MACJ-ABCHI, Author at Professional Home Inspection, India

June 16, 2019

Do You Still Believe in These 9 Home Inspection Myths?

Just got the keys of your new home? It’s time for a house warming party! But wait, did you check if the home you are proudly calling yours is healthy and safe enough? Are the huge investment you made and the hefty EMI you will be paying from now on going to be really worthwhile? If you have too many “maybes” and “what ifs” in your mind- go get your home inspected professionally. A home inspection is like a comprehensive health checkup for a property which has the potential to reveal any existing or looming damp/seepage problem. It saves you time and money. However, there are home inspection myths that buyers of property tend to buy in easily. You must stop believing in those myths to make a wise buying decision. But before that, here is what home inspection is all about:

Home Inspection: An eye-opener

A home inspection is an elaborate but non-invasive assessment of the condition of a home. It is conducted by a team of qualified and licensed professionals. They inspect each and every area and component of the home using scanning devices built on advanced technologies like thermal imaging and produce reports showing images of the parts having problems. The inspection also reveals leakage in water pipeline and faults in the electrical wiring system of the building. In short, home inspection covers all the major aspects of a property’s health and gives its owners a real picture of the worthiness of their most important buy.

What do you gain as a property buyer from home inspection?

Home inspection spells all win and no loss for a buyer. Here are the major benefits of home inspection (www.macj-abuyerschoice.com/home-inspection-area/home-inspection-benefits):

Provides an extra level of security and helps plan for the future.
Gives peace of mind as you know that your biggest investment, that is, the place where you are living with your family is safe and hygienic.
Provides an in-depth analysis highlighting current needed repairs as well as potential danger.
Helps you plan your future expenses.
Uncover safety issues.
Reveals possible pest, termite, and insect problems.
Provides a basis for price negotiation with the property seller.
It is non-invasive and relatively less expensive

What if a home inspection reveals a problem?

You are saved from a hundred hassles! Your hard-earned money is saved! You get to know exactly which area of your home needs to be repaired at the earliest so that it does not become a permanent headache. The home inspection report indicates the problem area(s) with such precision that you can plan your repair job and budget wisely. Be it waterproofing of the roof (www.drfixit.co.in), damp-proofing of the walls, or fixing a plumbing or electrical problem, civil, doors & windows, the money spent on post home inspection repair becomes money well spent. Moreover, your home inspection service provider offers you guidance on how to resolve a problem. They give you valuable references who you can approach later for waterproofing and paint solutions, plumbing and electrical jobs, and interior designing and home makeover.

What if you do not opt for a home inspection?

Unaddressed damp and leakage/seepage problems and minor plumbing and electrical faults or other problems, if any, keep aggravating ultimately leading to major issues and accidents. You may start getting unpleasant surprises right from day one or face a major problem one fine morning. Problems may range from something as small and annoying as a recurring watery spot on the wall to a leaking roof requiring urgent waterproofing. Even issues like popping paint, musty smell in the room due to fungal infestation, bulging wall tiles, and occasional short circuits may continue to bother you from time to time making your stay unpleasant and full of hassles.

And did we talk about unplanned expenses and health issues which may arise due to these problems?

By not opting for a home inspection at the time of buying a property, you actually leave the door open for future expenses to escalate.

Not convinced yet? Let’s bust some of the widely believed home inspection myths for you:

Myth 1: Home inspection reveals everything wrong in the home and finds an expensive fix

Fact: Home inspection is a non-invasive process that includes scanning by a handheld device preceded by visual inspection. It typically lasts about 3 to 4 hours (3 BHK unit). It brings to light only those areas which are already damp affected or are likely to become damp due to structural defects in the building. It also reveals possible sources of damp, a hidden seepage/leakage in the water pipeline, a problem in the electrical wiring system, and/or moisture content of the home. It is unlikely that your home will have all the problems at the same time, especially if it is a newly built one. In most cases, home inspection reveals issues such as plumbing and electrical defects, clogged gutters, uncaulked bathtub joints, and localized damps. It also identifies all the potential water seepage / intrusion areas which can be repaired at minimal costs before the damage occurs.

However, if your home is found to have major structural issues you get the chance to rethink your buying decision and/or change further investment plans.

Myth 2: Home inspection reports can predict future problems

Fact: As Marvin Goldstein, President of the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI) rightly says, “You pay good money for an inspection report but that doesn’t mean you don’t need to go along.” A home inspection report definitely gives excellent information and finds out problems in the whole building /apartment but a homeowner can get more out of an inspection done at a future date. So, this is completely a misconception that by doing a home inspection once you can prevent all the damages in your home; neither can it predict future problems.

Moreover, a prediction is subjective and does not take into account changes taking place in the future. A home inspection, on the other hand, is a scientific process. If done at regular intervals, it can somewhat forecast a problem based on past trends and periodic observations made in the property.

Myth 3: A home inspection and a home appraisal are the same

Fact: Home appraisal (www.investopedia.com/articles/pf/12/home-appraisals.asp) and home inspection are two different things. In the first case, an appraiser determines the value of the real estate property on behalf of a leading financial institution (read: loan disbursing authority) or the home owner / buyer. A home inspection, on the contrary, is concerned with“the health and safety of the home- not the value.” These impressions are mainly created by the real estate agents who want to save their money on two different assessments. So, even if they offer you a free home inspection, as an aware home buyer, you must insist on getting an independent assessment done to steer clear of any conflict of interest.

Myth 4: Buyer’s don’t belong at the home inspection

Fact: Whether the buyers know anything about home inspection, construction and maintenance or not they should always be present at the time of the inspection. The buyers, especially the first-timers, must ask inspectors relevant questions on issues and home maintenance. The home inspectors may not tell the buyers whether or not to buy the house but they can surely share important repairs & maintenance tips with them.

Myth 5: Brand new home doesn’t need any home inspection

Fact: A faulty construction can lead to every type of repair nightmares in the future. So, new houses should be checked even more carefully than the old ones as there would be no resident from before to report anydamage history. Moreover, in old properties, damages due to damp and leakage/ seepage or electrical defects are visible from outside. In a new building, everything looks perfect but there can be hidden problems, to know more about it go through link – www.macj-abuyerschoice.com/protect-your-home-from-masked-hazards. No one can have an iota of doubt about a problem unless he/ she starts living in it.

Myth 6: A renovated home doesn’t need to be inspected

Fact: If your home has been redone from top to bottom there is no point checking it all over again, right? The answer is a big NO. A renovated house also needs a home inspection to see if everything is in under control. Some vendors are more interested in money. They do not bother about quality. To make sure that your money has been spent well, get a home inspection done before as well as after a renovation job.

Myth 7: A ‘good’ house will pass the inspection

Fact: A home inspection report never indicates whether a property has passed or failed. What is acceptable to one buyer may seem incorrigible to another! The home inspectors just point out the problems that you must address to save your property from further damage in the long run. It has nothing to do with how good or how bad a particular property is.

Myth 8: The seller must fix everything before handover

Fact: The inspector who is assigned with the duty to document his findings from a home inspection and make recommendations is not privy to the sales contract’s details. He is not the one who decides what needs to be repaired and by whom. These decisions are made by the buyer with their realtor’s guidance and may be negotiated by both the parties. Sometimes, the seller is required to hire a third party to do the home inspection before handover. However, it is always advisable for the buyer to do the inspections themselves because they will be staying in the house thereafter, not the seller.

Myth 9: Home inspection is a waste of time &money in Indian climate

Fact: Climatic factors such as rainfall, temperature, and humidity, etc. have a significant effect on civil operations and building construction. India’s predominantly hot and humid weather conditions tend to make any building susceptible to damp. Then there exist poor construction practices. All these factors combined make damp an almost unavoidable problem in urban houses in India. In such a scenario, it is only very obvious for the buyers to believe that home inspection is nothing but sheer wastage of time and money. They think no matter how much they spend on scanning a property the humidity related problems in the home will remain and never be solved. This, unfortunately, is not true. If proper waterproofing or damp-proofing is done based on the report of a home inspection, the life span of the property can be extended by many years.

The above misconceptions have been stopping people from reaping benefits of this extremely helpful home inspection service.Lack of knowledge about construction, property maintenance, and home inspection is behind such indiscretion. Each and every real estate property irrespective of age and condition should be inspected at regular intervals to prevent damage, deterioration, and devaluation with time.This will not only save you, that is, the buyer considerable amount of money but also check the draining of capital on a society level in the long run.

June 14, 2019

MahaRERA now opens execution tabs during appeal process

Earlier, MahaRERA website had an inactive tab which prevented a home buyer from filing an online application for non-execution till the 60-day mandated period for appeal was over.

Home buyers who get favourable orders from the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) will now be able to file online applications for non-execution of these orders even during the 60-day period granted to the developer to proffer an appeal with the Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (MREAT).

Earlier, MahaRERA website had an inactive tab which prevented a home buyer from filing an online application for non-execution till the 60-day mandated period for appeal was over. However, following a writ petition filed by a 69-year-old Kandivali home buyer in the Bombay High Court, MahaRERA has now changed this process, and made the tab for non-execution active. As a result, home buyers will be able to file for non-execution while the developer’s appeal pending or is being heard by the Appellate Tribunal.

“Yes, we have changed that process. Now, we have made the tab active so that the home buyers would be able to file application for non-execution even while the appeal process is on, but we will hear the application only after the mandated 60-day period is over and after checking the status of the appeal with the Tribunal,” said Gautam Chatterjee, chairperson of MahaRERA.

69-year-old Baheti had booked a flat in Kandivali East in May 2015 with the promise of possession by December 31, 2015. When the developer failed to deliver and revised the date to 2023, she filed a complaint with MahaRERA seeking a refund.

In November 2018, MahaRERA asked the developer to refund Rs 6.84 lakh with 10.5 per cent interest. The developer filed an online appeal, but did not deposit the statutory 30 per cent of the refund amount without which the appeal would not be entertained by the Tribunal. When Baheti tried to file for non-execution, the tab on MahaRERA portal remained inactive even after mandated 60 days. Aggrieved by this, she decided to file a writ petition.

“The developer will neither remove the defects in the appeal nor pay the statutory 30 per cent amount and will delay the matter. Further the developer is in a win win situation as the petitioner cannot file an appeal,” her petition said.

Advocate Tanuj Lodha, who represents Baheti, execution pending appeal cannot be denied, unless there is a stay order in Appeal. “The procedure of making online “Non execution of Order” tab inactive on mere filing of an online Appeal (without depositing minimum 30% statutory amount) is being used as a mischief to frustrate the aggrieved homebuyers,” said Lodha.

Meanwhile, MahaRERA has also taken note of more than 176 recovery orders issued against non-complying developers still pending with the District Collectors, and decided to periodically review the pendency and facilitate its implementation. “We had a meeting of all MahaRERA members, and it was decided that we should periodically review the pending recovery orders, and take appropriate decisions,” MahaRERA member Vijay Satbir Singh said.

Source: https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/regulatory/maharera-now-opens-execution-tabs-during-appeal-process/69606692

June 13, 2019

RERA tightens land market in Rajasthan

JAIPUR

The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA) has tightened the noose on regulated market in the state, but illegal business of non-regularised plotted colonies on agricultural land, continues to flourish in the state capital, leaving many home buyers in a fix.

Many buyers continue to invest their hard-earned money in these housing schemes without realizing that all their savings may go down the drain. At the time of selling plots, the dealers and their agents lure the home buyers with various facilities such as spacious parks, green belt, potable drinking water, well-constructed roads, sewerage facilities and power connections. Once the plots are sold, the dealers vanish leaving people at the mercy of the agents.

Moreover, these developers do not develop colonies as per norms. Bharat Jain, a victim, said, “As per the initial proposal of the colony, the developer had promised that 60% area of the total land is allotted for plots and the remaining 40% for facilities like parks, roads, community hall etc. In my colony, in Beelwa near Tonk Road in zone 14, the developer duped the customers as 80% of the area is being utilised for plots to earn money. In some plots there is no space left for the construction of roads.”

Jain is not the only one, many people approach Jaipur development authority (JDA) to complain about such colonies. But nothing much can be done as these colonies are not approved by the civic body. A JDA official said, “The illegal colonies have sprung up in large numbers near the Ring Road project. The developers issue lease deeds on newly purchased agricultural land in connivance with the civic body and administrative officials. The maximum colonies have come up in zones that fall outside the city.”

For the regularised market, the urban development and housing (UDH) department has implemented RERA to check the authenticity of housing projects and to ensure that developers fulfill their commitments.

Source: https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/rera-tightens-land-market-in-rajasthan/69511907

June 11, 2019

Proper grouting can be saviour for you and neighbour

Detect Issues

Moisture patch noted on balcony wall-ceiling junction.

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Describe Issues

As seen by infrared image moisture patch noted on balcony wall-ceiling junction & the same moisture is noted inside adjacent bedroom upper side of balcony door. The moisture is originated from above floor balcony outlet area; due to gap between floor outlet & flooring. This gap has become moisture seepage pathway and is spreading moisture in below floor. If this source of moisture is not rectified at proper time, will spread and damage the associated area further. Thereby will create difficulty for occupants by creating unhealthy living conditions and adding extra cost due to its repair.

Direct Solutions

We recommend floor outlet to be cleaned by wire brushing & grouting by plumber with ’tile grout’/ readymade repair mortar.

June 8, 2019

6 Effective tips to keep your Home Germ-Free

The worst thing about germs or bacteria is that you can’t always see them. And when you can’t see them, you choose to believe they aren’t there. If there is no big lump of mould growth somewhere, that doesn’t mean your home is free of germs. There are several areas in your home that are guaranteed to be affected with bacteria or germs because they are often overlooked when cleaning, or just not cleaned regularly.

Your home is probably the safest place on Earth, but is it really? Your home may not be the safest place, unless you keep your home germ-free, hygienic and clean. Germs are everywhere and once they enter our body, they can cause great difficulty in our existence, sometimes even putting our life to a lot of risk/threat. If you all remember we have already discussed how to Keep your Kitchen Clean in our previous Blog www.macj-abuyerschoice.com/8-simple-tips-to-keep-your-kitchen-clean-and-germ-free. Keeping your home, free from the germs, is of the highest importance for health and hygiene & our wellbeing. What you need to know is where to find the germs and how to germ-proof your home. So, in this blog, we will discuss the tips to keep your home all around germ-free.

Let’s have a look at some effective tips to keep our home germ-free:

1. Follow a regular cleaning routine

Cleanliness is very important to keep your home germ-free and maintaining a proper cleanup or cleaning routine will help you a lot. If you are a busy person, I know it is difficult to clean your home all at a time and frequently. But, some regular cleaning of small portions of your home can be done. If not regularly, then at least on alternate days. At the same time, your full home will also get cleaned within a few days. Our aim is to make the entire home germ-free. But while cleaning your house, pay special attention to the kitchen, dining area and bathroom because these are the areas that need more attention. We have already discussed about how to keep your kitchen and bathroom clean in our previous blogs.

2. Keep your home dry

The usual fact is high moisture content and humidity are favourable conditions for the germs like fungi, bacteria, etc to breed and so you will have to be very careful especially in the rainy season. The easy way to solve this problem and to keep your home germs free is by properly utilizing the fans. This will enable your rooms to stay dry and will decrease the occurrence of mould, stinks, etc. Bathrooms are one of the wet areas, which needs to be kept dry. To know more regarding how to keep it dry you can read our blog- ‘8 Ways to remove bad odour in Bathroom, & keep it clean’ (www.macj-abuyerschoice.com/8-ways-to-remove-bad-odour-in-bathroom-keep-it-clean).

Alternatively, Table fans can be used for high moisture area, switch them on when you feel wet. So by keeping your home dry, you can keep your home germ-free.

3. Disinfect the germ affected places

The most germs spread through places in your home are those that are touched very often. These include doorknobs, handles, faucets, appliances, remotes, etc. Germs can live on these surfaces. Hence, regular cleaning of these handheld hot spots is imperative. Use a germ-killing cleaner to disinfect these surfaces by spraying on a generous amount. Certainly, some items cannot be exposed to excess cleaner liquid, so consider soaking an end of the cloth in the disinfectant and use that to carefully wipe your no-wet items. Keep in mind, the killing of bacteria happens as the cleaner evaporate so avoid dry-wiping or touching until completely dry. Also, if you find that the liquid is drying up too fast, re-spray the area and leave it alone.

4. Disinfect Household Linen

Bed linen, bath towels, sofa cushions, and window curtains may all be homes for germs and bacteria. They require regular laundering with antibacterial detergents to disinfect or kill the germs hiding within the fibres. Of course, you can’t wash your linen on a daily basis. Spray disinfectant on curtains at night when everyone is ready for bed so that any dampness will dry overnight. Household linen needs to be disinfected at least twice a week to help keep your home germ-free.

5. Avoid Germs entering In Your Home

We should keep a shoe rack close to your front door so that you can take your shoes off and put on your house slippers before you walk further into your home. The footwear we use to go outside picks up all kinds of dirt and bacteria that we then drag inside our homes when we walk in with same footwear. So, instead of putting on/taking off your shoes in your room, do it at the main entrance door to ensure that they aren’t spreading bacteria inside the house.

6. Natural remedies for a germ-free home

Many disinfectants available in the market are filled with chemicals that can be harmful to health. So alternatively, you can try a few natural remedies for a germ-free home.

As per Common Floor blog ‘Tips to germ proof your home’ www.commonfloor.com/guide/tips-to-germ-proof-your-home-12963.html White household vinegar is a great way to keep your home germfree. Fantastic for cleaning everything from countertops to carpets, and also this non-toxic, multipurpose product eliminates more than 90 percent of bacteria and more than 80 percent of mould and germs. Some alternatives such as lemon juice, tea tree oil, oregano oil, or lavender oil have properties that kill microbes.

Other tips are to ensure proper ventilation, keeping bathroom clean, cleaning dishcloths properly, kitchen waste management, etc. These are already discussed in our previous Blogs – 8 Simple Tips to Keep your Kitchen Clean and Germ-free; 8 Ways to remove bad odour in Bathroom, & keep it clean. Kitchen and bathrooms are wet areas of the home and are more prone to get infected by germs. So for keeping your home germ-free and clean wholly, it is important to germ-proof all areas including bathroom and kitchen.

Kitchen waste management is already discussed but dirt/waste of other areas needs to be taken care. Hence your home must have dustbins in its important corners and you have to make sure that they are being utilized properly. Any kind of residue that falls on the area must be immediately picked up and thrown into the dustbin. However, using the same dirty dustbin for long is also unsafe. Because, if you keep the wastes in it for a long time, then that is enough to make it turn into a breeding ground for germs. It will also stink and infect the air & make the full home stinky. You must empty the dustbins frequently in the corporation cars meant for dumping garbage or throw them into your common community garbage bin to avoid this. You must also not forget to properly clean and disinfect your dustbin.

Also, check out a table of how often you should clean some of the things in your home:

Every day	Wipe Down the Countertops Wipe Down the Kitchen Sink Sweep and mop the Floors Take out the trash Do laundry, as needed
Once A Week	Wipe Down the Appliances Clean & scrub the toilets, tubs, showers, and sinks (This depends on bathroom condition too) Clean the mirrors Dust the furniture and shelves Disinfect the garbage cans
Once a Month	Clean the inside microwave and oven Clean the bathroom and kitchen cabinets Wipe Down the door knobs, switch boards and lamps

Conclusion

Germs are everywhere and may cause trouble in our lives, sometimes even lead to health issues which may be life-threatening. While avoiding contact with germs is not always possible, but we can at least do something to protect ourselves from them. The first thing is to maintain good hygiene and keep our living environment germ-free. Cleanliness is the primary way to do it and also by the systematic and neat arrangement of things in our home.

Today we talked about some tips on how to keep your home germ-free. Follow these and keep yourself and your environment clean. This is important for maintaining the health and hygiene of your family.

June 7, 2019

Show list of builders with escrow accounts: Buyers to UP-RERA

NOIDA

Homebuyers on Tuesday submitted a letter to the Greater Noida Authority and the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UP-Rera), asking them to make public the names of builders who have opened escrow accounts with the money deposited by investors. The move comes as buyers feel that many builders have not started this financial practice to protect their rights.

“We have written letters to both Greater Noida Authority and UP-Rera, asking them to disclose the names of all such builders with escrow accounts, on the website of UP-Rera for the sake of transparency,” co-founder of Noida Extension Flat Owners Welfare Association (Nefowa) Indrish Gupta told TOI.

The buyers’ group claimed, in its letter, that over the past few months they received complaints from various buyers on the issue of projects which are incomplete and where builders seem to have diverted funds.

“There are over 50-60 projects which are stalled. However, these builders have been taking payments from buyers and most of them have overstepped UP-Rera completion deadline. So, we have asked the regulatory authority to disclose an update on the status of the buyers’ funds with these builders,” Shweta Bharati, general secretary of Nefowa, said.

According to UP-Rera, over 700 builders in Noida and Greater Noida have overstepped completion headlines, with over 100 more expected to follow suit in the next three months.

“We just want to ensure that despite delays, the buyers’ funds are protected,” Gupta added.

When contacted, a GNIDA official said, “Buyers’ requests on the matter will be considered and they can find seek necessary answers from UP-Rera.”

Source: https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/residential/show-list-of-builders-with-escrow-accounts-buyers-to-up-rera/69335097

June 6, 2019

Madhya Pradesh RERA tightens the noose on violators, plaints drop 40%

INDORE

Madhya Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) has witnessed a sharp drop in cases from Indore in the past two months with number of complaints dropping to 60 per hearing as against over 100.

Of the three RERA centres in the state, Indore gets highest number of complaints from customers, followed by Gwalior and Jabalpur. But in past few months complaints have reduced.

RERA member A D Kapaley said, “Cases have dropped significantly from over 100 to just 50 to 60 per hearing. This is a good sign indicating increased compliance resulting in fewer grievances from the customers.”

RERA hears cases thrice in a month in Indore as against once in a month in Gwalior and Jabalpur. Most of the cases in Indore are related to delay in possession for residential property, lack of development and unfulfilled promises under a deal.

Kapaley said, “Most of the cases in Indore were related to a few projects after the promoter duped hundreds of customers. As they are getting resolved gradually, new complaints are very few and this is really a good sign.”

Recently, the authority sent notice to an Indore-based realtor for not keeping promises made to customers even after receiving 80% of the payment.

Kapaley said, “Complaints were brought to our notice after which sent a notice to builder and denied registration in RERA for any future projects when he approached the authority for extension of his existing projects.”

In the total 45 cases received by the RERA against the realtor, it directed promoters to return money to customers. Until now over a dozen of customers have received demand drafts from the promoter.

Source: https://realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/regulatory/madhya-pradesh-rera-tightens-the-noose-on-violators-plaints-drop-40/69317729

June 5, 2019

UP-RERA directs authorities to start registration of projects

Noida

The Uttar Pradesh real estate regulator has asked local authorities to start the registration process of realty projects under the RERA Act for making builders accountable and addressing rising complaints from buyers in the state.

UP Real Estate Regulatory Authority chairman Rajive Kumar in a statement said the authority has received about a 1,000 complaints with respect to projects and promoters from outside the planning areas mainly from the districts of Lucknow and Barabanki.

The complaints vary from non-implementation of the projects to the promoter having run away with the money of the buyers, he said.

The RERA Act applies only to the real estate projects with area of 500 sq metres or more and with eight apartments or more in planning areas.

“RERA cannot extend relief to such buyers unless the project can be registered in Rera and invited the attention of the participating officers to the provisions of Section 3 of the Rera Act wherein a provision has been made that in order to protect the interest of the buyers it can direct a promoter to register in Rera a project outside planning area and that the provisions of Rera will apply to such a project from the date of its registration in RERA,” he added.

The UP RERA chief held a meeting at the RERA office in Greater Noida to discuss approval and regulation of layout plans of the real estate projects outside the planning areas.

The meeting was attended by Anurag Srivastava, Principal Secretary of Panchayati Raj, Mahendra Prasad, Secretary of Industrial Development and CEO LIDA, Preeti Shukla, Secretary of Panchayati Raj, Ajai Chauhan, Housing Commissioner, Masoom Ali Sarvar, Director of Panchayati Raj, MP Singh, Secretary of Lucknow Development Authority, among others.

Kumar, however, clarified that a project can be registered in Rera only if the layout plan of the project has been approved by the concerned local authority, which means zila panchayat in most of the cases.

Rera has already engaged UP Remote Sensing Application Centre for carrying out the site inspection of real estate projects within 10 km of LDA limits in the districts of Lucknow and Barabanki with the help of satellite data, according to the statement.

Anurag Sivastava, principal secretary, said in some of the Zila Panchayats the bye-laws relating to the approval of the projects have not been adopted so far.

However, he assured to direct the districts concerned to adopt the bye-laws soon.

“They will also work effectively to check the breaches of the sanctioned plans or the development of real estate projects without required approvals,” according to the statement. The progress would be reviewed next month, it added.

Source: www.realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/regulatory/up-rera-directs-authorities-to-start-registration-of-projects/69335068

June 4, 2019