Haryana govt takes over 15 troubled realty projects
GURUGRAM: Haryana’s town and country planning department (DTCP) says it has cancelled the licences of and taken over 15 stalled real estate projects across the state. The step, which comes days after the state-run National Buildings Construction Company(NBCC) was roped in to revive Amrapali’s unfinished projects in Noida, indicates government intervention to rescue troubled real estate projects could no longer be unusual, at least not in NCR where housing projects are running years behind schedule.
DTCP’s “takeover” involves all aspects of a project, including security deposits, an official said, so that the department could complete them on its own. None of the 15 Haryana projects that have lost licences are comparable to Amrapali’s in scale. They are mostly small and medium-sized projects, both housing and commercial, with around 1,000 buyers collectively. Nine of them are in Gurugram, followed by Karnal (3), Faridabad (2) and Hisar (1).
The licences were cancelled on the orders of Jitender Sihag, DTCP’s chief town planner. Officials said the developers have around Rs 200 crore outstanding as external development charge (EDC) dues for the projects, all of which are in different stages of construction. “The developers have been restrained from sale, purchase or transaction in these projects. The licences have been cancelled and projects taken over by the director, DTCP,” Bhuvesh Kumar, senior town planner, Gurugram.
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