The Mulayam Singh-led Samajwadi Party on Saturday called for strict action against defaulting builders in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, including the Amrapali Group, in the wake of complaints registered by home buyers.
Senior party leader Naresh Agrawal said, “Noida builders have looted home buyers and have not given possession, or have given incomplete flats to owners. Builders have even refused to meet home buyers and are refusing to return dues to the harassed residents. The state government should book such builders for dacoity. Amrapali Group is one such builder that has looted home buyers.” The Amrapali Group is one of India’s leading real estate companies. On Friday, its brand ambassador and India’s one-day cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni quit the post after angry home buyers trolled him on Twitter. Last Sunday, Dhoni assured that he would take up the home buyers’ concern with Amrapali, adding that “whatever is promised, I think it needs to be met.”
Over 4,000 buyers of the group’s Golf Homes project are the worst sufferers after the real estate giant delayed the possession by about 15 months and allegedly stalling the construction work.
“I have an ailing father at home. I have already paid about Rs 6 lakh as interest to the bank in EMIs and am already paying rent of my home. I begged with folded hands, but they are now neither giving me flat nor returning my money,” said one buyer who booked a flat in 2010, shortly after it was launched. However, the Noida based real estate group’s chairman Anil Sharma said, “Sometimes there are so many unforeseen reasons. There are so many things, which are beyond the control of a developer.”
