PMC is just NOT RESPONDING: Part 2

PMC IS NOT RESPONDING: PART 2

DEVELOPERS HAVE NOT INSTALLED SOLAR HEATING WATER SYSTEM

While providing commencement certificates for each stage of Palladium Grand complex located at Dhanori, Pune 411015; office of the City Engineer, Pune Municipal Corporation has mandated that developers must install "Solar Heating Water System". 

However, when the completion / occupation certificate was provided by the same office, it did not verify as to why "Solar Heating Water System" was not installed and commissioned by the developers M/s. Palladium Properties Ltd., a joint venture by M/s. Raojee Constructions and M/s. Shreyas Shelters.

We the residents have been approaching builder informally for several years now, with a request to commission this mandatory requirements as stipulated in the commencement certificates. Developers did not pay any attention and neither took it seriously.

Frustrated with this attitude, we wrote several communications to the builders, which went UN-noticed. Finally, we wrote to PMC Commissioner (vide ref. no. PG-0070/2015 dated 7 September 2015). Relevant [related to Solar Water Heating System] part of this 11 page long letter is appended below. 

After lot of perseverance, we received response from City Engineer office, PMC [vide ref. no. Zone1/2002 dated 3 November 2015]. In its letter PMC agreed that developers have not installed and commissioned Solar Water Heating System. It further directed the builder/developer to install and commission this facilities within 15 days, i.e. on or before 18 Nov 2015. [See PMC Response below].

After this, we tried contacting the office of the City Engineer, PMC. There was no response of what so ever kind. 

We are shocked with this attitude of the PMC officers:

1. Why PMC Officers are going to slow in pursuing this issue with the developer/builders?
2. Why PMC is not blacklisting M/s. Palladium Properties, M/s. Raojee Constructions, M/s. Shreyas Shelters and M/s Shirish Dasnurkar for cheating PMC, and violating its mandatory compliance?

Does it not construed and be concluded that  PMC is not in favor of the residents or citizens? Or is it that its officers are weak enough to take strict action against the builders/developers?

Is PMC listening? Or It is convenient not to RESPOND?

At your mercy PMC Officers,

Palladium Grand Flat Owners

RELEVANT PART OF THE OUR COMMUNICATION ADDRESSED TO HON. PMC COMMISSIONER MR. KUNAL KUMAR [PG-0070/2015 dated 7 September 2015] RELATED TO SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEM

Solar Water Heaters:

While sanctioning the plan proposed by the developers, the Office of the Dy. City Engineer (Development Plan) vide its commencement certificates nos. DPO/10396/H/75 dated 17 March 2006, DPO/4765/H/84 dated 11 Sept 2006 and DPO/8826/H/91 dated 18^th January 2007 developers were asked to provide solar water heaters. However, we are pained to inform you that developers have not provided any kind of solar water heating infrastructure.

a.    Did your officers or relevant department(s) was aware of this fact, that developers have not made appropriate and adequate provisions for the solar water heaters that can cater to the entire Phase 1?

b.    How come your officer(s) or relevant department provided completion & occupancy certificate without ensuring that solar water heaters are indeed provided by the developer?

c.    Given the above-mentioned circumstances, what action(s) would you propose to be taken against the defaulting developers who have clearly violated the spirit & specifications mentioned in the commencement certificates?

d.    What action(s) you would propose against the officers or the departments of the PMC which overlooked the compliance of the commencement certificate, and provided completion and occupancy certificate to the developers without ensuring that the specifications mentioned in the commencement certificates has been complied with in letter & spirit?

e.    What instructions or penalties or punitive measures you would impose upon the developers who have blatantly violated the directives of the commencement certificates for provision of solar water heaters?

f.     What plans and curative measures you would like to propose to ensure that the occupants are supplied with adequate quantity of solar water heaters either by the developers or by the relevant PMC mechanism?

g.    How and what actions you and relevant departments will initiate to ensure that this facility is provided to the flat owners in immediate near future?

h.    How and what measures you and the relevant departments will initiate to compensate [or order developers to compensate] the flat owners for pain & trauma they have undergone for non provision of this facility which needs to be fulfilled according to the commencement certificates issued by relevant departments?