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High Handedness and High Headedness of the Greater NOIDA Development Authority
The Greater NOIDA Authority is solely responsible and answerable to thousands of harassed flat allottees and cheated farmers. Yet not an iota of remorse or guilt is evident in the style of functioning of Greater Noida Authority. The authority should
immediately act on the following in public interest:-
(i) The authority must immediately issue and publish in leading newspapers (in fact direct the builders to publish with their brochures also) a White Paper on the status of each and every Group Housing Project at NOIDA Extension indicating clearly (a) the percentage of the land of that plot which is clear from litigation (b) the status of lease deed and the amount of money deposited by the builder (c) the status of map approvals (d) the liability of compensation yet to be paid (land plus cash) with regard to that plot and a timeframe within which the same will be cleared (e) the maximum FAR allowed. This will go a long-way in clearing the confusion and anxiety in the minds of flat owners and the farmers. This will prevent thousands of gullible people to fall prey to scheming machinations of builders and their agents.
(ii) The Authority must immediately allocate, demark and publicly display on the revised Master-Plan 2021 the 25% land that needs to be used for housing for EWS/LIG as per guidelines of NCRP Board. The urban poor must get its dues. This is necessary so as to prevent the robbery of the legitimate right of the needy by the ever greedy builder lobby. If this section of society is not given its dues than it will become very difficult for all authorities to curb the mushrooming of unauthorized colonies and this region too will have to face the scrooge of unauthorized development as Delhi is witnessing today. Infact the authority should undertake to build low cost housing on this 25% land for EWS/LIG (on its own or through bonafide govt construction agencies like NBCC, UP Rajya Nirman , PWD etc) so that the planned development of the region is maintained and dues of every section of the society be taken care of.
(iii) It should instruct the builders to allow the transfer of already allotted units (builders are demanding 60% payments before allowing transfer) when the builder himself is allowed to transfer his entire Group Housing plot when he has so far just paid 10% cost to authority.
(iv) Builders are booking flats in excess of 2.75 FAR, this should be prohibited by the authority through public warning and notice to the builders immediately as in their sheer greed the builders will even sell those units which may never see the light of the day thereby cheating thousands of families of their life time savings.
(v) It should vehemently curb speculation/rumors/dealings that are so rampant in the entire NOIDA-Greater NOIA region as on date regarding impending NEW ALLOTMENTS of GROUP HOUSING. This rumor is causing heartburn and anxiety in the minds of the farmers whose dues and compensation have still not been cleared, it causes anxiety in minds of flat allottees as they fear that the builder will arm-twist him for payments so as to enable the builder to participate in fresh rounds of allotment (public loot), this causes worry among the banks about the sustainability and viability of the projects and their bankability. Authority should see to it that no new allotments of group-housing plots be done till the old disputes are resolved. How will the authority allot more land when it says it has no land to give to the farmers in lieu of compensation?
(vi) Continuous protests and disturbances point to the frustration and anxiety among farmers for early resolution of dispute and payment of dues. The recent admitting of SPL by Honorable Supreme Court of India even after land acquisition of 36 years in the Noida City Center case points to impending doom if the petition of farmers challenging acquisition of land at Noida Extension be decided in favor of the farmers by the Honorable Supreme Court? The authority but show statesmanship and make all efforts to reach to every individual farmer group(s) and settle the issues there and then. This must be done on war-footing and the present strategy of the authority to wear-out to tire-out the farmer in the legal battle is totally counter-productive.
(vii) Authority should try and instill confidence among the banks about its intention and planning and should see to it that the projects in Noida Extension be made bankable at the earliest.
The entire logjam will not be resolved till the projects are legally cleared and made bankable and the finished products be made available at reasonable price and the greed by controlled at the earliest. Authority should take into confidence the common man for the common man is a willing partner in the progress of the region in general and is the only loyal partner that authority can get at this critical juncture. Yet the authority chooses to protect the benefit of the already moneyed and greedy builder lobby at the expense of the common man and the farmers. (parichowk)
(i) The authority must immediately issue and publish in leading newspapers (in fact direct the builders to publish with their brochures also) a White Paper on the status of each and every Group Housing Project at NOIDA Extension indicating clearly (a) the percentage of the land of that plot which is clear from litigation (b) the status of lease deed and the amount of money deposited by the builder (c) the status of map approvals (d) the liability of compensation yet to be paid (land plus cash) with regard to that plot and a timeframe within which the same will be cleared (e) the maximum FAR allowed. This will go a long-way in clearing the confusion and anxiety in the minds of flat owners and the farmers. This will prevent thousands of gullible people to fall prey to scheming machinations of builders and their agents.
(ii) The Authority must immediately allocate, demark and publicly display on the revised Master-Plan 2021 the 25% land that needs to be used for housing for EWS/LIG as per guidelines of NCRP Board. The urban poor must get its dues. This is necessary so as to prevent the robbery of the legitimate right of the needy by the ever greedy builder lobby. If this section of society is not given its dues than it will become very difficult for all authorities to curb the mushrooming of unauthorized colonies and this region too will have to face the scrooge of unauthorized development as Delhi is witnessing today. Infact the authority should undertake to build low cost housing on this 25% land for EWS/LIG (on its own or through bonafide govt construction agencies like NBCC, UP Rajya Nirman , PWD etc) so that the planned development of the region is maintained and dues of every section of the society be taken care of.
(iii) It should instruct the builders to allow the transfer of already allotted units (builders are demanding 60% payments before allowing transfer) when the builder himself is allowed to transfer his entire Group Housing plot when he has so far just paid 10% cost to authority.
(iv) Builders are booking flats in excess of 2.75 FAR, this should be prohibited by the authority through public warning and notice to the builders immediately as in their sheer greed the builders will even sell those units which may never see the light of the day thereby cheating thousands of families of their life time savings.
(v) It should vehemently curb speculation/rumors/dealings that are so rampant in the entire NOIDA-Greater NOIA region as on date regarding impending NEW ALLOTMENTS of GROUP HOUSING. This rumor is causing heartburn and anxiety in the minds of the farmers whose dues and compensation have still not been cleared, it causes anxiety in minds of flat allottees as they fear that the builder will arm-twist him for payments so as to enable the builder to participate in fresh rounds of allotment (public loot), this causes worry among the banks about the sustainability and viability of the projects and their bankability. Authority should see to it that no new allotments of group-housing plots be done till the old disputes are resolved. How will the authority allot more land when it says it has no land to give to the farmers in lieu of compensation?
(vi) Continuous protests and disturbances point to the frustration and anxiety among farmers for early resolution of dispute and payment of dues. The recent admitting of SPL by Honorable Supreme Court of India even after land acquisition of 36 years in the Noida City Center case points to impending doom if the petition of farmers challenging acquisition of land at Noida Extension be decided in favor of the farmers by the Honorable Supreme Court? The authority but show statesmanship and make all efforts to reach to every individual farmer group(s) and settle the issues there and then. This must be done on war-footing and the present strategy of the authority to wear-out to tire-out the farmer in the legal battle is totally counter-productive.
(vii) Authority should try and instill confidence among the banks about its intention and planning and should see to it that the projects in Noida Extension be made bankable at the earliest.
The entire logjam will not be resolved till the projects are legally cleared and made bankable and the finished products be made available at reasonable price and the greed by controlled at the earliest. Authority should take into confidence the common man for the common man is a willing partner in the progress of the region in general and is the only loyal partner that authority can get at this critical juncture. Yet the authority chooses to protect the benefit of the already moneyed and greedy builder lobby at the expense of the common man and the farmers. (parichowk)
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