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Sheila gives an assurance to housing societies’ members

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NEW DELHI: A delegation of the Association of Cooperative Group Housing Societies led by the Member of Parliament from West Delhi, Mahabal Mishra, met Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit over the weekend and urged her to help the residents of 79 housing societies of Dwarka get their flats.

The delegation, comprising nearly 30 members, informed the Chief Minister that it was due to the position taken by the Registrar of Cooperative Societies that they had not been able to get the flats, for which many of them had taken loans and are paying huge equated monthly instalments. Also, since they are unable to move into their flats, many of them are compelled to live in rented accommodation.

They said while their flats have been ready for many years now, they are unable to get possession despite having got favourable orders from the Delhi High Court in the past two years.

The housing society members said the apartments have also been suffering for lack of maintenance and now the allottees would have to spend several lakhs more before they are able to shift into the fast deteriorating buildings.

The Chief Minister gave the delegation a patient hearing and assured that an early solution would be found to the vexed issue. She said since the Registrar of Cooperative Societies gives a completely different picture of the situation, an open workshop would be convened in which she herself would be present along with Delhi Development Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan, Mr. Mishra, the Registrar of Cooperative Societies and office-bearers of various societies so that the issue could be discussed threadbare and an amicable solution be arrived at.

Mr. Mishra quoted the Chief Minister as saying that the proposed workshop would be convened soon so that the problems of the housing societies’ members could be resolved. “Her reaction was quite positive and we are confident that a solution would be found soon to this long-pending issue,” the MP said.

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