News: Gurugram: STP seeks action against AIPL The Peaceful Homes' builder for layout changes-16-03-2022
The developer also did not mention the objections raised by the residents in its undertaking to the department and got the changes approved in May last year.
GURUGR AM: The senior town planner (STP) has written to the town and country planning department director to take necessary action against the developer of AIPL The Peaceful Homes located in Sector 70A for keeping several residents in the dark about revisions in the project layout.
The developer also did not mention the objections raised by the residents in its undertaking to the department and got the changes approved in May last year. The move comes after residents raised complaints against the developer, saying that it promised six towers spread across 16 acres but is attempting to build all of them on just 11.78 acres. The developer allegedly constructed a club and one of the towers on the land for a community building, reducing the common area. Work on four towers is now complete, and 400 families are currently living there.
In its letter, the STP observed, “The coloniser has to inform the existing allottees of (changes in) all the towers of the scheme but has only informed the allottees of the towers under revision (about the changes). Further, the coloniser has concealed this fact in the undertaking, not informing (the department) about emails (raising objections) submitted by four allottees and the reply submitted by the coloniser.”
Brigadier TC Malhotra, one of the residents, said, “I have filed a complaint about the serious violations by the developer with the departments concerned and on the CM window. Over the years, the developer has done successive revisions in the project, befooling the buyers. It has reduced the common area and increased the population density manifold. It also refused to conduct an audit of the land parcel to find the exact dimensions of our flats. Moreover, it is submitting false undertakings to the government.”
Residents said that the project suffers from several deficiencies related to structural stability and basic amenities such as piped water and power connections.
Residents are having some issues with the RWAs, too. Gajender Singh, a resident, said, “There is no transparency and accountability in the functioning of the RWAs, nominated by the developer and consisting of its employees.”
Meanwhile, a representative with the developer said, “There has been no wrongdoing, and everything has been done by following proper procedure.”
