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Short on sand, real estate developers in Rajasthan face penalty threat

‘We have explained our difficulties to the chief minister and submitted our proposal for relaxation in the deadline’

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Faced with the unprecedented crisis of construction sand, the real estate developers in the state are having a tough time coming to terms with Real Estate Regulatory Act (RERA) and have thus sought relaxation in the prescribed deadline for completion of their projects registered with RERA. 

As there is no provision that addresses a situation like this, these developers have sought intervention of the state government. “We have explained our difficulties to the chief minister and submitted our proposal for relaxation in the deadline to chief secretary and urban department,” said Gopal Gupta chairman of CREDAI, Rajasthan. 

According to the real estate developers body, short supply of construction sand has slowed down the construction works by almost 50 per cent. The crisis has emerged following a ban imposed by Supreme Court on unwarranted mining of bajri from river beds in the state. The shortage of the construction sand has affected all infrastructure projects, however, the real estate projects are also facing possibilities of penalty under RERA  for missing out on the completion deadline. 

The RERA authorities though deny of any relaxation, the authorities holding it as a market supply related issue deny of any provision under the act to extend a relaxation. Such a relaxation can only be extended in case the developers are able to acquire written consent of ‘two-third of the allottees’.

There are over 700 real estate projects registered with RERA, Rajasthan. Most projects to have been registered at the state still have couple of years to meet the completion deadline, however, the construction crisis to have continued for several months does not seem to get over in near future. The alternates such as stone dust and other manufactured sand are insufficient to meet the demand and to miss the completion deadline may subject the developers to penalty upto 10 per cent of the project cost and even imprisonment.

Works Slow Down

According to real estate developers body, short supply of construction sand has slowed down the construction works by almost 50%. The crisis has emerged following a ban imposed by Supreme Court on unwarranted mining of bajri from river beds in the state.

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