Understanding Redevelopment !

 

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“Always take time out for rejuvenation and redirection.
Inquire as you move along the path.
There is no one best way. Different paths—different solutions.
Refinement is a constant process of growth for better results!”… Joseph S. Spence Sr.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great… John. D. Rockefeller

Most of the time our choices with greed are what lands us in trouble… Me.

Joseph’s quote makes us know the importance of change or rejuvenation while the world's richest person’s (of his time) quote may not be keeping in mind the subject of my sharing but shows us about the path for better life while my outcome is on basis of above two greats & what I see around them! Well, it's about redevelopment, a buzz word in the entire old Pune & while many hail it as a destruction factor of the city & its charm, the fact is every alternate society or bungalow is opting for it, so how we balance it, is my subject of sharing! Recently surprisingly I was approached by one of the societies in our locality (Patwardhan baug, Erandwane, Pune) for guiding their members about concept of redevelopment at large, I also happen to have a small unit in this society so I have kept myself away from the redevelopment procedure just to avoid conflicts of interest, yet I accepted the invite as a challenge to balance the role as a builder, engineer, a member & a citizen. One more aspect is when you address an open forum that too hard core Punekars then your brain has to work in sharpest mode & its like polishing also, so I accepted the invite & told them I will make a small PPT about the concept & which (as usual) I thought can be a good sharing also, for my readers(lol)!

I am writing this sharing the way I gave a presentation as that’s easier to make the concept reach to the end users, here we go…

While addressing the audience, I said , I feel like Arjun of Mahabharat as most of the time redevelopment (rather in any deal), the society members looks up the builder as opposite party (read as enemy) but here I am standing as a builder, an engineer, a member too & you neighbour also, so I see all familiar faces in front of me & I have to explain the war ahead (take it as a PJ)of which I am part! But, I said I will try to be as neutral as I can for sure!

What is Redevelopment

Rejuvenation, Regroup, Reset

It’s like a Snake skin peeling (or shedding), known as ecdysis

Not just an increase in area, but a bit of comfort, a new start.

This is something of a base of the entire redevelopment concept because for me as an engineer when at some stage get a clear plot then it’s a new start like any other development. Only difference is in a vacant plot or a bungalow plot I have to deal with single or fewer owners while in case of redevelopment I have to deal with numbers of owners who are going to be my clients also, this aspect they must understand! And I have to plan to accommodate three aspects, existing flat holders, the new buyers & myself as unless all these three doesn’t get blanacely happy, the project is not going to work! And this is not only my responsibility but the society’s members too! This is the difference between a regular plot buying & developing it & developing existing society as, if you directly sell your land or plot, then what the builder does on it, you are not concerned with it which isn’t a case with redevelopment as your homes are also tied with the developer’s homes available for sale. And if these homes get unsalable for reasons which we will discuss ahead, your home also gets stuck with them! And the redevelopment is not just an addition in your existing area, that’s just one of the aspects, the main thing is upgrading of life which unfortunately most people are forgetting. Here I showed them slides of recent redevelopment projects & situation in them, as the margins (distance from plot boundary & building) are getting reduced in comparison to height of building, practically, we are ending up building modern chawl (old cramped structures) with no natural light or ventilation or greenery around & no privacy also! And what we are supposed to have, is a better home in all aspects of life, that should be the focus of redevelopment! In a nutshell, we must first decide what kind of new home we want in exchange of our existing homes, that’s redevelopment in the right way!

Why Redevelopment?

 Life of existing RCC structure (earthquake resistant design)

Lift & Services upgrading

Safety aspect such as Fire, Security

High maintenance of existing plumbing/electrical system

MS Windows, doors, specifications upgradation.

Lifestyle i.e. attach toilet to bed rooms, AC, Solar

Parking

And expanded family

The list can be as long as you can think as most of the buildings which have been built in late 80’s or early 90’s were built keeping in focus needs & not comfort. As well the structural design norms also were as per the IS Code then & post Killari earthquake (plz google), Pune also now has been listed in zone 3 & the structural designs are made accordingly, which the earlier buildings are not!  Car parking was not subject of fighting & trees were welcome. These society’s reflected the mind set of Wada Culture, where privacy was not the focus of planning & togetherness was an important factor in lifestyle! Unfortunately, in just three to four decades the entire aspect of living has been changed & I am not an authority to comment its right or wrong but somewhere our concept of home has changed a lot. Now we want to accommodate our comfort & luxury above our togetherness & existing home suddenly seems like an obstacle. Partly true but look at the list of why we are opting for redevelopment & all of them speak about change of our lifestyle & in the new home many things can be accommodated but all these come with a price is what I tell them. Here you are not changing your address, land is the same but you are adding more homes over it along with increase in your own home size & that doesn’t happen free! This is where we must focus on planning & using right specifications & amenities than just going for brands or from Insta/ FB posts. Here is where a professional, sensible, planning mind is important as which are amenities that will make your life really comfortable than adding stresses to your life must be thought of! Things like Car Lift or Stack parking, on plan may take care of your vehicles but for use they can be a botheration. Same is with plumbing fittings & gadgets. Posh & fancy looking door fittings, taps, showers look nice but their use is very delicate & normal plumbers can’t repair it. Same way, designer tiles are impossible to replace & you end up refurnishing the entire toilet if any tile gets damaged or you have to accept patch work! Instead, sturdy & proven but less fancy things work better. Same thing is about security, a CCTv is a post action thing, to prevent theft is important, plan the project accordingly, that matters most & these things once installed can’t be replaced easily. Though, it's equally true, comfort can be achieved with the right planning & redevelopment is an opportunity for us to do so, just do it wisely, is what I told them!

My responsibility as a Member!

Area

Sale

Sustainability

Time is essence

Here comes the tricky point as most people think like a landlord while in redevelopment you are nearly as responsible as the developer because you are part of that development & if you choose the developer wrongly then it’s your fault, that’s responsibility number 1! As the coin named redevelopment has three sides, Heads is, existing members, Tails is the builder & Edge of coin is the new buyers of the project, & all three sides matter, especially the edge! Do mind, redevelopment is successful (read as sustainable) only where sale rate of flats are in five digits per sft & the person who is buying the flat here is paying huge money & he deserves value for it! With UDCPR (plz google) rules for development, there is huge supply & options are there so the new buyer has choice & he is ready to wait for the right home, which he feels is not you or your builder! And that sales aspect you must take in consideration by becoming part of the builder’s team, no shame in it! Because the entire dynamics of redevelopment is on the sale of additional units & no builder is Raja Harishchandra to build more area for you from his pocket! At the same time this is a chance for the society to think out of the box & secure your future. Day by day urban infrastructure is going to get costlier & if society can make some area available for renting by reducing their own new area a bit, then this area can be used for leasing to some bank or super shoppe & earn good rent which will reduce society’s monthly expenses in future!

Last but not least, time is the essence, the more you delay the process of redevelopment (once decided to redevelop) you only will be the looser as day by day markets are getting tight & changing policies of urban planning is one more threat. Already there are talks about reducing load on central parts of Pune because the infrastructure is collapsing is a fact & first axe will be on curtailing FSI/ TDR of central city means redevelopment proposals! If that happens then whatever additional area we are getting today, we won’t get even half of it is a fact!

 

Nachiket

Ownership rights

Temple

Apt -Society status change

Legal Issues

Coming to the specific aspect of Nachiket, I told them, it can be compared with, first to understand the depth of the water we are going to swim in. As our land is fixed, our members are fixed, our existing area is fixed & so are the FSI & TDR things, the only thing which we can control is what we want. As well, many members are not aware about the importance of individual family’s ownership rights about their flat in redevelopment. Basically, Maharashtrian families (no offence, just an observation) are never known for keeping clarity in property matters & in legality, emotions don’t count much. So, every member must check his or her own ownership regarding the respective flat as these things later delays the entire procedure. There is a small temple of Hanumanji at Nachiket & fortunately as this project has been built with my own work was going around in the neighborhood, I could confidently tell them that there is absolutely no harm in shifting the temple with proper pooja & shared a story which I knew about that temple!  At the same time, Nachiket is apartment condominium & it can  get changed to society when we will be accommodating the new members, by following a legal process, is also something they weren’t knowing. And then about changing ownership also of the respective apartments as in most of the redevelopment cases the present owners are senior citizens & they can add the name of their siblings on the added area or new property they will be getting as such things does help in future. We (read as Maharashtrians’) treat home or any property as an emotional commodity but legality of the same is equally important!

Rights, Rewards, Responsibility

To conclude, I told them, if you think as an owner that you have a right to get rewards, then no reward comes without responsibility, & our responsibility is not only towards ourself or our family but towards the entire society & city & yes, about the nature around us! Redevelopment is an opportunity to correct our course & make life better, how we use that opportunity that only will decide your fate, all the best!

You can watch the entire sharing at YouTube link along...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnqkT9NUBng&t=1985s

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Sanjay Deshpande 

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NEET Scam, TET Scam & Lohgad!

 

                                                        

                                                         

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“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” ― G. Michael Hopf

“Men who love themselves are threatening; but women who love real men, more so.” ― Naomi Wolf

“We all know shortcuts & easy roads often take us to the wrong destination, yet most of us take them because we are destined to reach the wrong destination” … Me

NEET, TET & Lohagad, I am sure the first & last most of us know by now & the second term TET which is a link & not many knows about it because it’s not meant for not many! I am sure you must be frowning for such a Hitchcock type to start with names along with the sharing, so won’t stretch your patience because I am not Hitchcock & this subject is not my jonner! Yet I chose to write about it because (most will say FOMO) I was (read as I too was) intrigued by these three things & this writing is for close circle, I, Me & Myself (lol), ok more for my sons & my younger team, & you happened to be unfortunate souls with whom I share whatever I write, so be it (Disclaimer done)! Let’s start from reverse i.e. Lohgad, which is a historic fort in our State, built in 10^th Century nearly thousand years back in Pune district near Lonavala. Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured it in 1648 AD, but he was forced to surrender it to the Mughals in 1665 AD by the Treaty of Purandar. Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj recaptured the fort in 1670 AD and used it for keeping his treasury. This fort was used to keep the winnings from Surat. Later in Peshwa time Nana Phadnavis used this fort for living for some time and built several structures in the fort. Now, truthfully tell me (you can DM/email me) how many knew this history about Lohagad, rather knew anything about Lohagad, till last week the infamous murder case surfaced? For those who are away from social media & newspapers too (lucky & rare), the fort came in news because a young bride pushed her soon to be groom from a cliff & he died, is what Police are claiming while the bride has said during a pre wedding photo shoot the groom fell down. Entire social media is abuzz with this incident at Lohgad & the spot from where the boy supposedly fell down has become a “Point” by the name of that girl like Sunset Point or Monkey Point, to get you the idea!

Now let’s go back (Like Marvel movies do, days of future past, lol) to NEET which is actually National Eligibility cum Entrance test conducted all over India for entering into Medical colleges & nearly twenty-five lakhs plus aspiring students appear for it from the country. This test was supposed to be conducted in April month & the preparations start right when most students are in eleventh std (thanks it’s not from higher school yet). And this year the exam got cancelled (re-conducted) because the paper got leaked. Many students went into depression because of cancelation of exam as they have prepared for two years & after giving exam when you feel relaxed but you come to know its waste & you have to reappear for the exam! Nearly twenty plus students attempted suicide because of this & a nationwide agitation/ protest going on though the damage is done! You will say, what’s its link with the Lohagad incident then just hold your patience a bit & we will go towards the second subject TET exam! As NEET is known to most people but TET i.e. Teachers Eligibility Test which is conducted for teacher fraternity at State level, & is an important examination for teachers’ for their promotion as we; increments & this exam is a scale of their skill level in their fields, which is teaching! This exam was supposed to be conducted on June 26 & here also the paper got leaked a day before exam day & the exam was postponed! This incidence of paper leak & cancellation of TET has left many teachers frustrated, depressed as it has delayed their career growth directly. On top of it stringent of norms have been applied for the TET exam givers (read as teachers), such as shoes were not allowed, no jackets or sweaters & all these precautions to restrict the teachers from copying! Well, I can understand taking precautions against copying with normal students but imagine govt itself thinks teachers also can copy & that too at a mass level & on top of it, the teacher's exam paper got leaked, isn’t this all going on a very dangerous track, is my subject of sharing!

In both these major exam’s paper leak, the surprising factor was both exams dealt with supposedly of not only the noblest professions i.e. Medical & Teaching but are directly responsible for health or say fitness of the entire society. If the doctors are supposed to keep the society physically fit then the teachers are supposed to be responsible for the mental fitness of the society, right? Rather, the role of the teacher’s is far more important as it deals with the fitness of the minds of young ones which later are going to be grown up in this society on which entire country’s burden is going to rest! When I say mentally fit then it’s not just about gaining knowledge & earning success in the form of money but it’s the teachers who are supposed to make the students understand terms like morale, character, values, respect as all these define or say builds the culture of our society, right? And if the teachers themselves are involved in copy or paper leak which are crimes in the eyes of the law & busy in building their career built on such footing, what kind of lessons they will be teaching to their students, have we thought that! And if in TET exam teachers are the culprit then in the NEET leak its majority of parents who themselves are doctor by education & profession have found guilty in buying the leaked paper at huge price, just to make their kid doctor at any cost & by any means! In both cases agreed, in every system there are some more greedy people who goes to any level to make money & I am not commenting on govt for its inability to stop such people but my main concern is who are the people who bought such leaked paper & the answer is they were teachers & doctors or educated, successful personalities from the society as they only can pay such high money! And that’s exactly the saddest, or dangerous aspect of the paper leaks as we are preparing our young generation to become criminals as we only are showing them wrong path of life by buying leaked paper for them & by allowing them to train under the teachers who themselves have become teacher by committing crime, is my subject of sharing!

At the same time, the parents buying leaked papers are in a way guiding, telling or making their kid believe in committing crime to succeed, instead of working hard or accepting to face the failure, is something we are ignoring! You are making criminals by pushing them on the path of life where you train them or help them to think that whatever they want they must get by using any method which can be even a crime in the eyes of the law & Lohagad incidence is outcome of this kind of our attitude, is my subject of sharing! And why just buying a leaked paper of some exam, every day I see parents especially mothers, carrying their kids on two-wheeler to school & blatantly jumping red signal or riding in wrong lane, just to save few minutes but what those kids must be thinking by observing the law breaking by his or her mom, we just don’t think! We do loose talks in front of kids who keenly observe & listen to us without we being aware of it & we boast ourselves how we cheated govt or managed our way out of some business mess by paying bribe, but our kids are thinking this is the way to life ahead, we don’t see other side of our so-called smartness! As every youngster, first, is not used to having a "No" for what he or she wishes & second, to convert that "No" into "Yes', that youngster doesn’t hesitate to take any path which can be of crime also, is what we witnessed in Lohagad case (till now)! I don't back or justify any crome as thats not done in any case, yet for developing such mentality of the youngsters, we as a society are more responsible as a criminal than the actual involved youngsters, are we ready to swallow this bitter truth, is the question I want to ask all of us, especially the trollers on social media! The Lohagd incidence is just “Tip of Iceberg”, right from Koyata Gang to road rage fights to drunk driving to even killing classmates or siblings, participation of youngsters (read as minors also) is alarmingly increasing in crime & the only reason is, we the grownups are silently pushing them on the track of crime by our own actions which we think is our smartness, is my subject of sharing! And then, we are losing fear of law which is very important to control or avoid as the best detection of crime is in avoiding it & that can be achieved only by creating fear of law in the mind of criminals as well in common people! How can some young boy or girl who is not even earning for themselves a dime think that they can kill someone & get away with it, how can they think crime is the simplest answer to their problems, is the question we all should ask to ourselves!  Guys, in all above three incidences i.e. NEET paper leak, TET paper leak & Lohagad death, the common thread is crime & do mind it’s the first two which are actually foundation for the last crime, think & decide, adios with this warning!

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 Sanjay Deshpande 

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Sanjeevani Dev.

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Living with Fire, Ten Commandments !

 

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“Animals need food, water and shelter. We humans need all those things, but we need fire too.” ― Richard W. Wrangham

“Fire is only your friend as long as you can control it! Without control, you have a powerful enemy!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan

‘I know one sure thing about fire, it is ruthless”… Me.

Wrangham is so perfect, the only difference in all other animals & humans is, we use fire for making our lives better while every other living species prefers to keep away from the fire, a thing which we never notice or ignore. Mehmet, whose words of wisdom have always been by power play overs (plz google), is so perfect in warning us about the ignorance & I took ahead both of their wisdom, yes, fire is a dangerous thing! If you are wondering where this fire truck is going (sorry, pj) then last month there was news about a fire mishap in a Delhi hotel (well you can say latest or recent news) where nearly twenty plus lives were lost in that mishap! I usually read every mishap news with keen interest & especially when it’s related to buildings as that’s part of my profession (builder/ civil engineer) & I read about that incident in all the news papers & thought of writing about it (sharing) & thanks to few other topics which are dearer to me (tigers, cricket) somehow the fire thing took a back seat. And then again yesterday fire made headlines, needless to say for the wrong purpose & this time it was a mixed used building with gaming studio, bet clinic in Lucknow & again many lives lost! Now, I put aside all other topics (thankfully politics is never my forte & I like football but not a die-hard fan) & took help from Mehmet & Wrangham!

Ok, now you must have guessed its about fire accidents (though I don’t think it’s a right word) or mishaps & our attitude towards them! Before I start, I will ask a simple question to you, how frequently do you go to movies or to dine in restaurants? How many of you go to work in indoor offices? How many times you visit any commercial establishment in a week, for work or for casual purpose? How many of you own a well inetriored home? Oh yes, how often you travel to outstation & where you stay on such travels? I am sure the answers will be like, once in a month we go to the movies, once in a week we go to eat out, most of us we work in some office space & most of us have at least some basic interiors including cupboards’ & wall panelling & false ceiling at our home! And many of us travel because of work & few of us are lucky to travel as tourists, may it be wildlife or adventure or leisure & fun & mostly, we stay in some decent hotel property, are the replies I will get & even a few years back mine also would have been same!

Now, the second set of questions, what do you look at first or even once when you go to any movie theatre & restaurant? Every day when you come to your work place what's the first thing you think & while you leave the office what's the last thing you check? In your home interior have you thought about? When you book a hotel for work or fun, what things do you check before booking & what you check while actually entering that hotel?  And the answers will be, when we go to any theatre or hotel, we check the air-conditioning of the place, décor, cleanliness, toilet’s condition & ambiance as well cutlery in the hotel. When we visit any commercial building for work then we check the interior/ décor & lobbies as well cost of interior to know about the taste of the respective owner. When we come to our office, first we check whether the internet/ Wi-Fi is on & when we leave, we check the AC system is off & so are the lights. When we book any hotel for a work trip or for fun, we check location, room sizes, interiors, breakfast spread, free WIFI, TV & when we actually check we try to compare what we have seen on the website & what’s actual scene, that’s all! Again, these will be the replies which I will get (if somebody cares to write back) & I too would have done a few years back! You will be wondering what’s this has to do regarding fire mishaps, then all above question were targeted exactly about that aspect & the would be answers I am sure will miss most important part of being in every above place & that is, our ignorance, negligence or over confidence about fire safety, which is subject of my sharing.

First & foremost we people (read as Indians) are foolishly overconfident which we consider as our smartness & we love to save money even at the cost of our life & outcome is fire safety in any of above-mentioned places i.e. Home, office, hotel, cinema, restaurant, commercial spaces are not on our checklist! The single right answer to my entire second set of questions about what you check while visiting or booking a place should be, fire safety at the place & getting knowledge of what I should do in-case of fire or any such emergency! And another answer should be, I will check the legality of such a place, may it be a hotel or animation coaching class or a restaurant or cinema hall! Nobody checks this because we think we are born fire proof means no such thing will happen where we are sitting, or eating or working or sleeping & exactly this attitude is the reason which took lives of both Delhi hotel victims & recent Lucknow animation studio & vet clinic fire victim! I know, relatives of the deceased as well many readers will curse me for this useless outcome of my sharing but keeping full respect for your emotions, one, this is not judgement or conclusion, this is just one of the many facts if we want to avoid more such fire mishaps which are not mishaps but outcome of our ignorance! You will say what govt was doing, what fire dept was doing till the fire broke loose, why such structures are allowed to exist where no fire norms are followed & the list of questions is big but my question is who forced you to book a room in such hotel or enrol yourself in a classroom which is illegal & which doesn’t have any fire safety norms in existence. And why I am saying this is its your life which is going to get lost in case of the fire & not of the hotel owner or cinema hall owner of the coaching class building’s owner, & though he may get punishment for not doing his job! Just because you didn’t care to check about the fire safety norms of the respective place where you are going to spend some time by paying your hard-earned money, now tell me who paid the bigger price of fire you or the place owner or the govt & then you will (may) understand my point of view about fire mishaps & live lost in them!

Today, when I enter in any such mentioned place, especially the crowded ones like cinema or pub, the first thing I look around is for fire fighting equipment’s locations i.e. fire hose, extinguishers etc. Then I look for the location of emergency exits & way to reach there & then I decide where to sit in-case of a restaurant. This may sound weird & phobiatic but even though you are travelling by aeroplane every day yet they make you to listen the drill telling you the location of emergency exits & how to use them, right? So, because some criminal minded businessman fails to do it at his place who has stopped you to check these basic things which can be life saver for your life, is the question I want to put forward to you all!

If you check a bit then you will not be surprised that most of the cases of fire mishap where people have lost lives, majority of such buildings or premises were illegal, means built or put in use without proper sanction from the local competent authority for egg PMC for Pune city! And no wonder they don’t have any fire NOC type things in place meaning no fire fighting system in case of fire. At the same time a person who doesn't care to get any sanction for his building just think, what kind of quality work he must be doing & no fire starts on its own in any building. Usually, it’s a short circuit because of poor quality wiring which is the reason for start of fire & with no proper firefighting system or smoke detectors or any such thing in place till the time you realize there is fire it's too late for the occupants of such buildings. All this could have been avoided if you have patience & ability to control your greed to save little money in exchange of your own life instead blabbing govt or asking questions how such illegal building comes into existence as post your life is gone there is no value of such questions & their answers, right?

And why blame illegal buildings of unknown people, even today in our own homes how many people have checked whether there is a proper fire tackling system, none, is my answer! We spend lakhs of rupees for our posh interiors but we forget to keep one fire extinguisher in every room! In many flats I have seen the sprinkler pipes & their nozzles have been concealed as they look shabby as per the interior designer! As per building rules in every high rise building there has to be a fire fighting system according to height & volume of building which are of height more than 24 meters but even two storied buildings can be victim of fire & whom you will be blaming for it then but your own self, right? Rather, this is the reason for my sharing that we as sensible citizens & humans if we start taking some basic care & precaution then there will be fires but you won’t be the victim & for that may it be other’s building or your own home or office you have to take responsibility & act! So, here are some tips which actually you should grasp as, “10 Fire Commandments”, because if you follow them then it's your life which will be a better & longer for sure, here are they…

1.While you visit any place for work or entertainment or to stay (hotel room), do check its legality & sanctions.

2.Do ask questions about the fire safety norms they are following at their property & then book the hotel room.

3.While visiting any crowded confined place such as Cinema Hall or Restaurant, do look for firefighting equipments & fire exit arrangements & keep it in mind all the time while you are in that place.

4.Always choose a seat near to fire exit & keep wet tissue in you purse of bag as these small things comes handy in case of fire,

5.Always have emergency numbers in your cell phone stored for single touch call & most important keep your location setting on when in such a place so people can track you exactly if you get trapped in case of fire.

6.If you work in office or have your own set up then do conduct periodical fire audit & fire drill so you as well you colleagues are used to such situation & know how to act in case of fire,

7.In your residential building also get a fire audit done periodically, if your society is not doing so then do ask them in writing & write to authorities for such attitude of the society.

8.In your flat don’t tamper with fire safety arrangements if the builder has given & if he has not then do ask it before taking possession of the flat.

9.Even if your home doesn’t need special fire fighting arrangements as per the building rules yet take guidance from some expert about fire threat, for ex getting fire alarms/ sensors in every room. Do mind no fire starts with a warning bell & by appointment, you should know when it starts to control it fast!

10.Do have fire insurance as even after all such precautions, accidents can still happen & a fire insurance is the right way to recover some damage by fire. Do check the terms & conditions of fire insurance as it's a tricky document when you claim for damage & small errors of word can cost you a lot! 

 

I am deliberately not telling govt what to do on fire mishap aspect, to stop or say reduce fire incidences in buildings as it’s like speaking to a faceless entity & in govt everybody knows what should be done & there are enough rules for fire safety but still nobody takes responsibility & start acting, so be it! Friends, fire is an inherently important part of our life & we all need it but only when we control it in right way or else it knows only one thing, burn down whatever comes in its way & we definitely don’t want ourselves to be in the way of an uncontrolled fire, adios with this warning!

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  Sanjay Deshpande 

smd156812@gmail.com

Sanjeevani Dev.

Please view my sharing about finding a Right Home/ Office in Pune, at YouTube link below & share if liked...

 

https://youtu.be/27j3I3rwGPQ?si=-ODYBxVI2Dl_C345

 

Please do visit my blog links below to read about real estate & home buying! 

https://visonoflife.blogspot.com/2025/12/pune-real-estate-in-2026.html

https://jivnachadrushtikon.blogspot.com/2024/12/2025.html

Creating Togetherness; team Sanjeevani Way (Click link below) 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/65629150@N06/albums/72157627904681345

For any of your complaints about city, log in at link below

www.punecorporation.org

Think Green, Think Life

www.sanjeevanideve.com / https://junglebelles.in/