According to the society's management, the board has been put up based on the demand of a few residents.
A board outside Ajnara Gen X, a society in Crossings Republik, Ghaziabad, clearly states that bachelors, students and foreigners are not allowed as tenants.
According to the society's management, the board has been put up based on the demand of a few residents. However, the step has drawn criticism from many residents of Ajnara Gen X itself.
Pratyoosh Kumar, a resident of the society, said most residential societies in Noida and Ghaziabad were against renting out places to bachelors and students, but inclusion of foreigners to the list was a new development.
"Adding foreigners to the list is a new low,” said Kumar. “Almost all residents of such societies are from other cities and have to live away from home as bachelors and students."
"What’s strange is that they are doing something like this blatantly. If renting out a flat to someone based on the person's marital status, occupation and nationality is not a form of discrimination, what is?" asked Kumar.
Photo: Abid Hussain Barlaskar
Pooja Shrivastava, another resident and former president of the society's AOA, echoed similar sentiments as Kumar. She said these baseless restrictions were in direct violation of a person's fundamental rights. "Many residents cause nuisance in the society in many ways, but only bachelors and students come under fire. Some time ago, a boy came to drop off a girl to her flat in this society, and within minutes, residents came up to her flat for moral policing and caused unnecessary trouble. The poor girl had to eventually leave the society," added Shrivastava.
However, residents said "foreigners", in this case, indicated only African nationals, who have been associated with drug peddling, smuggling and, of late, even cannibalism.
City Spidey discussed the issue with Mukesh Tomar, CEO of CIPL (Crossings Infrastructure Private Limited). Tomar said the issue pertained to the management and AOAs, and CIPL was not involved in the matter. However, when asked about the CIPL's claims of Crossings Republik being a global township and how such measures could hurt its integrity, Tomar assured that the issue would be looked into and properly discussed in the weekly meetings of the developers' body.
