The Mangaluru chapter of Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (Credai) has urged the Government to bring reforms in the administration of urban local bodies (ULBs). It has also sought single window clearance for real estate projects.

Addressing presspersons in Mangaluru on Tuesday, DB Mehta, president of Credai, Mangaluru, said that the lack of reforms in the rules and regulations governing the real estate sector in ULBs is affecting the sector a lot.

In some states, a real estate developer has to take at least 50 NOCs (no-objection certificates) from various government agencies and ULBs.

In Karnataka, a developer has to take more than 20 NOCs. The process of taking NOCs from various agencies takes 1-3 years. The real estate developers are also subjected to harassment by different agencies, and the demand for bribes also comes up from officials during various stages of project development.

Stressing the need for the single window clearance for real estate projects, he said there is an urgent need to bring reforms in the rules and regulations of ULBs. Mehta said that some ULBs do not even have a system of providing the inward number to the applicant whenever a developer applies for project approvals.

He said that a developer from Thane in Maharashtra, Suraj Parmar, committed suicide a few days ago in his fight against the system.

The suicide note left by him highlighted the delays in getting the approvals, political interference, and plans getting rejected with retrospective effect. It also mentioned the demands for bribes from officials and the victimisation for defying the bribes payment.

Mehta said the Credai members in Mangaluru participated in the nationwide protest as a mark of respect to the late Parmar on Tuesday. They closed their offices, stopped the work at the construction sites, and did not take up registration of sale-deeds on Tuesday, he added.

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