Don’t bribe officials. This is the message that CREDAI has given to its 10,000 strong members.

Launching an all out war on corruption, the apex body of developers said, “We have had enough of this charges that builders breed corruption”.

CREDAI national President Lalit Kumar Jain said that he had conducted a survey among the developer community on saying “No” to corruption.

Drawing inspiration from Bollywood blockbuster and Ajay Devgan starrer  Singham , Jain told his fellow developers: “One day, all of you will say Ataa Maazhi Satakli (loosely translated, Now I am losing my temper!)” when someone asks you for money for doing favours.”

He recalled that there was a lot of scepticism 18 months ago when he embarked on “Mission Transparency” for the developer community and the government.

But today, the mission has been well accepted, judging from the fact that a majority of developers across the country have accepted the CREDAI code of conduct for themselves and the various state and city units are setting up consumer grievance cells to proactively settle disputes out of court.

He pointed out that following CREDAI and its state chapters’ untiring efforts post the last Singapore NATCON, governments in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have begun setting up single window system for building clearances.

Various governments are now discussing the comprehensive check-list presented by CREDAI.

The war on corruption, he said, will be most effective if all CREDAI chapters fight it out with conviction. Developers should gear up to resist all kinds of exploitation and demands for bribes, expose bribe seekers and even move courts with writ petitions and complaints.

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