--------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- GOACAN to organise a Flat Owners Consumer Rights Awareness Campaign ---------------------------------------- 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 [email protected] within the next fortnight. ---------------------------------------------------------- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK ---------------------------------------------------------- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa ---------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mail: [email protected] Visit: http://goacan.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------
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