The village has 1,168 flats. 460 flats are owned by individuals. Apart from private owners, UD Ministry has the second largest chunk of these flats.
Possessing flats in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) village is burning holes in government’s pocket. The Urban Development (UD) Ministry, which has 368 flats inside the village, owes about Rs 10 crore to the village management committee for maintenance of the premise. These flats are occupied by senior bureaucrats, who refuse to pay the hefty amount of monthly maintenance fee, since the accommodation is a part of their allowance. In a fix, the ministry is mulling over options from where it can raise finances for the maintenance.
The village has 1,168 flats. 460 flats are owned by individuals. Apart from private owners, UD Ministry has the second largest chunk of these flats. The ministry allots flats to government officers, bureaucrats and judges of High Court and Supreme Court who are eligible.
Like any other housing society, the occupants of the CWG Village also pay a monthly management to the area’s CWG Village Allottees Association. The monthly maintenance of a flat inside the CWG village is fixed at Rs 3.50 per square feet. Depending on the size of the flat, the monthly maintenance of these houses, comes somewhere in between Rs 6,500 to Rs 9,500.
While individual owners are responsible for paying their house charges, those who were allotted the flats by the government refuse to pay the maintenance as it was a part of their entitlement. Government employees living in accommodation provided by the authority do not pay a monthly maintenance in other places.
“Some Public Sector Undertakings also have houses in the complex. They have been paying the fee. The problem is only with the ministry houses. We are pursuing the matter with relevant authorities. We have been assured that the payment will be released," said Bhushan Narula, president of the welfare association. Over the years, the maintenance charge has piled up to about Rs 10 crore.
“We have received a complaint from the RWA. We are looking at options how to pay the due,” said a senior officer of the ministry. “Never before have we been stuck in the situation like this. We have written to the Finance seeking its opinion on the matter,” added the minister.
The ministry also agrees that, if it asks the occupants to pay a monthly maintenance, no government employee would want to move in into those flats. “We will have to work a way out, else these flats will remain vacant,” added the officer.
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