Common Men and City

Following is an email forwarded to me by someone, I think it raises several questions.
Makes you think alot;

Common Man- My Foot---------------General feeling amongst High Class People
Common Sense is very Uncommon.
Our Attitude: Let Common Man Suffer, but our Children Should Have all privileges.
Apparently, the definition of Common Man has been revised, reinvented, rediscovered and rephrashed as per the vested thinking of some builders & real estate brokers in Ahmedabad.

Common Man is one :
a) Who has a bunglow with large open space.
b) Who has a decent Car
c) Who has capability to book multiple house units & artifically jack up dwelling units price to an unaffordable level depriving the real needay first time buyers.
d) Whose children studies in International tag school where annual fees is about 5-6 lacks.
e) Who watches the first show of movies in Multiplex on every friday.
f) Who goes for outing every vacation
g) Who spends 15-20 days at least in foreign land outside India every year.
h) Who goes to Mall for daily purchase of household eatable items.
i) Whose children in teens goes to Australia, UK etc for further studies.
k) Who keeps all white goods and pricy technical gadgets.
and so on.

Builders are eying these common man and construction houses for these people only.

Can anybody ask these builders and real-estate brokers about the fundamentals of building price valuation in the face of the fact the property price appreciation that have taken in last 4-5 years @ 400%. What was available at 4-5 lacks for 2 BHK at Western Ahmedabad say in 2005 and the same flat is available at now 20-25 lacs. If somebody purchases at 25 lacs for 2 BHK flat at this time and if the rate of appreciation continues then after 5 years, 2 BHK flat will cost Rs. 75 Lacs -1 Crore.

Is it not mockery. Builders are simply befooling people in the name Real Estate Shining. To further befool public so called common man, they have hijacked the first page of Dailies and insert all misguiding articles on Metro Projects, Green Building Projects, Satellite Township Project, etc

We all know that Metro Project for Ahmedabad is not feasible till 2050 at least. Integrated Township project has not seen the light of the day for many years, however that has benefitted a lot to builders in fleecing gullible customers by charging exhorbitant prices much above their true value.

The more you write through blog , the more GoG has turns nelson eye to the soaring problem and help the builders to keep plundering the common man in the name of Affordable House.

Surprisingly, Affordable House means 2 BHK flat @ Rs. 20 Lakhs especially knowing the fact that the majority of Ahmedabad house seekers can not afford to have 2 BHK even at 5 Lakhs inspite of going to Banks/NBFCs for loan.

No genuine buyers are there and it is evident from the fact that large no of units are lying vacant as orphans.

Are we not sitting on another case of Dubai Debt.

Builders and Brokers keep looting people and make life miserable for Common Man. You have the support of Ministers as stakeholders in your company. To absolve from this sin, you can donate food packets for beggars at times or hold Religious function on the road side at S.G Highway.

Media can be spokesperson on behalf of Builders fraternity in befooling Common Man. TV correspondents keep attending mocktail/cocktail party of Celebs like Cricketers and Movie Stars.

IIM Grads' salary is not the base of common salary of people in India.
IIMs & IITians use your intellectual knowledge to take India from Darkness.
Sustainability can co-exist with Common Man's Affordability only.

What would happen to the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) of Urban Master Plan when its members are builders and ministers only ?
Why is our policy not all inclusive ?
Why the first page of Newspapers carries articles talking big about some ambitious project which has not taken any root at the behest of Builders?
Why the society is going to Dogs?
Why most of the commercial complex and residential units are lying vacant for last three years ? Why there is a large tract of open land in the midst and heart of Ahmedabad ?
Why there is no regulator to ensure fair and transparency in land dealings?
Why real estate brokers do not have to reveal their income ?
Why there is more ads about selling housing units on portals & newspaper rather than genuine buyers?
Why there is no Govt statistics that shows the real first time house buyers numbers every year against those who are multiplying units for the sake of fuelling and inflating real estate property prices ?
Why there are so many Ads & Hoardings from Builders when their units are sold like Hot Cakes. ( Go to any builders at the bhoomi pujan ceremony, he will say all units have been booked )
Why there is a pittance salary for the employees in private cos including Builders ? 4K to 5K per month.
Why there is no voice against the unjust rise in property prices and house rentals from Industries and Academic Institution who are making all drama about Energy Saving and Climate Change ?
Why there is no Common Man definition properly done?
What is the population in Ahmedabad that can afford to have 2 BHK flat @ Rs. 5 lakhs even ?
Why there is penalty against developers who complete project in many years ?
Why Govt is not doing any residential projects for Middle Class ie Common Man ?
Why building built for EWS goes into the hands of Brokers and then sold to high class people to make money by selling at an unaffordable price ?
Why there is delay in bringing more Cement cos when we know that there is a cartelisation among cement cos and there is huge deficit of cement supply as demand exceeds supply.
Why housing loan often the reason for rising succide case ?
Why IIMs and other B-Schools churn out mere Grads rather then Entrepreneurs ?

India has Democracy or Democrazy/Hypocracy ?
GOD Save us.
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