto in the city with a meter installed. But I hope this step will reduce chaos near the Metro premises. Plus, we will get to know the legal fares,” said Malik, a daily commuter.

At present, there is not even a single prepaid auto stand in the city. The proposed counters will arrange autos for passengers against a fixed charge. After passengers reach their destination, drivers can collect the fare at the prepaid stand, as it is practiced in Delhi.

Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Haryana/City-centre-may-get-prepaid-autos/Article1-808275.aspx

Suncity residents stop work on Aravali foothills

The alert residents of a private township — Suncity — in Sector 54 on Friday stopped “developers” who had come with bulldozers to clear the rocky terrain of the eco-fragile Aravali foothills for construction of housing units. Later, the residents called the police who asked the developers to call off the work.

There has been a controversy over the land. The Haryana government had allotted plots — each measuring 60 square yards — to 150 persons belonging to economically weaker sections in 2004. The following year, a major portion of this rocky area was cleared making room for 113 plots. At this juncture, the residents protested and stopped the work. So, the rest of the plots could not be prepared.

“On Friday again, all of a sudden a bulldozer was seen removing rocks. The residents stopped the work and called the police. The Aravali range abutting the township is already an eco-fragile area and the mining is banned here. Nobody has the right to destroy the greenery and disturb the ecological balance,” said Abhey Poonia of Suncity RWA.

When contacted, the developers claimed that the bulldozer does not belong to them. According to them, those who came with bulldozers were original plot allottees. “We have nothing to say on this matter. Otherwise also, we have won the case in the SC that has ruled that the land in question is not part of the Aravali Hills,” said Sanjay Jain, the senior official with the developer company.

Anil Kumar the station house officer of the area said that he had called the people to the police station who had sent bulldozers to remove rock. “They are the original allottees of the plots. They wanted to clear the ground for constructing houses,” he added.

Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Haryana/Suncity-residents-stop-work-on-Aravali-foothills/Article1-806957.aspx

HUDA chief Praveen Kumar reassures DLF III residents

GURGAON: The residents of DLF Phase III got a chance to hand in their complaints about the poor security, illegal parking and encroachments in their area directly to the HUDA administrator, Praveen Kumar, who was the chief guest at a function organized by DLF III RWA to launch the directory published by the RWA. The residents also took Praveen Kumar to various trouble spots in their colony and requested him to take necessary action to solve the problems.

The residents of DLF III have been complaining to the authorities about their various problems but this this time around they got a chance to directly show them to the HUDA chief. Praveen Kumar visited a number of locations in DLF III where he saw a lot of encroachments. He also visited the cremation ground in T-Block, which is surrounded by a number of residential houses.

He assured the RWA that necessary action would be taken to improve the living conditions in the colony. R P Singh, president of the RWA, said that the governing body of the RWA undertook an arduous task in compiling this directory with maximum details and telephone numbers not only of the members of the RWA but also of the government of Haryana, district administration of Gurgaon, the DLF management, various public utility services, etc. The function was attended by a number of the RWA members with their spouses, special invitees and advertisers. Releasing the directory, Praveen Kumar appreciated the efforts of the RWA in bringing it out and said it was very informative, educative and well prepared.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/HUDA-chief-Praveen-Kumar-reassures-DLF-III-residents/articleshow/11786403.cms

Khandsa to take on admin over underpass

Feeling cheated at the hands of the authorities, people living along the Gurgaon Expressway have threatened to launch an agitation over the issue of constructing an underpass at Khandsa between Rajiv Chwok and Kherki Daula toll plaza. The problem started after National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) dropped a plan to set up an underpass at Khandsa. A detailed project report (DPR) of NHAI has suggested three underpasses and one foot-over bridge on the 7-km stretch between Rajiv Chwok and Kherki Daula toll plaza. The DPR has suggested an underpass each on Hero Honda Chowk, Narsinghpur and Kherki Daula and an over-bridge near Ananj Mandi.

“As per the earlier plan, NHAI was to construct four underpasses, including one near Khandsa village. We have given an ultimatum to the Haryana government as well as to NHAI to include Khandsa also or else we would be forced to stage an agitation,” said Nathu Singh, sarpanch of village Mohammadpur Jharsa.

A number of resident welfare associations (RWAs) and village heads under the aegis of the Joint Action Forum of Resident Welfare Associations (Jafra) have threatened to block the Gurgaon Expressway if talks between NHAI and the state government – over constructing underpasses between Rajiv Chowk and Kherki Daula toll plaza – fail to break the deadlock. The meeting is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on February 17.

Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Haryana/Khandsa-to-take-on-admin-over-underpass/Article1-806961.aspx

Buyers, take the sample flat with a pinch of salt

GURGAON: Rajat Gogi, manager at a multinational firm in the city, had booked a 2 BHK flat in an apartment on Golf Course extension road in 2009 after visiting a sample flat at the project site. The flat appeared to him well-designed and spacious enough for a family of four. But now, he finds the under-construction apartment much smaller than what he was shown during the guided tour of the sample flat. When he approached the builder, Gogi was shown a clause in the sale agreement which specified that the final product could be “altered”.

Also, with the actual sample flat razed, Gogi is at a loss to prove what he was promised. With several housing projects coming up in the city, market analysts warn the buyers to be cautious and understand how an unfurnished flat would look like: “Sample flats are effective marketing tools and should be viewed as the same,” says Mrunal Duggar, vice-president of residential services at Jones Lang LaSalle India. However, in the case of luxury homes buyers go to the extent of paying extra money to get the exact replica of the sample house. “We see many instances where a luxury apartment buyer is sufficiently impressed to ask for a replica of the sample flat. Money is not a concern for such buyers,” says Duggar.

Some builders put up larger flats on display, confusing the buyer about specifications like actual size, distance between two towers, direction, etc. Developers also invest heavily in the interiors like movable fixtures, fittings and white goods of the sample flats. These movable fixtures are not a part of the actual apartment and hence a buyer should be looking at specifications like tiles, flooring and sanitary ware, which are generally part of an apartment. “A buyer should have a nose for details and compare the specifications mentioned in the papers against what is on display,” says Ruchika Bharadwaj, lead analyst, Certes Realty Ltd.

On the other hand, developers insist that a sample flat is necessary for new buyers to understand what they are buying. They see nothing wrong in the fact that in apartments that have flats of multiple sizes, sample flats usually reflect the most spacious units. “Apart from certain decorative furnishings, the sample flat is a portrayal of the actual size of the living areas, bedrooms, bathroom areas, balconies, etc. It is also an indicator of the quality of specifications used, in wall finish, woodwork, sanitary-ware, electrical fittings, floorings, etc,” says Harinder Dhillon, senior VP, marketing, Raheja Developers.

But most of the developers strictly prohibit prospective buyers from clicking pictures of the sample houses. “A prospective buyer is not allowed to click pictures of a sample flat. This leaves him with no proof of the offering,” says Sanjay Sharma, managing director of Qubrex. But popular developers claim that they don’t make any “changes” in the actual flats and it’s only some of the “unscrupulous developers who do tend to cut corners on final delivery with respect to specifications”.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Buyers-take-the-sample-flat-with-a-pinch-of-salt/articleshow/11786394.cms

Stop paying EMI to builders, says TC

GURGAON: The town and country planning department has announced that residents paying EMI or buying any property in Mayfield Gardens in Sector 51 must not pay the builder any more because the entire colony has been taken over by the government for all administrative purposes.

The department has put up public notices at over 23 sites across the colony announcing the cancellation of the builder’s licences and its taking over of the project. The builder’s licences have been cancelled on account of non-payment of dues running into crores of rupees. The licences were given for development of residential plotted colony (Mayfield Gardens) in Sectors 47, 50, 51, 52 and 57.For the residents, fed up with the lack of facilities and violations of the building plan, the move has come as a ray of hope that the colony’s condition will now improve.

The housing projects are in different stages of completion whereas over 15,000 residents are living in plotted houses at present.Senior town planner, Gurgaon, R K Singh, said: “The department has started the work of checking the records of the builders to determine the financial aspects of the project. In case a property has already been sold, the pending instalments, payable to the licensee companies or companies authorized by them, shall be paid in favour of DGTCP.”Speaking to TOI, Sukhbir Singh Jaunpuria, managing director of SS Builder, which has a large stake in the project, said: “All the payments will soon be made to the TCP department as per the rule. The delay in payment was due to some misunderstanding which has been sorted out.”

The amount recovered shall be utilized for clearing the outstanding dues against the licensees and development of deficient infrastructure, Jaunpuria said. The builders are yet to pay the licence renewal fee of Rs 24.72 crore, over Rs 17 crore of external development charges.Meanwhile, the residents welcomed the department’s decision. “The government should not only worry about default in payments by the builders but work to provide facilities needed in the colony,” said Ajender Singh, a resident.

According to the residents, the department should have taken the action long time ago. “It’s good that licences have finally been cancelled and the project taken over by the government. The department must work to improve roads, power and other facilities in the colony,” said Amit Sikka, another resident. The residents had sleepless nights after the department announced an embargo on all the Mayfield Gardens projects last year, stopping the sale and registration of its properties. “Now the department must clear the way for registration of properties in our colony. The residents had been running from pillar to post to get their properties registered,” said Ashwini Vohra, a resident.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Stop-paying-EMI-to-builders-says-TC/articleshow/11786179.cms

Hooda ask Centre to fund urban infra projects

NEW DELHI / GURGAON: Chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said the state plans to develop towns like Gurgaon and Faridabad on par with Delhi under its sub-regional plan of NCR. Speaking at the second meeting of the sub-committee of National Development Council (NDC) on urbanization, Hooda said the draft report proposes strategies for balanced development of the NCR to enable economic development of the NCR towns on par with Delhi.

He said that in the formulation of model municipal law, devolution of powers, responsibilities and functions to the local governments and communities should be left to state governments, as the local issues of every urban local body are different.The CM stressed on the need to constitute an Urban Transport Management Authority for NCR to ensure an integrated transport planning. He said for faster and modern urban transport facilities, including metros and Regional Rapid Transit Systems (RRTS) in the NCR are being actively considered.

The two priority corridors of RRTS – Delhi-Sonipat-Panipat and Delhi-Gurgaon- Alwar are capital intensive, he said, while asking union urban development ministry to fund the project as the state was unable to do so. For connecting IGI Airport New Delhi to IFFCO Chowk, Gurgaon via Dwarka, a scheme of high speed Metro Rail connectivity has been prepared with the help of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Hooda-ask-Centre-to-fund-urban-infra-projects/articleshow/11786429.cms

पांच बिल्डरों के 26 लाइसेंस रद्द

मेफील्ड गार्डन के निवासियों का आंदोलन रंग लाया
पांच बिल्डरों के 26 लाइसेंस रद्द

गुड़गांव। मेफील्ड गार्डन के निवासियों का संघर्ष आखिरकार रंग लाया। टाउन एंड कंट्री प्लानिंग महानिदेशक की ओर से पांच बिल्डरों के 26 लाइसेंस रद्द कर दिए गए हैं। अब 332 एकड़ एरिया पर बिल्डरों का अधिकार नहीं रह गया है। इसकी जिम्मेदारी हुडा एसटीपी को सौंप दी गई है।

मेफील्ड गार्डन आरडब्ल्यूए के अध्यक्ष कर्नल धर्मवीर यादव ने बताया कि टाउन एंड कंट्री प्लानिंग की ओर से 1994-95 में मेफील्ड गार्डन, सेक्टर-47, 50, 51, 52 व 57 को बसाने के लिए 21 बिल्डरों को लाइसेंस जारी किया गया था। लेकिन, बिल्डराें के आपसी विवाद के कारण वर्ष 2003 में प्लॉटों को काटने का काम शुरू हो सका।

बिल्डरों की ओर से सभी कंपनियों को समन्वित कर पांच मुख्य कंपनियां बनाई गईं। लेकिन इस कंपनियों की ओर से न तो एरिया में बिल्डर लाइसेंस एक्ट के तहत कार्य किया गया और न ही नियमों का पालन किया गया। पांचों कंपनियों ने 2004 के बाद लाइसेंस का नवीकरण भी नहीं कराया। क्षेत्र की तमाम समस्याओं को लेकर वर्ष 2007 में बिल्डरों के खिलाफ मोर्चा खोला गया।

इस पर बार-बार हुडा एसटीपी, हुडा डीटीटीसीपी, उपायुक्त व लोकायुक्त तक शिकायत की गई। लोकायुक्त के पास पैरवी करने के बाद अब जाकर सफलता हाथ लगी है। इसमें टाउन एंड कंट्री प्लानिंग महानिदेशक की ओर से पांचों बिल्डर कंपनियों पर बिल्डर लाइसेंस एक्ट के तहत एरिया में विकास कार्य न करने और नियमों के उल्लंघन का दोषी पाया गया है। दूसरी ओर, ईडीसी (अतिरिक्त विकास शुल्क) के अलावा अन्य शुल्क टाउन एंड कंट्री प्लानिंग नहीं सौंपने का आरोप है। इन कारणों को आधार बनाकर पांचों कंपनियों के 26 लाइसेंस को रद्द कर दिया गया है।

इसके आदेश टाउन एंड कंट्री प्लानिंग महानिदेशक की ओर से हुडा एसटीपी को जारी कर दिए गए हैं और एरिया को कब्जे में लेने को कहा गया है। अभी एरिया में 20 हजार मकानों में निवासी रह रहे हैं, जबकि चार हजार मकान निर्माणाधीन हैं।

•इलाके की समस्या को लेकर 2007 से संघर्षरत थी आरडब्ल्यूए
•हुडा एसटीपी को एरिया की जिम्मेदारी सौंपने के आदेश जारी हुए
एरिया में बिल्डरों के साथ अब खरीद-फरोख्त करना गैरकानूनी माना जाएगा । साथ ही यदि किसी भी निवासी को बिल्डरों की किस्त देनी है तो वह टाउन एंड कंट्री प्लानिंग महानिदेशक के खाते में किस्तों को जमा कराए। इसके नोटिस सोमवार को एरिया में चस्पा कराएं जाएंगे।
-आरके सिंह, एसटीपी हुडा
•किन कंपनियों के लाइसेंस रद्द
•शीतल इंटरनेशनल प्राइवेट लिमिटेड
•सतसुधा इनवेस्टमेंट प्राइवेट लिमिटेड
•न्यू इंडिया सिटी डेवलपर्स प्राइवेट लिमिटेड
•नार्थ स्टार अपार्टमेंट प्राइवेट लिमिटेड
•अजय इम्पेक्स प्राइवेट लिमिटेड

Source: http://epaper.amarujala.com/svww_zoomart.php?Artname=20120206a_006105001&ileft=-5&itop=122&zoomRatio=136&AN=20120206a_006105001

Licence of Mayfield Gardens cancelled

Licence of Mayfield Gardens cancelled

GURGAON/ CHANDIGARH: The department of town & country planning (DTCP) on Saturday cancelled the licence of Mayfield Gardens and asked senior town planner (STP) in Gurgaon to take control of the colony for administrative purposes. “The licence has been cancelled as the promoters of the colony failed to maintain civic amenities like internal roads and community services,” said T C Gupta, director general DTCP, Haryana. This is in addition to the default in payment of Rs 23 crore by the promoters of the company on the account of external development charges (EDC) and annual licence fee outstanding against the colony, Gupta added.

The department had earlier put an embargo on sale and purchase of any property in the Mayfield project. And now the DTCP is in the process of issuing notice for cancellations of licence of the builder of Mayfield Gardens. The project, spread over 324 acres in Sectors 47, 50, 51, 52 and 57, has over 20,000 houses of which over 4,000 are in different stages of construction. The department found out that the licence of the builder had lapsed in 2009 and it should have been renewed as per the regulations. The Mayfield Gardens RWA had been fighting against the builder for violating building plans and not providing maintenance facilities as promised at the time of booking. “The RWA welcomes the decision to cancel the licence of the builder and this will send right message to all the builders who are trying to take the residents for a ride,” said Dharam Vir Yadav, president of the RWA.

He has also moved a petition against T C Gupta on the issue of irregularities committed by the builder. “I will continue to fight against the director general in the court,” Yadav added. Yadav, in an affidavit submitted to the Lokayukta along with some other complainants, has alleged that the builders have not completed development works in the colony as per the approved layout plan. The affidavit mentioned that the water supply scheme, laying of sewerage and stormwater drainage, roads, horticulture, and electricity infrastructure are not as per design of the approved service plan.

It also alleges that the builder has been drawing water through tubewells for construction purposes, which is banned in Gurgaon. Interestingly, the latest development has come within a week after it was announced that an audit of records related to maintenance of colonies developed by private builders will be done across Haryana. The department had announced that it would hold back the renewal of licence of those builders who failed to provide community services which were approved while carving out the colonies. Referring to Mayfield Gardens, officials said that the builders have failed to provide community services such as hospital, entertainment place and educational institutions as mentioned in the layout plans approved by the department.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Licence-of-Mayfield-Gardens-cancelled/articleshow/11761308.cms