Gurugram: Link payment plan of Mahira Homes to construction, town planner says
GURUGRAM: The senior town planner (STP) has written to the director general of the department of town and country planning (DTCP) to revise the payment plan of an affordable project in Sector 104. STP Sanjeev Mann has recommended that payment be linked to construction progress instead of a timeline.
Buyers of Mahira Homes have been demanding that DTCP intervene and direct the developer to complete the project, as construction has been stopped for some time.
In a letter sent earlier this week to director general TL Satyaprakash, Mann said: “A large number of homebuyers of the affordable housing group being developed by Mahira Group in Sector 104 visited the DTCP office and submitted the representation that the project land is not free from litigation, as claimed by the developer at the time of grant of licence.”
The buyers also alleged the builder has not made any substantial progress as far as construction is concerned at the site since for one year, he said.
“They requested that the payment plan for the project be linked to construction, as there cannot be two types of payment plan for a single project. The allottees of the second draw are covered under construction-linked payment plan, while the allottees of the first draw are covered under time-linked payment plan. Considering the poor progress of construction at site and fears that the builder is not inclined to deliver the projects on time, it is proposed that a construction-linked plan for the entire project be enforced in the interest of the public,” STP said in his letter.
He further said other allegations made by homebuyers should be taken up at the directorate level.
Mahira Group declined to comment on the development.
Last year, the homebuyers of four affordable housing projects of Mahira Group met DTCP officials to demand immediate withdrawal of the department’s order allowing the developer to seek and collect money from them.
In July 2022, then director of DTCP had issued an order withdrawing blacklisting of the developer firms — Czar Buildwell and Mahira Buildtech — but directed the developer to follow construction-linked plans in all these projects in sectors 104, 103, 95 and 63A and not demand any additional installment till proportional construction against payment already received by it is completed at the site to the senior town planner’s satisfaction.
On August 26, the director issued another order allowing the developer to collect money as per the original plan which was time-based and not linked to construction.
