A decade after tall promises, flats booked in Hyderabad construction project yet to 'appear'
It has been more than a decade since customers in Hyderabad decided to buy a flat by construction giant Aliens Group as part of the Space Station 1 project in Gachibowli. Though they were promised skyscrapers, the customers allege that they have been 'cheated', as the project is already five years overdue and a series of complications have sprung up. A large number of people have been running from pillar to post, filing cases in police stations and consumer courts, and accusing the senior management of the Aliens Group including the managing director Hari Challa of fraud. "Many people have lost hope of seeing their 'new house'. We are tired of long-winding court cases and police cases. One month ago, 104 people moved the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, seeking to put an end to this problem," says Alok Kumar Shukla, an IT professional, who is also the treasurer of the Aliens Space Station 1 Owners’ Welfare Associa...