TEAM HERALD
CANACONA: Furious over the tragedy at Ruby Residency, some persons hacked into the company’s website, forcing the website developers to withdraw all content from its website.
According to sources, the website (www.bharatdevelopers.com) of the promoters of Ruby Residency, Bharat Heights and Palolem Plaza, all projects in Canacona, was hacked soon after the building collapse at Chaudi on January 4.
In the places of promotional snap shots, the pictures of the collapsed building and other disheartening snaps along with defamatory messages began to welcome visitors of the website.
However, all information and pictures on www.bharatdevelopers.com was quickly withdrawn sometime on Monday with the promoters replacing a “message of regret” over the tragedy and assuring to return with updates in future.
The text on the website read as follows: “Dear Friends, it is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we must inform you of a building accident which occurred on January 4 at our Ruby Residency construction site. Under these terrible circumstances, our offices have been temporarily closed. We ask for your patience and understanding, and more importantly your support at this time. We will update you further when our offices re-open.”
Meanwhile, unidentified persons began to vent their anger over the incident at other construction sites of Bharat Developers & Realtors P Ltd and have also targeted ‘Palolem Plaza’, a shopping-cum-residential project at Devabhaga, nearby Palolem beach.
The word ‘Killers’ was sprayed on the advertisement board of Palolem Plaza, which was erected by the roadside of the Devabhag construction site. The work, however, has been stalled and there is no construction activity at this site. The other site is Bharat Heights, where buildings have already come up with complainants alleging massive hill-cutting to make way for these alleged illegal buildings.
Meanwhile, many occupants staying on rental basis at Phase 1 of Ruby Residency are planning to shift and are reportedly on the look out for new residential units.
“Many rented occupants are making enquiries for accommodations in nearby localities and neighbouring villages,” informed a resident of Agonda, who reportedly offered one of his vacant houses to a family presently staying on rent in Ruby Residency.
Incidentally, many people who had bought flats in Ruby Residency had either rented them back to the promoters under a rent-back scheme, while some others had theirs rented out on long-term leases.
