<div><em>The National Green Tribunal's (NGT) decision to reduce the no construction radius from 10 kms to 1.27 kms brings cheer to thousands of families. Hurry to give possession certificates should not damage quality of life, says<strong> Sunil Dhawan</strong></em></div><div> </div><div>A major government ruling comes as a big sigh of relief for more than 60,000 families who had booked their apartments in Noida. National Green Tribunal, (NGT) had disallowed any construction activity in a radius of 10 kms of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary which had led to delay in possession of flats to the buyers. </div><div> </div><div>Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has announced that the Centre has approved the eco-sensitive zone around the Okhla Bird Sanctuary by limiting it to 1 km. The notification to this effect will however be out in few weeks. The new ruling has brought down the restricted area to 100 meters to 1.27 kms thus bringing legitimacy to all the newly constructed residential and commercial units outside this limit. Commercial projects includes one of India’s largest mall from DLF and Unitech Gardens Galleria, which were struck up due to the earlier rule. Jaypee, Supetech, Amrapali and other developers across the NOIDA Expressway too gets a relief and could soon start offering possession certificates to buyers. </div><div> </div><div>The possession certificate would be issued by the relevant authority which in this case is the NOIDA authority. Buyers who have already waited so long for possession of their home may still face some surprises even after getting possession certificate.</div><div> </div><div>At times, the house could be in bad condition, with fixtures and fittings not in place or there could be change in layout of the property itself. The construction material used could be sub-standard and even the access to the locality with lighting, roads etc may not yet be there. These are some issue buyer may have to face but as of now, moving into one’s home dream home is looking real.</div><div> </div>
