Karnataka RERA orders builder to deliver amenities after 6-year delay

A Bengaluru homebuyer who paid ₹40 lakh and took possession of his apartment in February 2017 has been waiting more than six years for basic amenities the builder promised, including Cauvery water, BESCOM electricity meters and DG generator power supply. The complainant from Arasinakunte, Bengaluru rural, approached the Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority (K-RERA) for relief, according to an Economic Times report.

The homebuyer said the builder assured him Cauvery water would be provided for all apartments and even collected a deposit of ₹14,895. Six years later, that promise remained unfulfilled. The builder also promised two separate pipelines for borewell and treated water but failed to install a separate overhead tank for storing Cauvery water.

The builder has not started any process for forming the apartment owners association or transferring common areas to the homeowners, the complainant alleged. He said he suspects the builder may be misappropriating funds, as no audited balance sheet, books of accounts or receipts have been provided since 2017.

The builder disconnected the DG generator backup power supply to his apartment, the complainant said. During BESCOM outages, he faced severe hardship because, as a senior citizen, he depended on the refrigerator to preserve his medicines.