GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad district administration has constituted a committee to address complaints by residents against restidents welfare associations (RWA) and apartment owners associations (AOA), officials said on Thursday. The panel will probe allegations of harassment, intimidation, or misuse of power by office bearers and take legal action where required.
Farmed by district magistrate (DM) Ravindra Kumar Mandar the committee compriacs the ety magistrate, deputy remar area assiltuar ittumissioner of police, and the local station house officer. Officials said the move follows a sharp rise in complaints from residents of high-rises about arbitrary functioning and mismanagement their RWAs and ADA “The committee will exch aively handle such complaints. Residents can submit their grievances to the offices of the district or city magistrate. Once a complaint is received. an inquiry will be conducted, and legal action. including FIFRs, will follow if alle gation are found true,” said city magistrite Santosh Kumar.
DM Mandar said residents had complained about a range of Issues from poor maintersance of lifts and fire systems to alleged bullying by private bouncers employed by HWAs. “We decided to form this committee after repeated complaints. Some issues poke safety risks, while others involve direct harass-ment,” he said.
Residents have long-soughi strieter oversight of RWAs, angs me that their office-bearen, win collect maintenance fees, be held to the same stra transparency as publi “They public can be the Prevention Act if if funds are This panel will ensuretability,” said V.K. Mittal former president of Kaushambi Apartments RWA The move comes amid past instances of legal action against RWA over corruption mismanagement, and clashes with residents.
Satinder Duggal
