Allottees meet LIT officials over slow pace of work on Atal Apartments
Ludhiana: With
Ludhiana Improvement Trust
proceeding with construction of flats under the Atal Apartment scheme at Karnail Singh Nagar, Pakhowal Road, allottees, along with advocate Inderpreet Singh, approached LIT officials for implementation of guidelines on the project issued by
Real Estate Regulatory Authority
(RERA).
Their major concern is the discrepancy between the payment they have made and progress of construction work. This project is expected to be completed in 2026.
Advocate Inderpreet Singh said that LIT started the project in Dec 2024, under the Atal Apartment scheme. To complete work of construction on the project site, the contractor must be paid from the instalment amount received from the allottees. However, while LIT has been collecting instalments from the allottees, work at the site has not kept pace, he explained.
He claimed that only 20% to 25% of the work had been completed at the site while 75% of the amount had been recovered. Advocate Inderpreet Singh also questioned if the project would be completed on its scheduled time in 2026 or not. A delegation of allottees visited the LIT office to talk to officials about the RERA guidelines.
LIT officials have been requested to collect the due amount from holders as per the work progress.
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During the meeting, allottees told officials that they feared not getting possession of the flats despite making 100% payment. They requested officials to defer the next instalment. Officials assured the delegation that RERA guidelines will be implemented.
LIT officials said that in view of the pending compliance with the RERA order, it was agreed that the next instalment, due on May 21, would be deferred. A revised payment schedule, in accordance with RERA directives, would be issued after formal compliance.
LIT officials also agreed to verify allegations of misappropriation of compacted earth using existing level charts and assured that accountability would be fixed. They added that concerns of construction quality would be addressed by conducting randomised lab tests through three reputed laboratories.
Further commitments made by LIT include removal of encroachments on-site and issuance of tenders for the parking lot and community centre within the next 15 days. In case of delay, the engineer concerned would be required to submit written reasons and an undertaking that project deadlines would be met. The flats are expected to be delivered within the remaining 17-month timeline, by Oct 2026.
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