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Sign the Petition requesting The Honble Minister of State for Environment
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Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your
family members, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed.
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GOACAN to organise a Flat Owners
Consumer Rights Awareness Campaign
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GOACAN has decided to undertake an Awareness Campaign
amongst Flat Owners on their Consumer Rights in view of the
large amount of complaints being received on various related issues.
Over the past two years GOACAN has been receiving many
complaints directly and through the village based Consumer
Forums from Flat Owners with regards to their sale agreements,
non-maintenance of the buildings & non formation of Housing
Societies although payment has been made to the builder, poor
service of electricity & water supply, no proper parking facilities,
conversion & sale of open spaces, lack of garbage management
& sanitation and taxation issues with Municipal Councils &
Village Panchayats.
With the lack of proper legislation, poor monitoring by various
Government Agencies, and most importantly lack of awareness
of their consumer rights, Flat Owners across the State of Goa
have been facing umpteen number of problems that have resulted
in unnecessary litigation, large scale expenses, agony and mental
tension for families interested in having a decent home and a
peaceful life.* *Many senior citizens have also lost their life savings
due to problems related to purchase of flats.
The recent initiatives by the Jairam Complex Residents Association
in Panjim and the Chowgule Gardens Welfare Association in
Zuarinagar to organise themselves to respond to issues faced by
them is a positive sign for Flat owners in Goa.
GOACAN is convinced that unless Flat owners understand their
Rights & Responsibilities, stop agonising & start organising, identify
the various agencies that are part of the problem and involve them
in the solution, unite at Building & Town level, the problem will
continue to persist and reach gigantic proportions.
In this context GOACAN has proposed to hold a series of awareness
meetings in the different towns of Vasco, Margao, Mapusa, Ponda
and Panjim so as to provide an opportunity and a platform for Flat
owners to narrate their problems, express their opinions on the
possible solutions and chart out a course of action for the near future.
GOACAN proposes to facilitate the process for the setting up of a
State Level Association as well as Taluka level Associations
to protect the interests of the Flat Owners. In this direction it will
develop a charter of demands which would include lobbying for
legislation by the Goa Legislative Assembly as well as guidelines
for action by local bodies before the forthcoming Municipal Council
elections.
GOACAN calls upon individual Flat owners and prospective
Flat Owners, Co-operative Housing Societies, Housing Maintenance
Societies, Housing Associations who would like to attend and
actively participate in these Awareness Meetings to write in to
GOACAN Post Box 187, Margao Goa 403 601 or email
goa...@gmail.com within the next fortnight.
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GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK
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promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa
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GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601
GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507
mail: goa...@gmail.com Visit: http://goacan.blogspot.com
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