AI , Humans & Wildlife !

 

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“Advise a wise man, and he will listen to you. Advise a fool, and he will make fun of you.” ― Mouloud Benzadi

“Manipulation is application of intelligence on people to achieve a premeditated outcome solely benefitting the former than latter, AI is the best example of it.” ”
― Ramana Pemmaraju

“Wild animals don’t need any AI to survive, as there are no fools in wildlife” -- Me.

Mouloud Benzadi is a British Algerian writer, translator, linguist, and researcher. Sri Ramana Pemmaraju, is an English Writer, Columnist and has contributed his works in diverse fields such as Research, Publications, Copy/ Technical documentation. Thanks to the first quote which I stumbled upon while reading a writeup in a Sunday supplement of a newspaper which makes me remember the next one & think of mine at last! What Mr Benzadi wrote must be a few years back as today he would have changed his words to advise a fool & he will forward your advice to many other fools, needless to say without meaning it! And the words of Mr Pemmaraju are in alignment with Mr Benzadi, as that’s exactly what Ai is doing today! Now you will say what’s in common with wisdom, foolishness, AI & wildlife, well, the chaos is common which is happening at present when all these come together & add social media in it, more chaos is the result, so this sharing! Here I would like to bring to your attention the announcements regarding AI (Artificial Intelligence) & its use in “aam admi’s” (Janata) life & so smitten our rulers of this AI thingy, that they are not sparing even wildlife from it! The main concern (if our govt thinks wildlife is a matter of concern) of wildlife at present is man-animal conflict, though I personally doesn’t agree with word as conflict is friction between two parties where they are equal or near equal on all scales, but when we are talking about one fifty crore numbered species(I am refereeing only our country) which are equipped with all modern day gadgets to make their lives comfortable versus some lakhs of wild animals who doesn’t have any technology at their service but what mother nature has given them, it can't be conflict, its one way conflict at the most you can say where we all know who is going to rule the game, its always we the humans!

After reading these words which does sound dramatic you may think I am a frantic environmentalist (which I am not) as I understand out of these crores of humans there are few thousands who are on wrong side of conflict i.e. they have to suffer when their lives cross path with wildlife & in this context our Mai Baap govt is thinking of use of AI to help humans & wildlife survive together!  Well, that’s one use of AI in wildlife, though its effectiveness has yet to be measured as nature doesn’t run by intelligence, & definitely not by human’s intelligence who rarely bother to care about nature & its way of living! In Tadoba (where else) AI is helping people living around villages by alerting them at night about movements of wild animals like tiger & sloth bear & reducing their encounter with humans. Again, how this can be called as AI, I don’t understand as this is a normal surveillance system but I think nowadays when you attach AI with any system, it sounds nice, which is the main purpose of rulers to achieve, so be it! At the same time a lot of research is needed to increase use of AI which will actually help wildlife also at large along with humans & for that we need people who understand wildlife in the right way or say balanced way. Obliviously, humans living around forests are in a way wildlife only as they too are part of day-to-day life of all the wild animals around & if we can use AI or any technology to help them that’s going to help wildlife only! One important aspect is, using AI for empowerment (skill development) of the locals around wildlife as if they start using technology for their own personal development then they will be less dependent on forest for survival which will be the biggest help to wildlife by AI! And for that, we need lots of research which doesn’t seem to be happening, with due respect to efforts from govt for the same. Or else, check the figures of tiger’s death in the first two months itself of the year 2026 which can be considered as a scale for success or failure of wildlife. And then, add deaths of elephants & many such species which are the outcome of whenever these species cross paths with humans or our establishments & sadly, leave AI, we are not able to protect lives of wild animals by using even the basic technology is a fact & we are talking of AI! For e.g. death of wild animals crossing our Highways, Railways or High-Tension Power lines or Electric Fences around our farmlands, & the death toll is alarming; so, why are we not using AI along these so-called “paths of progress” which are actually ways to heaven (in real way) for saving wildlife, is my question to the entire system!! As well, AI can be very effectively used to make the common public aware about wildlife, especially those who have not seen real wildlife or forest i.e. education front, which again can save many wild animals lives!

Indeed, there are efforts by which we can keep an eye through Drones on wild animals especially those whom we can’t go near such as tigers, elephants, or sloth bears or those which are very shy (wild dogs) & nocturnal (only move in darkness of night). Here, we can use AI to detect any illness or deficiency as well their behaviour pattern & from the visuals by Drone camera & it will tell us more about the species, as in wildlife knowledge is the key! As, to conserve anything we must know as much as we can about that thing & every living thing other than humans is afraid of us (barring dogs & cats) & they have their own reasons for doing & that makes studying wildlife difficult for us. And this I am speaking about only the animals or species which are on ground & visible to us as there are thousands of species which live under surface of see, fly up high in the sky & lives below earth also & then some lives in habitats where humans can’t survive in natural state i.e. high altitudes or hottest deserts. In all such situations AI can be our best rather, the only tool to study wildlife & make their life comfortable, which I don’t think is happening or any budgetary provisions are being made for the same, is my subject of sharing.

At present there is another danger of AI looming over wildlife & social media is giving it a perfect (sarcasm) platform for that danger, yes, I am referring to fake AI made clips or footage of wildlife which at present is the biggest threat for wildlife from coexistence angle & its impact is such that even the forest dept has to take cognizance of such AI clips & make an appeal on social media regarding the same. Many of you must be remembering a clip which went viral on social media where one guard was sitting on the veranda of a forest guest house & suddenly a tiger came & dragged the guard in the forest of Bramhapuri near Tadoba! That clip has been forwarded to me by at least twenty people, asking for its exact location & it was on every WhatsApp group! This clip was totally made by AI, as with a keen eye & little bit of knowledge & some logic (all of these, most don't have or use; sarcasm) one can easily make out that. For instance, a tiger never attacks any human in the open, that too sitting in the veranda of a home unless it is a known man-eater, which there is none in recently around Tadoba. Usually such clips lack specific details always of a place as the maker doesn’t know them. Unless a tiger has killed the prey it won’t drag the prey which the clip was showing & more importantly there were roars even when the tiger has held the victim with its jaw, how can it do that i.e. roar while it has held prey in its jaw! And then, no blood spilling was seen from the victim’s body, in that clip, one more detail missing! And these are very basic observations, I can write an essay about rest points but then not many people have seen wild life & those who has seen they haven’t observed the details of wildlife & outcome is they believe on every such clip or photo & forward ahead making masses panic or become enemy of wildlife, this is the worst damage AI can do to the entire wildlife than actually killing it! And then later, there were episodes of this clip where the same tiger gets a bucket of water for the guard, but the damage has been done! And if not killing of humans, then there are many AI made clips of wildlife where you see a fifty feet Python or a leopard adopting a deer fawn & the title of such clips is wonder of nature or kindness of nature, making you (majority of masses) believe the same & forward it. Such posts made with AI spreads misunderstanding about wildlife as whenever some person accidently encounters such a species, then they may react by going through such clips, & the outcome will be dangerous! Here, all we can do is whenever you get any such clip of information about wildlife then first try to look at it with some logic & take assistance from people who know wildlife & till that time please don’t forward or share with others thinking its true! And the best way is, start going to forests, read books about wildlife, watch authentic channels like NatGeo & get the right information about wildlife! Forest depts & NGO’s must start a drive about this aspect & make common people aware about wrong use of AI in making clips on social media on every possible forum & platform, is my reason for sharing this piece!

And then comes another aspect of use of AI in wildlife & that is, use of AI by the ill elements i.e. poachers, because if the right people can use technology for right things, then the same technology can be used by the wrong people for doing wrong things also, right? And this is where the govt (enforcement agencies related to wildlife & NGO’s also must keep keen eye on the use of technology by the wrong people in wildlife. History is proof that bad people are always a step ahead of good people as they don’t have any rules, budgets, approvals, type procedural delays to use technology for their interest & more than that they don’t have to bother about ill effects of use of technology on the wildlife as their purpose is different! This makes the challenge for the right people tough as nature can protect its pride creation i.e. wildlife from each other & even from humans when it’s put on scale of natural powers but with wrong use of AI nature has no means to protect its weaker siblings, i.e. wildlife from humans! Take example of nocturnal animals like Martin or Pangolins or Porcupines, they are very hard to find in the first place, even for the poachers as they move in pitch darkness, run for shelter even with slightest of danger & very sharp in smelling or listening, so to catch them with normal ways is near impossible for humans & this is why such species have survived safely. But with AI backed technology, tracking these animals even in darkness & to locate their remotely located nests or say hides (read as home) will be super easy & suddenly there is no natural protection for these species as barring their hiding skills they have no tool to survive in the open, I think research is must to counter attack this threat of AI to wildlife in advance! This is where right AI & wrong AI will stand against each other & only the humans using it who will move fast & with dedication, will decide the fate of the wildlife, adios with this warning which is not AI generated!

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Sanjay Deshpande 

smd156812@gmail.com

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Air Pollution, Blood Pressure & Patient Named City!

 

                                                               

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“We want people to tell us the possible steps that can be taken to save ourselves from the harmful effects of air pollution” …Arvind Kejriwal

“Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or any other theology, learn to be human first as then only you can protect nature.” … Shannon L. Alder

“Air pollution is like a disease where the entire society is a patient” … Me.

Well, the quotes say the story & when the subject is air pollution then may it be our X CM of Delhi, Mr Kejriwal or an American inspirational author, therapist Ms Alder or a small-time builder engineer, Me, neither the subject nor the impact (read as bad) spares nobody which is my subject of sharing! Last year only I have shared some views on this topic & then the reason was formation of a committee or say forum by PMC (plz google) which is our governing local body to fight against increasing air pollution & this week in a step further on the path a seminar was organized by PMC, only to assess outcome of steps taken as well to discuss what more can be done. As representative of Credai Pune (plz google), I was honoured to be an invitee as well given an opportunity to share my views on a dais where who’s who of the city were present. I will share that later but first a glimpse about the seminar.

Many a people frown at mention of such seminars of initiatives & equal number comments, “Kahi farak nahi poadnar,” “kashala wel way ghalawtos aapla” & frankly I can translate the words in English but the tone & given-up attitude I won’t be able to translate from these words, so be it. And I don’t blame all such people as unfortunately slowly the entire society is losing belief or confidence in the system which we call govt but that's a different subject of sharing & I personally believe, if everybody starts giving up on every front then the doomsday is not far away! And the pollution that too air pollution is something of which we all are victim & if we don’t fight it or at least join hands with those who are fighting the war, then we don’t have right to call us civilized & second, our next generation (if it comes in existence) will never forgive us for what we didn’t do for them! Ok, I know its emotional dosage but then that is necessary to shake the people who are frowning & giving up comments when the war with air pollution is just started! The seminar’s joint organizer was WRR (World Resource Institute), an institute which studies weather or say air quality & assisting PMC on the subject & in a presentation they gave outlook about the situation in the city, reasons of deteriorating air quality of city & factors responsible for the same as well measures being taken about it! And I wasn’t surprised with the outcome which points finger at two front constructions ongoing in the city & vehicles exhausts which combinedly are responsible for more than seventy percent of suspended particles which damages air quality & in that also construction (not just real estate) is responsible for nearly twenty three percent of suspended particles or say dust. Frankly, I don’t go by these figures as it’s a big city with lots of factors which are responsible for air quality & its difficult to pinpoint one industry or organization or institution for the same, & I won’t bother you with numbers & hazardousness of them as news papers are doing that job more than perfectly (sarcasm)!

No wonder, the presentation by WRR has scan images of recent newspaper headlines showing how Pune’s air pollution is increasing (due to constructions) & it also mentioned importance of installing Air Sensors at construction site as their point was only if you know what you are dealing with then you can deal with in right way, so first step is to measure the air pollution (or quality) at sites & I agree this aspect. The presentation further stated the precautions & arrangements needed to be done at site for which guidelines made by PMC (with assistance of technical committee) were also shown to the audience!  Hon Mayor of Pune & Municipal Commissioner along with other senior bureaucrats & officers of PMC also shared their views & efforts being taken for controlling air pollution. Most of them mentioned headlines of news papers about pollution & Hon MC also mentioned that he has been transferred here from Delhi which we all know has worst air quality & he thought his Pune tenure will be a good breather as he was earlier here as Pune Collector but too his surprise a lot has changes on air quality level & joking, he said it’s like the pollution has followed him from Delhi! Though a good part is, he does mention PMC is with developers & reason is the numbers of constructions going on at a time & UDCPR for some extent is responsible for increased FSI being offered to the plots/ societies! And all the officers as well elected members appealed (read as warned) builders to follow the norms for air pollution or else stringent action will be taken against them (what else)! Also fixing Air Sensors’ which is mandatory for the construction area above fifty thousand sft now the PMC is thinking of making it mandatory for smaller size buildings also & at the cost of builders (again what else)!

On such a background when I rose to share my views about air quality in the city, the feeling was like I am speaking as a mass murderer who has no lawyer to represent & has to put forward his own innocence! Well, I didn’t intend to speak anything to prove myself or developer’s innocent as three things, one is, nobody was interested in listening that, second is, in our country builders are always wrong & third is, it’s not about proving who is wrong & right but what’s needed to be done for good air quality, should be the approach, which I tried to follow! The subject is complex & more complex is the solution & I started my sharing by telling, there are numbers of companies which shows us air quality index, just the way there are many instruments to measure my blood pressure, but there is no instrument which tells me how to control my blood pressure, as that is something I myself has to do by my life style, air pollution is same! And I mean it, as if BP & Diabetes are lifestyle- generated diseases then air pollution is also the same, the only difference is, here the entire city is patient! And as you can’t blame one particular organ of your body nor held that organ responsible for your increased BP, same way just one industry or segment or organization won’t be responsible for poor air quality of the city, high time we must understand & accept this fact, is what I requested (mind it, requested)!

Indeed, air sensors are important as unless you don’t know what to control, how are you going to control it is the logic but real fight starts after that only! At the same time the air quality of city hasn’t gone to bad levels in a single day so in a single day it won’t recover this fact also we must take in to account & green net-shed around the construction, as well water sprinklers & all such arrangements are superficial or say short term, what we will be doing long term will matter more is also I mentioned. Take example of the machine of water fogging which has been installed on a vehicle & it moves around the city, its great sight & may be effective for some time but what that sprinkled water does is it just makes the suspended particles in air to settle down on ground (simple physics) & when the water gets evaporated these particles again becomes free & becomes dust on the road, have we thought that?  Need is, start doing parallel arrangements at policy level & I won’t go into the numeric of air quality but simple logic we need green cover & lots of it which will permanently absorb the bad elements in air & for that we have to change basic things in UDCPR or say DC rules. For example, there were constructions earlier also but the need for increased parking & liberty of going for the basement till the edge of the plot has made us remove the big trees which have been planted all along the boundaries of most plots. These trees were the best dust filters actually, & we have now removed them, so we must relax height norms for parking & curtail basements to give space for big growing trees along boundaries of projects, is one sure way for good air for ever! Same is happening with the trees along most of the roads as for the parking or drive way area we cut down the tree. We may be planting the new ones but they will take years to grow tall & start cleaning the air around them, what till then, is my question to all! For this we must act fast, form a technical committee which will take bold but right decisions for good air quality & get those approved without a biased mind towards any industry & implement them, is the right way! On construction techniques fortunately with readymade concrete & pumping systems the on-site dust generation is reduced actually a lot & same has happened with surface textures which have replaced outside & inside plaster, which actually were the main cause of dust earlier!

 At the same time, we are not the only city which is facing this problem but every major city in the world has degraded its air quality, so we must study what they are doing to achieve the right outcome. Thankfully, with internet & google & technology sharing of information isn’t any more dependent on Physical Study Tours (though they are important) & this committee can search through all information available, scrutinize the same & form our own solutions. The way PMC is ready to punish defaulting builders, we can reward also to the projects who are following best practices & maintaining healthy air quality & for that Clean Air Site competition also can be thought of! As air pollution as I said is like a lifestyle disease, it may not have a cut paste solution but every case is needed to study individually & treated & for the Credai Pune is ready to join hands with all, is what I assured! Here the role of citizens also is equally important as the flat buyers also must ask these questions to their respective builder as what measures he or she is taking to conserve nature at large & for that you must also look beyond just per sft rate & discounts you are getting on it while you buy your home! To conclude, going with the same analogy, to control your Blood Pressure or Sugar you can’t make just your hand or leg or liver to exercise & expect the result but entire body & mind needs to come together to keep BP in control, same way, PMC (read as govt) is mind & builders as well other industries & other segments are the body here, & combinedly only, we can control air pollution, adios with this warning!

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Sanjay Deshpande 

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RERA, Hon.Supreme Court & Real Estate!

 

                                                          

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“We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.”
― Hunter S. Thompson

“Any fool can make a rule
But only a fool will mind it.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“I never needed RERA for being transparent with my clients as that’s part of the deal, I believe” … Me

Well, sorry first of all for putting my name along with the Greats such as Hunter Thompson & Thoreau, but what I shared is what I have learned from such names & can put it in words & more than that in real life! Though the sharing is about RERA which is an act as per our law system & let me tell you I am no legal expert (disclaimer no 1) but tried to analyse the subject from the business aspect of it! Few terms have become so much part of our vocabulary (thanks to news media & social media) that many a times we mention them too casually ("Atiparichaya Avadnya', plz goggle for meaning) & they have lost the respect or the impact they are meant to be! Though a few still has that effect intact i.e. ED & DRI, though even ACB & CBI has lost it, so RERA doesn’t have any chance. Fun is, the creator of RERA (Supreme Court) has also started thinking that it has lost its purpos, which is my subject of sharing!

The reason is a recent news where Hon Supreme Court (SC) which is apex body of judicial system of our country, has raised serious concerns over functioning or say the very purpose of RERA authorities which operates State wise. Not just this, Hon SC has questioned govt (of respective States) to introspect the functioning of RERA authority & some very basic observations such as why the State head of any RERA authority is some retired IAS officer & why not a qualified professional person from architecture or housing field is not appointed as head here. As well, Hon. SC has passed remarks to the extent that these RERA authorities are meant only to protect default builders (I have some say about it) & let’s close such establishments which are non-functional & are deviating from the purpose! Let me tell you, I haven’t read the exact verdict & these are points which are in the news media but even if these comments are fifty percent true then it's serious & especially for the industry which is already bogged down with NOC’s, Tribunals. Authorities which work as parallel govt in many cases & RERA is definitely one such! Let me tell you at start, I am not against RERA rather say the purpose for which RERA has been formed or come in existence, i.e. transparency with the clients of real estate but as the Hon SC has pointed, is it delivering for what’s it’s been formed, then frankly my answer (or analysis) is a big NO. And fault is not of RERA of its provisions but as usual the way it’s been functioning & with due respect to Hon SC, its their very own baby may be a step baby yet it’s a juridical system & SC needs to do a lot more than mere passing comment on RERA’ functioning, is my subject of sharing!

Ok, before going ahead (not too long just a few paras, lol), RERA is an act which has been made nationwide to check/ curb the wrong practices in real estate & the same short form is used for an authority which has been formed State wise to ensure proper functioning of this act! Under this act every real estate project more than seven units is needed to be registered with State RERA authority & progress as well legal documentation is monitored by the authority periodically. This may seem simple & plain on surface (like any other govt system or noc) but it’s not, especially for the builders who respect laws & rules as those who don't they don’t even bother to register the project & yet get through! If my statement is not true then there wouldn’t have been millions of illegal buildings in the State & still everyday their numbers are increasing as they don’t go to RERA so no question arises to face any action by the RERA authority, is the fact (read as joke)! But when a normal builder goes to RERA authority for registration of his project then a common-sense thing is, all he has to do is upload whatever information he has, in the format of RERA authority & the authority has to do is check periodically that the information is right & being followed, simple, isn’t it? Well, try doing that & then you will realize the importance of the RERA consultants, a latest breed in real estate. Consultants, I respect as I deal with many of them such as plumbing consultant, Structural Consultant, Electrical Consultant, an architect itself is a consultant but RERA consultant, why you need one as nothing technical is involved here & that’s the game! The entire registration process & its updating has become nothing but one more NOC in real estate & we all know one NOC means one table (read as many) & to avoid delay the builder is needed to appoint a consultant who deals with those tables & gets the things done, this is defeat of the very purpose of RERA is what my subject of sharing!

As you can check RERA website & information & updating process, all they should ask is all what is on record i.e. sanction plan, conditions of sanction plans for the developer & details of the project & financials of the company. Upload it as well the RERA authority can get all these from the servers of respective depts’ also, why the developers have to do all the stuff again as except specifications & amenities every other details even balance sheets of the company & details of the partners are with banks, registrar of companies which you can link with RERA server & update, right? At the same time any modification or addition in the sanctioned plan if the developer is doing legally then it’s on server of respective local body, get it from there but no, RERA wants everything the builder must do again & in the way RERA needs it, this is the reason of existence of RERA consultants as the builder (right one) is tired of delays after buying the land & unless he obtains RERA registration number he can’t take booking or launch the project because he is a law abiding builder, which is fast becoming a fault actually!  And then the RERA forms have hundred things which even doesn’t comes under their preview yet they are asking is, things such as from where builder will be providing water or roads, these are planning authority’s jurisdiction & they should ask the builder while passing the plans or while accepting development charges, why RERA has to ask to the builder & there are many such things & this is why we need RERA consultants!

Now, about the financials also, any project is a risk like share market & RERA doesn’t got answer what if the project doesn’t get sold & frankly that’s not even expected also by RERA as best way of doing business in any industry is let the clients judge the product & decide whether to buy it or not/ In any other industry than real estate that’s the rule & that's why there is no such separate authority or act for any product but real estate has it. It’s not because the builders cheat people it’s because of the wrong policies about housing & urban planning the builders (read carefully) who wants to follow laws & make a right home & sale it at affordable price are unable to do it, that’s why the wrong builders who are cheat builds illegal homes & common man is forced to buy his home in such projects because of which need of RERA has come in picture! So, RERA must target such builders & their projects but unfortunately its targeting those who are already doing their job in right way, I know this statement will make many faces frown but had it not been so then millions of people in the city like Pune would have been still homeless as they were built even when RERA want there, right?  I repeat, it’s not about RERA right or wrong, its about the way its being functioning as it must be for ease of both parties of the deal but unfortunately it seems in many cases functioning thinking as one party (read as the builder) is wrong always, which isn’t or shouldn’t be the way, is my subject of sharing!

And outcome is not just about the delays in RERA registration or renewals or updating but even many clients are using RERA as blackmailing tool & then thanks to social media we have so called Information Act activists too, which in most cases use that information for the only purpose which we all know, but prefer to keep mum for respective reasons! Can anybody tell how many genuine clients have been benefitted with RERA & got their problem solved in time, as these cases & figures does matter a lot!  At the same time there is so much confusion about where RERA is applicable & where MoFA (Maharashtra Flat ownership Act) is applicable, taking the dispute between clients & builders to a new level. And even the authorities too are divided on such things as two organizations are approached when a dispute between builder & flat holders happens, one is society registrar & second is, police & especially the latter are clueless as to what action is to be taken & on whom & under which act. Outcome is harassment, that too the builder ends up always on the wrong side of the stick & again we know the obvious reason for the same! My question is, why not RERA authorities (the top bosses) proactively start taking awareness programs jointly with Police dept (to start with) & make them know the provisions under these acts & duties as well as responsibilities of both the parties i.e. builders as well the flat holders. You can conduct such programs even online also so save time as well they can get recorded for reference. At the same time send dummy developers & clients to RERA portal to register both sides routine things i.e. proposal & updation / renewals for builder & complaint or suggestion of the flat holders. As then you will know what the end-user has to face while dealing on a routine basis with RERA.

One more thing, RERA controls even the real estate agents & brokers also but that’s on paper, what it is doing actually to control functioning of this fraternity which often misleads clients & builders also for securing their commission. I have some good real estate agent friends & with due respect, right from creating fake accounts of projects to shaming the ongoing projects of some builder on social media, every possible dirty practice is in game at present about which RERA is silent! At the same time RERA also tried to introduce quality control on the site, which again, good intention, but wrong line of thinking & implementations. As its unending thing to control any industry, just like "Hanuman Ji Ki Punchh" (plz google) the list of controls will keep on extending & then in that zest the basic purpose of RERA will get lost (which already is). RERA is a legal authority, it can frame a system to monitor the way you can keep tap on a project but it can’t become a quality controller or specification verifier, that’s not its job! Same way, managing financials of a project is a complex job, & RERA must not take responsibility of the same Profit & Loss of any business that too like real estate is something only the developer knows, & his books of accounts as there are many verticals which defines financial success of a project, unlike other industries. And right from project finance to booking status things keep on changing as per the local scenario as real estate is very much local business. The clients also can’t say that RERA should take care of everything, they too need to be vigilant & clarify things while giving a single rupee to any developer which they don’t, is a fact & later blames RERA! As, RERA’s purpose is to make the home buyer aware about the project he is booking & then see that he keeps getting timely information about the project & provide a proper protection for his consumer rights. And like any other product there was & is consumer forum, as well civil & criminal court yet for real estate products RERA has been formed, so how are we measuring the success of RERA, is my reason for sharing! Has this eased out working for the builders, the answer we know & now even the Hon SC itself has raised doubts about RERA, from the angle of consumer protection. Thankfully, Hon SC specifically mentioned (sarcastically) RERA being in function to protect the defaulting builders only, which means there are builders which are functioning in the right way also & only if their number increases then that's the success of RERA, is what I feel! One request to Hon. SC, if you think or feel that there are lacunas in functioning of RERA then instead just passing comments or suggestions why can’t you order (which only you can) to the govt or concerned to reform this forum & see the outcome in specified time limit, because if Hon SC can’t do it then do you expect the builders or the home buyers on their own can get this done, as such remarks paints all builder fraternity in wrong shade in the eyes of society! As well, RERA itself needs to come forward & tell people about impact it has made on the real estate’s wrong doings & by figures, as this is age of social media & people need proof! That’s the right way to gain back trust of both sides of table on RERA’s functioning!

Formation of RERA was a great thing for real estate but now it’s nearly a decade & high time to analyse the entire system under it & reform as per the needs of both sides i.e. developers & the home buyers & for that the system must take representatives of both sides in confidence & act as a team, proactively!  I think when you are supposed to control (read as monitor) a human dependant industry like real estate & that too most of them are not tech savvy then you need to take some extra efforts to get the outcome you want, which is not happening at present with RERA thingy, is a fact which we must acknowledge as then only we can improve it, adios with this note!

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Sanjay Deshpande 

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