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Home Buyers Face Risks As Illegal Housing Schemes Thrive In City | Jaipur News
Jaipur: Even as the implementation of Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA) has tightened regulations within the real estate market, the problem of unregulated plotted colonies on agricultural land in the state capital persists, posing risks to home buyers.
Illegal housing schemes continue to thrive and pose risks to buyers as was evident from the experience of a person who approached RERA with a complaint recently. “A farmhouse scheme was developed near Kalwar Toll. As an investor, I checked the credentials of the scheme and found the project was not registered as per the mandatory provisions. I lodged a complaint with RERA about it, and RERA issued a notice to the scheme’s developers on July 5. Illegal colonizers continue to dupe investors,” said the person, wishing not to be identified.
The urban development and housing (UDH) department has asked RERA to check the authenticity of housing projects and ensure developers fulfil their commitments. But real estate dealers and agents are duping home buyers by offering for sale plots in non-regulated colonies developed on agricultural land. It hardly helps that the state government has banned housing societies from issuing lease deeds in colonies developed after June 17, 1999.
Unscrupulous developers purchase agricultural land and illegally issue backdated lease deeds, according to people with knowledge of the real estate market.
The state government and RERA keep receiving requests from people who have been duped for a mechanism to be developed to keep a check on illegal colonies.
Vijay Singh, a victim, said, “My mother-in-law, a widow, bought a house at Ganesh Vihar near Vatika two years ago. Now there is a dispute between the landowner and the developer, and the latter refuses to give her possession of the plot. Our hard-earned money went down the drain. RERA should develop a mechanism to stop illegal colonies from being developed on farmlands.”
Dealers and agents of developers often lure buyers with promises of various facilities in the upcoming colonies such as spacious parks, green belts, potable drinking water, well-paved roads, sewerage facilities, and power connections. Many buyers complain that once the plots are sold, the dealers vanish, leaving buyers at the mercy of agents.
“As per the proposal of the colony, the developer had promised that 60% of the total land would be allotted for plots and the remaining 40% for facilities like parks, roads, and a community hall, etc. In my colony at Beelwa near Tonk Road in zone 14, the developer duped the customers as 80% of the area is being utilised for plots for higher profits,” said Bharat Jain, a victim from Bajrang Vihar near the SEZ.
A senior RERA official said only approved colonies come under the ambit of the authority. “People who are illegally developing colonies on agricultural land and selling them are not under the RERA scanner. It is difficult to obtain details about such colonies,” he said.
Illegal housing schemes continue to thrive and pose risks to buyers as was evident from the experience of a person who approached RERA with a complaint recently. “A farmhouse scheme was developed near Kalwar Toll. As an investor, I checked the credentials of the scheme and found the project was not registered as per the mandatory provisions. I lodged a complaint with RERA about it, and RERA issued a notice to the scheme’s developers on July 5. Illegal colonizers continue to dupe investors,” said the person, wishing not to be identified.
The urban development and housing (UDH) department has asked RERA to check the authenticity of housing projects and ensure developers fulfil their commitments. But real estate dealers and agents are duping home buyers by offering for sale plots in non-regulated colonies developed on agricultural land. It hardly helps that the state government has banned housing societies from issuing lease deeds in colonies developed after June 17, 1999.
Unscrupulous developers purchase agricultural land and illegally issue backdated lease deeds, according to people with knowledge of the real estate market.
The state government and RERA keep receiving requests from people who have been duped for a mechanism to be developed to keep a check on illegal colonies.
Vijay Singh, a victim, said, “My mother-in-law, a widow, bought a house at Ganesh Vihar near Vatika two years ago. Now there is a dispute between the landowner and the developer, and the latter refuses to give her possession of the plot. Our hard-earned money went down the drain. RERA should develop a mechanism to stop illegal colonies from being developed on farmlands.”
Dealers and agents of developers often lure buyers with promises of various facilities in the upcoming colonies such as spacious parks, green belts, potable drinking water, well-paved roads, sewerage facilities, and power connections. Many buyers complain that once the plots are sold, the dealers vanish, leaving buyers at the mercy of agents.
“As per the proposal of the colony, the developer had promised that 60% of the total land would be allotted for plots and the remaining 40% for facilities like parks, roads, and a community hall, etc. In my colony at Beelwa near Tonk Road in zone 14, the developer duped the customers as 80% of the area is being utilised for plots for higher profits,” said Bharat Jain, a victim from Bajrang Vihar near the SEZ.
A senior RERA official said only approved colonies come under the ambit of the authority. “People who are illegally developing colonies on agricultural land and selling them are not under the RERA scanner. It is difficult to obtain details about such colonies,” he said.
