Pune: Citizens, via the Maharashtra Society Welfare Association (MSWA), have written to the state housing minister, Atul Save, demanding a proper monitoring mechanism for redevelopment projects.The MSWA has written to the minister with a proposal for regulatory authority to focus on the redevelopment of housing societies.With maximum redevelopment projects being started in cities such as Mumbai, Pune, and Thane, residents cited that old structures that undergo redevelopment have no monitoring system pertaining to the timeline of such projects and a penalty for delay.It is leading residents of such societies to take up matters legally.We have reached out to the state government to establish a regulatory body that can undertake not only the redevelopment of housing societies on private land but also structures that come under government, MHADA, SRA, cessed buildings, etc, Ramesh Prabhu, chairperson of MSWA, told TOI.Members of the association hope that the state government will take up this issue in the new housing policy coming up next month.While the state implemented the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, and was among the first to set up the MahaRERA authority, it failed to include redevelopment in the act, citizens argue.It is very unfortunate that the regulatory authority, RERA, which is supposed to regulate all real estate-related activities, does not consider the rights and interests of existing members. It is because the redevelopment projects are exempted from registration under Section 3(2)(c) of the RERA Act, a homebuyer said.As per the letter by the MSWA, such scenarios have created unrest and anxiety among the existing members since they have spent their lifes savings on buying homes in such projects.While the redevelopment activities in the state commenced in the 1990s with the introduction of the Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations (UDCPR) for Maharashtra State, it is a matter of concern for most of the redevelopment projects that are stalled at various stages, added a member of one such stalled project.We also published the following articles recentlyDelhi HC seeks Centres stand on plea over protection of Waqf properties in central vista redevelopmentThe Delhi High Court has asked the Centre for its stance on the impact of the Central Vista Redevelopment Project on Waqf properties. The court instructed the Centre to submit a status report on whether specific properties of the Delhi Waqf Board have been affected by the ongoing project. The court also ordered the Centre to provide a status report on the preservation and protection of six properties in the project area. The matter will be heard again on February 9, 2023.MahaRera proposes framework to ensure quality check of projectsMahaRera has floated a consultation paper on a framework for quality assurance in real estate projects. The regulatory body aims to ensure that quality issues or defects in construction are addressed right at the initial stage and homebuyers do not have to resort to the defect liability clause. Third party agencies will be appointed for monitoring quality in various projects, including advanced stages of construction, pre-handover, and verification of rectification of issues. MahaRera has invited suggestions from the public and has put forth the frameworks already in place in countries such as Singapore and also in the PMAY scheme. The paper includes an indicative list of problems faced by homebuyers and proposes a phase-wise inspection of quality by third party agencies. The details of the projects of the developers adopting this system will be available on the MahaRera website, improving transparency and credibility. The inspection will be carried out in three stages: advanced stages of construction, pre-handover, and verification of rectification of issues, ensuring that defects are rectified within five years as per the Rera Act.

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