CCI to hear case against Kolkata project

Kolkata : Call it the DLF effect. Weeks after anti-competitive practices watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI) slapped a Rs 600-crore penalty on real estate developer DLF, it will consider a similar complaint against Kolkata West International City (KWIC) Pvt Ltd, the mega township project of Indonesian conglomerate Salim Group in West Bengal.

KWIC customers filed a petition before CCI on Friday, seeking immediate action against the project promoters for failing to deliver more than 6,000 residential units and inserting abusive clauses in the allotment letters three years after the scheduled completion date.

The international satellite township, planned in Howrah district, off Kona Expressway, is a joint venture involving the Salim Group, Indonesia-based Ciputra Group and Singapore-based Prasoon Mukherjee of the Universal Success Group. Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), which leased out 390 acres of land to KWIC to build 6,100 bungalows, three information technology parks, and other amenities such as schools, hospitals and shopping malls, has also been made a respondent.