Despite the shabby treatment meted out to the plot buyers at Jeeva Nagar by BLB Estates and the Mangadu Panchayat, as a result of which they are having to bear additional costs to handle water stagnation, the entire area in which the layout is situated is growing in importance.
The attractiveness of the Mount - Poonamallee Road is becoming clear from the choice of the area by two major real estate companies, DLF and Alliance, to develop properties makes this clear.
As a layout located just a couple of hundred metres off the main road and surrounded by residential colonies such as Audco Nagar makes Jeeva Nagar even more attractive. By that we mean the preservation of a sense of residential quiet in the layout, while still being accessible from an arterial road.
Click here to see the planned development by Alliance, close to the Ayyappanthangal Bus Terminus. There is a map of this location here.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Monday, December 18, 2006
Mangadu Panchayat yet to act
The Mangadu Panchayat has not acted yet to make the plots coming under Jeeva Nagar accessible to the owners. Originally, it did not ensure that BLB Estates creates proper roads as per civil engineering norms.
As a result of such indifference, the area continues to be under water with even the access roads cut off.
This situation makes everyone wonder whether there is any significance to approvals granted by Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and the Directorate of Town and Country Planning (DTCP)which are prominently advertised by plot sellers and promoters.
As a result of such indifference, the area continues to be under water with even the access roads cut off.
This situation makes everyone wonder whether there is any significance to approvals granted by Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and the Directorate of Town and Country Planning (DTCP)which are prominently advertised by plot sellers and promoters.
Monday, December 11, 2006
What it was like when Jeeva Nagar was formed
This picture shows what the Jeeva Nagar, Mangadu-Kattupakkam landscape looked like, when it was formed and advertised by BLB Estates.
If you look carefully, you will notice that the roads have been formed level with the ground, despite the ground being lower than adjacent localities by a few feet!
If you look carefully, you will notice that the roads have been formed level with the ground, despite the ground being lower than adjacent localities by a few feet!
Wikimapia and Jeeva Nagar
A quick check on Wikimapia shows that the imagery of Mount - Poonamallee Road at the Kattupakkam point is rather outdated.
It shows a rather poorly developed AUDCO Nagar and a large agricultural field that has since become Jeeva Nagar.
Look at the image here.
What is worth noticing is the spread of Southern Shelters on the opposite Northern side of the road. A current image should show Jeeva Nagar to be a neatly demarcated layout with a few houses, and AUDCO Nagar to be a fully built-up locality.
It shows a rather poorly developed AUDCO Nagar and a large agricultural field that has since become Jeeva Nagar.
Look at the image here.
What is worth noticing is the spread of Southern Shelters on the opposite Northern side of the road. A current image should show Jeeva Nagar to be a neatly demarcated layout with a few houses, and AUDCO Nagar to be a fully built-up locality.
Friday, December 8, 2006
BLB Estates Promise
The following is the promise held out to buyers of property, notably NRIs by the real estate firm, BLB Estates, Chennai
"KIND ATTN. NRI'S
This is for your kind information that we provide 5 years care taker service for property purchased from us. BLB one of the pioneer in the sale of Government approved housing plots in and around chennai give much importance to the fasil (sic)free transaction as well as utmost satisfaction of the customers. When you buy property from BLB REST ASSURED."
Whether the scenes of Jeeva Nagar that we have shown here meet these standards, you judge!
"KIND ATTN. NRI'S
This is for your kind information that we provide 5 years care taker service for property purchased from us. BLB one of the pioneer in the sale of Government approved housing plots in and around chennai give much importance to the fasil (sic)free transaction as well as utmost satisfaction of the customers. When you buy property from BLB REST ASSURED."
Whether the scenes of Jeeva Nagar that we have shown here meet these standards, you judge!
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Jeeva Nagar on the map
Here is a map of the area in which Jeeva Nagar is located
Jeeva Nagar, Mangadu-Kattupakkam Map courtesy of mapmyindia.com
Click on the link and look for AUDCO Nagar. You will see how close this location is to the Mount-Poonamallee Road!
Jeeva Nagar, Mangadu-Kattupakkam Map courtesy of mapmyindia.com
Click on the link and look for AUDCO Nagar. You will see how close this location is to the Mount-Poonamallee Road!
Monday, December 4, 2006
ETA Ascon announces project near Jeeva Nagar
Dubai-based international property developers ETA Ascon have announced a project to put up residential apartments right next to Jeeva Nagar and Audco Nagar.
An announcement of this proposed development has been put up at the site, on the Northern side of the Mount - Poonamallee Road off Jeeva Nagar.
This is another indicator of the growing importance and strategic location of Jeeva Nagar.
An announcement of this proposed development has been put up at the site, on the Northern side of the Mount - Poonamallee Road off Jeeva Nagar.
This is another indicator of the growing importance and strategic location of Jeeva Nagar.
Jeeva Nagar Off To A Good Start
Socially responsible property owners and residents of Jeeva Nagar, a residential layout in one of Chennai's fast growing suburbs that connects the Sriperumbudur development corridor with the urban conveniences of downtown Chennai have come together to pursue common interests.
This is a layout approved by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA).
The layout coming under Mangadu Town Panchayat bears the PPD LO Number 134/2003, giving you the assurance that it is fully approved by Greater Chennai's statutory development authority.
The sanctioned layout is for 102 plots and it is located just a couple of hundred metres off the four lane Mount - Poonamallee and behind an already developed residential enclave, AUDCO Nagar. (This is important to note, because many similar layouts are a few km off this arterial road).
Owners Will Ensure Their Interests
The owners and residents are pursuing various actions to ensure that the developer of this layout, BLB Estates of T.Nagar, Chennai fulfils all its obligations promised under the original sale terms. This is a point for NRIs to note.
For your information, BLB Estates gives its contact information as follows:
Sree Audisesha Bhavan, New No.21, Chinnaiah Street, T. Nagar, Chennai – 600 017. Ph. No.28345104, 28345105, 28345106, 28345107
We have found that although this is prime land developed as a sanctioned layout and there is good infrastructure in adjoining municipal areas, the promoter has not provided some basic requirements as agreed upon, such as roads meeting professional standards, avenue trees and drainage to avoid water stagnation during the monsoon and street lighting. The road level is much below that of adjoining Badrimedu ward and AUDCO Nagar, Kattupakkam.
BLB Estates had promised to deploy a full-time watchman, but the residents are unhappy to note that this has not happened. The promoter has also not put up an arch at the entrance to the layout as agreed upon and advertised. All the poorly constructed tree guards made of bricks for avenue trees, displayed with much fanfare at the time of the sale are today found broken, possibly by unknown persons, apparently because of lack of supervision. These questions are being addressed by the residents and plot owners now.
The residents, through a newly formed Association, have taken up these issues with the promoter and the statutory authorities.
At left you find some recent pictures of Jeeva Nagar after the monsoon, which we are using to highlight the importance of demanding that promoters complete all their promised works to full satisfaction before effecting a sale. For articles on Jeeva Nagar on the Internet, click here
A letter identifying the teething problems with the fast-appreciating layout was published by one of India's leading newspapers, The Hindu, recently. The item with the headline Sewage Pumped into Residential Colony can be read here
An earlier publication in The Hindu called upon the Mangadu Panchayat to take over the common areas provided under the CMDA Approval conditions and develop them into parks as envisaged in the Approved Plan.
Vibrant Community
The good news is that Jeeva Nagar is developing into a vibrant community of residents, most of them owners of property. We pursue ethical solutions and believe in demanding and securing our rights under legal and commercial agreements with the authorities and the layout promoters, BLB Estates.
What you can be assured of is that Jeeva Nagar is among the few approved residential layouts where the owners are united in protecting the interests of the community at large including those in neighbouring wards and other Panchayats such as Kattupakkam.
If you own property in Jeeva Nagar, please do contact us by email and we would like you to join the common effort.
Our address is : jeevanagar@gmail.com
This is a layout approved by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA).
The layout coming under Mangadu Town Panchayat bears the PPD LO Number 134/2003, giving you the assurance that it is fully approved by Greater Chennai's statutory development authority.
The sanctioned layout is for 102 plots and it is located just a couple of hundred metres off the four lane Mount - Poonamallee and behind an already developed residential enclave, AUDCO Nagar. (This is important to note, because many similar layouts are a few km off this arterial road).
Owners Will Ensure Their Interests
The owners and residents are pursuing various actions to ensure that the developer of this layout, BLB Estates of T.Nagar, Chennai fulfils all its obligations promised under the original sale terms. This is a point for NRIs to note.
For your information, BLB Estates gives its contact information as follows:
Sree Audisesha Bhavan, New No.21, Chinnaiah Street, T. Nagar, Chennai – 600 017. Ph. No.28345104, 28345105, 28345106, 28345107
We have found that although this is prime land developed as a sanctioned layout and there is good infrastructure in adjoining municipal areas, the promoter has not provided some basic requirements as agreed upon, such as roads meeting professional standards, avenue trees and drainage to avoid water stagnation during the monsoon and street lighting. The road level is much below that of adjoining Badrimedu ward and AUDCO Nagar, Kattupakkam.
BLB Estates had promised to deploy a full-time watchman, but the residents are unhappy to note that this has not happened. The promoter has also not put up an arch at the entrance to the layout as agreed upon and advertised. All the poorly constructed tree guards made of bricks for avenue trees, displayed with much fanfare at the time of the sale are today found broken, possibly by unknown persons, apparently because of lack of supervision. These questions are being addressed by the residents and plot owners now.
The residents, through a newly formed Association, have taken up these issues with the promoter and the statutory authorities.
At left you find some recent pictures of Jeeva Nagar after the monsoon, which we are using to highlight the importance of demanding that promoters complete all their promised works to full satisfaction before effecting a sale. For articles on Jeeva Nagar on the Internet, click here
A letter identifying the teething problems with the fast-appreciating layout was published by one of India's leading newspapers, The Hindu, recently. The item with the headline Sewage Pumped into Residential Colony can be read here
An earlier publication in The Hindu called upon the Mangadu Panchayat to take over the common areas provided under the CMDA Approval conditions and develop them into parks as envisaged in the Approved Plan.
Vibrant Community
The good news is that Jeeva Nagar is developing into a vibrant community of residents, most of them owners of property. We pursue ethical solutions and believe in demanding and securing our rights under legal and commercial agreements with the authorities and the layout promoters, BLB Estates.
What you can be assured of is that Jeeva Nagar is among the few approved residential layouts where the owners are united in protecting the interests of the community at large including those in neighbouring wards and other Panchayats such as Kattupakkam.
If you own property in Jeeva Nagar, please do contact us by email and we would like you to join the common effort.
Our address is : jeevanagar@gmail.com
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