Land developers told to heed rules

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, DEC. 6. The Union Urban Development Minister, Mr. Jagmohan, today asked the land developers and the builders to take a pledge to abide by law and shun all activities that were contributing to the urban chaos and haphazard growth of the city with a telling effect on the city life.

``Our cities have been taken over by land and building mafias. The dishonest are driving out the honest. All kind of irregularities are being committed. Unfortunately wrong things are being done because it is paying'', he said while delivering his keynote address while opening the three-day National Convention of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) at Vigyan Bhawan.

All this was happening because of the short-sightedness of those indulging in carrying out illegal constructions. In the process, the precious resource in the land was being wasted. They do not know that this precious resource could be turned into a much more commercially luctrative proposition if they abide by law and follow the norms for an orderly development of the cities.

Mr. Jagmohan was optimistic that orderly growth and development would be possible if the developers and builders evolve and adopt a code to refrain from dishonest practices. The efforts of the Governments to regenerate the cities with culturally rich heritage offer tremendous scope for all kinds of economic activities and even the developers and builders could benefit from it.

Referring to the facts that there were vast gaps between the demands and supply so far as urban infrastructure were concerned besides the housing, Mr. Jagmohan said discipline would help a create a congenial atmosphere that would help give speed to urban development related activities as well construction of low cost housing which was the need of the country.

He said if the developers and builders would discipline themselves and abide by law, the Government would be willing to look into their problems and extend a helping hand. He said he was willing to discuss and sort out issues of concern to them.

Earlier welcoming the Minister, the President of the CREDAI, Mr. Kumar Gera said that the members of the association were more than willing to follow the rules and were appreciative of the Government's concern for orderly development. All that they needed was a level playing field which would ensure that an honest and legitimate developer did not end up as a loser. (EOM)

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