Following the recent
disaster at Moulivakkam, near Porur at Chennai is it time for Tamil Nadu’s
example and setup a dedicated housing regulatory authority?
The clamour for
better enforcement in the real estate industry is louder in Tamil Nadu than
ever before, following the collapse of the building in Moulivakkam that caused
above 60 fatalities and injured a further 25. The disaster has suddenly
awakened us to the brutal consequences of permitting developers / promoters,
especially those who are inexperienced, to construct high-rise buildings in
areas where the soil & other factors have not been tested.
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| Advocate G.Shyam Sunder |
Perhaps it is time
that we cut our losses and came up with strong new initiatives, like
Maharashtra has done by setting up its own housing regulatory authority.
Chennai based Advocate Mr. G. Shyam Sunder, author of a
book on property registrations and land records, “All the rules are in place;
rules that stipulate that buildings must be constructed a certain distance from
water bodies, that they must not be too close to railway tracks… etc. It is
enforcement that is clearly lacking.”
Mr. G. Shyam Sunder
talks of how even developers with a bad track record can continue working.
“Even if a developer
/ builder penalised many times for faulty constructions, he is free to continue
building and seek approvals, as there is no formal record maintained to track
his work,” he says. The solution, according to the advocate, is to create a
regulatory authority to supervise proceedings more efficiently.
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