DLF and its betterment

Delo · Aug 3, 2010

Hi to all DLF residents,especially women folks,

Do you feel strongly how DLF's going to the pits?If so,let's come together in this forum and initiate discussions.

I feel independent house owners are facing more problems as we don't have security,maintenance etc like the hi-rises.

Appreciate discussions/complaints/experiences etc,etc
Delo

SanjanaBatra87 · Aug 4, 2010

Hi Delo, Good to see someone taking the lead to discuss the 'after-sale support and facilities management' provided by real estate leaders like the DLF.

But do you why think that 'independent house owners' are deprived of facilities like security and maintenance unlike the apartment owners? Are the independent house owners left to fend for themselves, doesn't the colony have their independent security, what about waste disposal?

It'll be interesting to know if other developers in Delhi/NCR or other parts of India have adequate systems for independent houses/bungalows,etc Computer Typing

Thanks,

Sanjana

Delo · Aug 5, 2010

Great to see your response.Don't know if you are a DLF resident residing in an independent house.

All I know is we pay maintenance,would not like DLF phases to go to the pits like this with no accountablity on cleanliness etc.

Delo

amandeepkohli · Aug 5, 2010

I guess DLF phases (which I have visited phase 1 & 2) in Gurgaon have security check posts; but of course not very impressed with the cleanliness part. Phase 2 comparatively looked better... :roll:

I live in a apartment and I feel its more secure and well maintained; however, I'm not sure if every independent owners face similar problem as yours. Did DLF promise to offer 'facilities management' for ever? Usually, committee is formed with owner's representatives to carry on further maintenance of the societies as in most cases? What's the system in DLF societies?

Delo · Aug 17, 2010

amandeepkohli said: ↑

I guess DLF phases (which I have visited phase 1 & 2) in Gurgaon have security check posts; but of course not very impressed with the cleanliness part. Phase 2 comparatively looked better... :roll:

I live in a apartment and I feel its more secure and well maintained; however, I'm not sure if every independent owners face similar problem as yours. Did DLF promise to offer 'facilities management' for ever? Usually, committee is formed with owner's representatives to carry on further maintenance of the societies as in most cases? What's the system in DLF societies?
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U r better off in a hi-rise.Security check posts are there for all to see but the QRT guys are more sincere 'n quick in response.

We hv a committee/association who are not able to do much 'coz they hv to go via DLF reps.Yes,they r chosen by us but everything's going to pits,everyone is doing their own thing.Those of us who hv invested in houses are helplessly watching it going to pits.'Apathy' is the word.See even here I get responses only from non-residents of DLF.
Delo

PreetiSandhu01 · Aug 26, 2010

I had read this thread a few days back and did not feel I have any role to play in this - 'cause nor was I a DLF resident or a Gurgaonite. However, today as I was going through some news, I read this sad story, which I believe will be apt to add to this discussion. Here is an excerpt from TOI of August 23, 2010:

The worst fears of residents at waterlogged localities in Gurgaon came true when a 26-year-old car mechanic, while wading through a road that was under three feet of water, fell into a drain and drowned at B-block, DLF Phase-I on Saturday evening. This happened barely hours after a school kid had fallen into the same drain but was rescued in the nick of time, police said.

Residents said, due to severe waterlogging, it was impossible for anyone to know where the road ended and the six-feet-deep drain began. A fence on both sides of the two-feet-wide open drain would have prevented the tragedy, they added.

In the first incident, a child apparently returning from school fell into the drain. He was lucky to survive as a security guard heard him call for help and rescued him. His school bag was recovered from the drain on Sunday. ``In the other incident, Manish Sharma, a mechanic who lived in Maruti Vihar, died after falling into the drain on Saturday evening,'' said Harinder Kumar, SHO, Phase-I police station.

Kumar said Manish had been called by a resident for replacing a car battery. ``He was riding a scooter. As there was heavy waterlogging on the road, he left his scooter behind and tried to cross the road on foot, carrying the battery. As there was three-feet deep water on the road, he could not see the drain and fell into it. Due to waterlogging, the drain had become nine-feet-deep. He was not a swimmer and drowned,'' he said.

A case has been lodged against DLF's maintenance agency under Section 304A (death due to negligence) and cops were trying to fix responsibility on the officials responsible for the dangerous situation.

The incidents have left residents both shocked and seething with anger even as they try to cope with flooded basements and roads deluged under rainwater. They said no agency - district administration, HUDA or Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon - had come forward to help the residents. "No official has turned up in the area even as the entire locality has become an island in the last three-four days. A criminal case should be lodged against not only DLF but all government officials concerned,'' fumed R S Rathee, president, Gurgaon Citizens Council and a resident of DLF Phase-I.

Owners of several houses in DLF City and Sushant Lok, meanwhile, spent their weekend trying to get the water out from the basements and lawns. They have had to install pumps on their own to clear out the water.

Authorities, on the other hand, claimed that the administration has been on its toes ever since the rains created havoc in the city. ``We are doing our best to help the residents with the available resources. All fixed and mobile pumps available with us are serving the people. However, as the rains have been really heavy in last few days, the situation has been slightly difficult to manage,'' said Rajendra Kataria, deputy commissioner.

DLF, too clarified, that it was wrongly being held responsible for the tragic incident. ``The incident is really unfortunate but we should not be held responsible for it. Maintaining the drains is not our duty alone and with the kind of rains we have witnessed in last few days, people need to be careful,'' said a DLF official.

Experts and environmentalists, meanwhile, said that the mess created due to the heavy showers was a result of the city having lost all its natural catchment areas and drains. ``The situation is a wake-up call for all stakeholders in the city and if we do not read the signs now, worse will follow.

With the kind of topography Gurgaon has, natural drains are required to carry away excess water. But these drains have been destroyed in a bid to build a concrete jungle. The authorities and builders should care for nature or else nature will keep troubling them,'' said Vivek Kamboj, an environmental activist.
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Did you know about this incident? Who is to blame for this mishap? Will this poor chap's family get any compensation?

Delo · Aug 27, 2010

Dear Preeti,
This was indeed a very unfortunate occurence,it came in the newspaper ,so we all got to know of it,quite close to our house infact.There are so many such happening around,right from security to what have you.Hence,I really don't know what to comment on Amandeep's 'however, I'm not sure if every independent owners face similar problem as yours'.

We have a meeting every month,watch helplessly the numbers of attendees dwindling every month.
Delo