The Empowered Committee, set up by the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, will reach out to homebuyers to resolve their problems “at the earliest”, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Sunday.
The Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs said the committee, chaired by Ministry Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra, had on June 25 held its first meeting regarding issues faced by homebuyers in Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway.
Series of tweets
In a series of tweets, Mr. Puri said the panel, comprising representatives of the Uttar Pradesh government, banks, NBCC, Noida Authority CEO and others, will hold its next meeting after analysing reports.
“...Committee has called reports from CREDAI, NAREDCO, Banks, NOIDA & NBCC [sic],” Mr. Puri tweeted.
He stated in another tweet, “Dept of Financial Services, Dept of Corp Affairs, CEOs of GNOIDA & YEW and Rep of Home Buyers have been co-oped in the Committee. Next meeting after analysing reports is scheduled on Tues 10th July [sic].”
“The committee will reach out to the homebuyers with a view to resolving their problems at the earliest,” he said in another tweet.
‘Bad name’
Blaming few builders for bringing a bad name to the real estate sector, Mr. Puri had last month said the government has set up advisory committees to address the problems faced by homebuyers and developers.
The Minister had assured homebuyers as well as real estate builders that the government will sort out most of their common problems as soon as possible, said a statement issued by realtors’ body NAREDCO.