Now, site allottees take BDA to real estate authority
Complaints against the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) at the Real Estate Regulatory Authority Karnataka (K-RERA) are rising. People who have bought sites in residential colonies developed by the BDA feel cheated. K-RERA, established by the state government to oversee real estate transactions, has received at least 796 complaints against the BDA. Twelve of them pertain to Kempegowda Layout in southwestern Bengaluru alone. K-RERA officials say it’s the first time complaints have been registered against the BDA, a government body. Being into real estate development, the BDA falls under K-RERA. Allottees are riled by the BDA’s failure to provide basic facilities in KG Layout, heavy fines and interest imposed on them for late payment and the delay in the project, K S Latha Kumari, Secretary Housing at K-RERA The list of unhappy allottees is likely to swell as Arkavathy Layout allottees who were given sites in Kempegowda Layout are also planning to approach K-RERA. Kumari promised action as per the rules. The authority has opened the cases and summoned BDA officials for hearing. BDA officials, for their part, say they have obtained the case files from K-RERA and will respond during the hearings.
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