NBCC says it’s willing to help stuck realty projects in Noida, Gr Noida
NOIDA: The central government’s construction firm National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) India Ltd said on Monday it is ready to help stuck housing projects in Noida and Greater Noida in order to deliver “quality products on time.”
The construction agency said it is conducting site inspections to collect required details on the projects, which are running behind schedule.
“We are exploring options on how we can help realty projects which could not be completed on time and home-buyers or investors could not get flats. We are exploring the projects developed by Amrapali, Jaypee Group and other builders,” said Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal, chairman-cummanaging director, NBCC.
Officials said NBCC is not only willing to help stuck housing projects, but also take up new ones.
NBCC, which functions under the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs, on Monday invited expression of interests from private realty players for joint development projects.
“We can also become a co-developer in new projects. We can handle all sorts of work such as project management, technical consultancy and construction since we have the required expertise. The objective is that investors or home-buyers can get units on time and better quality products,” Mittal said.
NBCC added that it intends to enter into collaboration/joint venture as a co-developer/ implementing agency for project management consultancy, project branding, sales, marketing on the licensed land owned by the private firms or government agencies. The interested firms can submit their proposal to NBCC till September 1, officials said.
“Once we will receive the applications ... we will process the proposals,” said Mittal.
On June 18 this year, the UP government had formed a six-member committee to help over three lakh home-buyers, who have been facing multiple problems in Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway industrial development authority areas. The committee, headed by secretary, ministry of housing and urban development, has conducted meetings with stakeholders and NBCC officials.
“NBCC is exploring economic viability of projects before it finalises how it can help in finishing these stuck projects... The committee is deliberating on ways to solve issues faced by the home-buyers. It is yet to finalise any plan,” said Alok Tandon chief executive officer of the Noida authority, a committee member.
“We have already given representation to NBCC about our projects. We want the NBCC should come and help finish projects so that the home-buyers can get ready flats,” said Shiv Priya, director, Amrapali Group. The Jaypee Group refused to comment as the matter is sub judice in the Supreme Court.
We can also become a codeveloper in new projects.... The objective is that investors or home buyers can get units on time and better quality products. DR ANOOP KUMAR MITTAL, chairman-cum-managing director, NBCC
NEW DELHI: A 20-week-old foetus was found in a dustbin outside a toilet at central Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital on Sunday morning. The police are going through the hospital CCTV footage to identify the mother.
“Around 6am, one of the women guards found the discarded foetus in the washroom on the first floor of the ECS (Emergency and Critical Care) building. She immediately informed the supervisor and a medico-legal case was registered,” a hospital personnel, on condition of anonymity, said.
The foetus was found wrapped in a piece of cloth and was immediately taken to the hospital mortuary. “It could have been a spontaneous abortion while the mother was using the toilet. However, the foetus was found in a disfigured state, suggesting foul play,” a hospital staff member said. The autopsy is likely to happen on Tuesday.
“The hospital is just waiting for the necessary permission from the police for the autopsy to be conducted,” the staff member said.
A foetus is considered viable and has a chance of survival after 24 to 28 weeks.
A foetus removed from the mother’s womb on or before 20 weeks of gestation is considered an “abortus”. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act allows abortion up to 20 weeks and the draft amendment bill seeks to extend this to 24 weeks.
Deputy commissioner of police (New Delhi) Madhur Verma said the police are trying to trace the child’s mother.
“Prima facie, it looks like a case of premature delivery or abortion. We have questioned some of the staff members who might have seen the person who left the foetus there. A case has been registered under Section 318 of the IPC (concealment of birth by secret disposal of body) at the North Avenue police station,” Verma said.