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.