Residents protest against builder

Review On Siddhivinayak Groups, Pune

Times of India - 31st March - 2008

Pune: Fifty residents of Ginger apartment in

Pimpale Saudagar gathered at the Dagadusheth Halwai Ganpati temple on Sunday to observe a sit-in protest against their builder

for nonmaintenance of the complex. The builder has refuted all allegations made

against him saying that the demonstration was a publicity stunt.

The residents said that a lift in

the complex had broken down, causing an accident. More than a month has

passed, but the elevator has not been repaired. We face a lot of inconvenience

because of this, a resident said.

The Ginger residential complex was built around twoand-half

years ago. More than a thousand people live in the 300-odd flats here. Omkar

Sathe, a resident, told TOI, “We are fed up of approaching the builder. He does

not care about our problems. Even, getting clean drinking water has become an

issue. Residents Laxmi Joshi and Shriniwas Naidu added, If some untoward

incident takes place who will take the responsibility for it?

Highlighting other problems, residents said the builder had

assured them of parking facilities in the complex, which has still not been

provided.

Builder Rajesh Sakhala said The issue has been raised for

publicity.  He said repairing the lift was the elevator-manufactur's

responsibility and he had conveyed the same to the company. They(the

residents) could have agitated at the complex itself. Why did they have to go to

the temple? I am planning to take a legal action against it,  the builder said.

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