News: Maharashtra: Real estate regulator uploads five-year data of complaints from six divisions-25-02-2022
The data uploaded by the authorities revealed that 15,967 complaints had been registered against 3,345 projects. Of these, 10,450 complaints have been executed and 4,407 are in the hearing process.
PUNE: MahaRER A has uploaded data of nearly 16,000 complaints registered against 2,442 promoters on its website from the Pune, Amravati, Nashik, Nagpur, Konkan and Aurangabad divisions. The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) started uploading details of the complaints regarding projects and promoters from February 20 — an arrangement that is expected to help the homebuyers take an informed decision before investing in any project. The data uploaded on the website are from 2017 till date. The data uploaded in terms of projects and promoters were on details related to the complaints heard, executed and not yet executed. The data uploaded by the authorities revealed that 15,967 complaints had been registered against 3,345 projects. Of these, 10,450 complaints have been executed and 4,407 are in the hearing process. Around 1,110 complaints are pending and 2,997 have been put under the ‘nonexecution’ category
Earlier, information relating to the complaints were available only with the complainants and the respondent promoters. The final orders were only available in public domain. Initiated by MahaRERA chairman Ajoy Mehta, the basic objective of the new arrangement is to let consumers know the total number and status of complaints related to real estate projects. MahaRERA secretary Vasant Prabhu said they had put up the data related to the divisions and would make the process more simple for citizens. After accessing the data, Ramesh Prabhu, chairperson of the Maharashtra Society Welfare Association, told TOI that the process should be more user friendly. He said there should be icons on the main page of the website to make citizens aware of the facility.
