The Brave Pedestrian

  Kalpataru Serenity at Manjri in Pune is a much-sought-after gated community. Seekers of premium flats are attracted to this exclusive housing project by the glossy brochures and slick sales talk. Miha Hribar, a foreign national, and his wife Padmashree Ghangale, an NRI, were no different. But when they got possession of their flat in early 2019, they were so shocked by the harsh ground realities that they wanted to give the flat back, and get their money back. Needless to say, Kalpataru builders did not oblige, and their sales office reportedly came across in a rude and threatening manner when Miha and Padmashree persisted. The angry couple aired their dissatisfaction in a YouTube video, and the builder slapped them with a defamation notice. In an interview with the NRI couple, I set out to understand their grievances and issues with these developers and their so-called premium flat. Download the notice of defamation served to flat-buyers Miha & Padmashree by email: https:/...

  Padmashree Ghangale and her Slovenian husband Miha Hribar were shocked to discover that the 781 sq ft carpet area flat that Padmashree bought at Kalpataru Serenity while working abroad is smaller by 206 sq feet. In other words, her flat at Kalpataru Serenity, Manjri, Pune, is about 36 percent smaller than promised. It is by no stretch of imagination a spacious flat. The bedrooms are tiny. The couple, who returned from Europe to settle down in India, were running from pillar to post in search of justice to make Kalpataru to either give them a flat that is of the proper carpet area, or else refund their hard-earned money with interest and compensation. ISSUED IN PUBLIC INTEREST BY Krishnaraj Rao 9821588114 and 8169471229 Krish.kkphoto@gmail.com