Anti-corruption activist Anjali Damania on Friday urged greater than 1,768 dwelling consumers, whose cash has been caught in arrested builder Lalit Tekchandani’s Clan Metropolis undertaking, to collectively strategy the federal government and search its intervention in getting the languishing undertaking restarted. Fourteen years on, the consumers are but to get their dream properties in Taloja, Navi Mumbai.
The case towards Lalit Tekchandani
Lately, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized money and froze financial institution balances and glued deposits of a complete value of Rs30 crore in raids at 22 places linked to Tekchandani. The ED discovered that M/Supreme Building and Developer Pvt Ltd collected big funds of over Rs400 crore from greater than 1,700 consumers. Delays within the undertaking left these folks within the lurch with out flats or refunds. “The preliminary PMLA investigation revealed that the funds acquired from the consumers had been siphoned off by the builder for private positive aspects and creation of belongings in numerous names, together with members of the family,” the ED mentioned.
Damania asks govt to intervene
Addressing a jam-packed assembly of “we wish justice, we wish our properties” on the Shivaji Corridor within the SNDT School, Ghatkopar, Damania plotted a future plan of action to assist households get their “rightful dwelling”. She mentioned, “The federal government should intervene and take accountability. There may be sufficient flooring house index (FSI) nonetheless obtainable within the undertaking and the federal government should both appoint a brand new developer to finish the undertaking or take it upon itself.” Advantages of additional FSI and different incentives could be given to the brand new developer, however the undertaking should be intently monitored and supervised by the state authorities. Backside line is that the development ought to be accomplished and consumers should get their promised properties, she underlined.
Damania knowledgeable the consumers that in her latest interim price range, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman talked about a brand new scheme for such caught housing tasks. “We are able to now discover and avail of a seed funding from the federal government to get them accomplished,” she mentioned. The assembly additionally mentioned the latest arrests of builders Lalit Tekchandani and Raju Kanchwala. “I additionally met Nishit Mishra, joint commissioner of Financial Offences Wing, and gave him quite a lot of knowledge on the place Tekchandani has moved the cash that he collected from the consumers. Now we have tracked some 18 subsidiary firms and have given the listing to EOW,” she added.
The activist mentioned Tekchandani and Kanchwala have been “robbing the widespread folks of a whole lot of crore of rupees since 2010 years by displaying them the dream of a home”. They had been arrested 15 days in the past. 4 FIRs have been lodged towards them. “Consumers have been paying EMIs for these years. It is time justice is given to them,” Damania asserted.