In 2007 I had the opportunity to work as a landscape design consultant on their first ever resort construction in India by the famed resort chain tree - Banyan tree resorts. Down a year I was no longer part of the team since the landscape consultant for whom I was freelancing withdrew from the project. The project, as I found out, was abandoned after construction, entangled in legal hassles.
The project should never have got an approval because it violated rules pertaining to backwater construction. An island and part of the surrounding water was reclaimed and the construction was completed. The ban and order to demolish came next.
The same thing happened with the DLF Riverside, an apartment by the water front. People booked premium apartments and the construction was stayed because they violated the rules. Again, the apartment plans were approved by the corporation.
Imagine the plight of the buyers. And who is responsible for this state of affairs?
The developers, who either in ignorance or manipulation, disregard the local statutory rules? Or the Statutory bodies themselves who approve the construction and wash away their (greasy?) hands when the court intervenes? At the end of the day, its the locals and the buyers that suffer.
And what a shame to our country when an international brand learns the bitter truth that laws in this country is a joke. INCREDIBLE INDIA INDEED.
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/demolition-orders-for-banyan-tree-luxury-resort-41860
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/kerala-high-court-orders-demolition-of-dlf-project-in-kochi/
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