MahaRERA notices to 261 projects with slow pace
Hindustan TimesMUMBAI HT Image Housing regulator MahaRERA has served show cause notices to 261 projects with completion dates of December 2023 but are less than 40 per cent complete by March, asking for explanation on how they plan to complete these in the next nine months. According to the data that emerged during the project monitoring exercise conducted by MahaRERA, 53 of these 261 projects have completed less than 10% construction, 44 projects have completed between 10 and 20% work, 60 projects have finished between 20 to 30% slabs, and 104 projects have completed 30 to 40% work. The data also revealed that in 15 projects, the developer has already spent 75-100% of the funds kept in a separate account with little work to show for it. According to Real Estate Act provisions, promoters must keep 70% of the funds collected for construction of a project in a separate bank account, and to prevent diversion of funds, the funds must be withdrawn only with adequate certification from the chartered accountant, architect, and structural engineer as the project completes slabs.