Noida: From feeding stray dogs to more powers for UP-RERA, residents’ representatives voiced their problems during the three-hour interactive session with the chief secretary and other senior officials of the UP government on Saturday.
At the end of the meeting, officials insisted on a feedback system where residents would be given the option of rating the Noida and Greater Noida authorities on the basis of the services offered and the time taken to resolve the grievances. Apart from chief secretary RK Tiwari and senior officials of the two authorities, police commissioner Alok Singh and district magistrate Suhas LY also attended the meeting.
Among the issues that were raised was the tension between residents and neighbours over feeding stray dogs. The practice of feeding animals has been the bone of contention among residents of several societies, with many complaining of dog bites while others alleging that the animals are being tortured.
Strengthening the UP-RERA bench was another point that was discussed at length. Since group housing projects commissioned before 2016 do not fall under the purview of the regulatory authority, residents who have been waiting for their houses for eight to 10 years asked the chief secretary to either give more powers to RERA or create another such institution to deal with their problems.
Abhinav Saini from Grand Ajnara Heritage society in Sector 74 said since the registry of flats had been delayed without any fault of the buyers, the stamp duty should be levied in keeping with the circle rate that prevailed during the time they were offered possession and not the prevalent one.
Rajesh Sahay, a member of the federation of apartment owners in the city, said the Authority officials should inspect the premises of group housing projects at the time of granting completion certificates to ensure common facilities mentioned in the layout are in place.
Chief secretary Tiwari said the key issues of buyers had been noted down and a resolution would be announced within a week.