A Letter to Chief Minister (UP)

Anil Upadhyaya

to cmup
7 hours ago

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Sir,

I am writing this on behalf of my son who is an NRI currently working in USA.  My son and daughter-in-law booked a flat in Riverview Apartments in Gomati Nagar Extension in Lucknow in the year 2010.  The scheme was announced in 2009 by LDA and delivery was promised in two years.

The following facts will give you an idea of the suffering and losses that all allottees, and more so NRIs, have gone through and are still going through:

• As against promised period of 24 months, the flats were declared completed after 5 years in 2014 and, in fact, are yet not habitable.
• Though it was promised to restrict any escalation in costs to 5%, the escalation was to the extent of 5 lakhs against the declared price of 29.43 lakhs.  This amounts to 15% !!  Aggregate payments to LDA for this flat amounted to 38.33 lakhs after adding the escalation and extras.
• Additional charges have been taken for parking slots.  I understand that in many states the law prohibits sale of parking space.  The parking space belongs to the society which manages and allots them to the residents on a round robin basis.
• The parents of NRI customers went through great hassles as the General Power of Attorney held by many of them were rejected on such flimsy grounds as the instrument being very old.  This was done notwithstanding affidavits by concerned parent stating that the POA has not been revoked.  I had to get a special POA from my son and daughter-in-law from USA at considerable cost.
• As stated there was exorbitant delay by LDA in completing the project. During this period stamp duties went up on account of increase in DM circle rates.  The increase was more than 100% and each allottee had to pay more than two lakhs extra on stamp duties.
• Even though LDA has declared the project as complete and started registering the properties in 2014, even today the property is in a bad shape and not habitable at all.  A letter sent to LDA in this regard is appended.

You will agree that this shows the state of affairs in our state shows it in not too flattering a light.  At a time when you are putting your best foot forward to attract talent and capital to our state for our betterment, such stories about a government body can do a lot of damage.

I request you to kindly intervene and instruct LDA to complete all unfinished tasks and start maintaining the building properly.  They have collected 3 years maintenance charges from all allottees in advance and a substantial portion of this period has already passed without any maintenance whatsoever.

Regards,

Anil Kumar Upadhyaya

18/428 Indira Nagar,

Lucknow - 226016.

Mobile: +91 962 152 6956

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Anil Upadhyaya <anil.upadhyaya@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 1:45 PM
Subject: Maintenance of Rapti Apartments
To: contactuslda22@gmail.com

Dear Sirs,

I have taken possession of flat number I-105 in Rapti Apartments three months ago and would like to occupy the flat soon.

I am perplexed to find that absolutely no maintenance of the apartment is taking place and that common areas are lying dirty and full of filth.  Some sewer manholes are lying without a lid and others have ill-fitting lids that can cause accidents.  No landscaping has been done nor any trees planted in the compound.  The basement is full of overflowing water.  Parking slots are yet to be marked out.

This is a serious matter in view of the fact that the owners have paid maintenance charges in advance.  Kindly look into the matter and the resolve the problem expeditiously.

Regards,

Anil Kumar Upadhyaya

for Anupam Upadhyaya

18/428 Indira Nagar,

Lucknow - 226016.

Mobile: +91 962 152 6956