Buyers seek government's help to resume work on stalled housing project in Gurugram

                Gurgaon: Scores of homebuyers of Mahira 
Homes staged a protest at Jantar Mantar on 
Sunday, demanding intervention by the central 
govt to resume construction of their long-
stalled 
housing project in Sector 68. More than 1400 
homebuyers invested in 2017 with the hope of 
getting affordable homes. But seven years 
later, what they are left with is a skeletal 
structure, 
mounting EMIs, and rent payments — but no 
homes.
According to them, most had invested their 
entire life's earnings into these houses, with 
95%-100% of the payment already made to the 
developer. Despite the promise of receiving 
their 
flats in 2022, construction work completely 
halted. Spread across 10 acres of land, the 
project was to be delivered by Aug 2022, but it 
has been mired with ongoing issues.
In 2022, DTCP revoked the developer's license, 
citing forgery and document irregularities. The 
situation worsened when a financial audit 
revealed that the developer syphoned off funds 
from the project's escrow account. Haryana 
RERA eventually cancelled the project's 
registration in April 2024. Buyers say they 
approached every authority — from DTCP and 
RERA to 
local MLAs and even the courts — but so far 
the issue has not been resolved. Last year, the 
Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested the 
Managing Director of Mahira Group, Sikander 
Chhoker, who was granted bail by the Punjab 
and Haryana High Court in Feb this year.
Despite a techno-feasibility report by NBCC 
suggesting ways to complete the project, 
including imposing an additional Rs 5–10 lakh 
burden on each buyer, they flatly rejected the 
idea.


Source : Times of India