Trans Indus has been set up in the mid 90s on a 40 acre land near Thatguni, South Bangalore rural district, as a residential complex consisting of houses, green areas, leisure amenities, a nursery, a restaurant, a clubhouse, an amphitheatre, electricity & water infrastructure and lighted motorable roads. An astral garden & a meditation center is also being planned.
TIRA has requested the promotors, BCIL, to inform all prospective buyers about these charges. Subsequently, any re-purchaser of plots and construction on the plots will need to continue to pay the same.
A major portion of the campus falls under what is called the 'common area' consisting of roads, common gardens and facilties like water tank and the site office housing the generator, epabx etc. There is plumbing and electrical and communication wiring all across the campus. The common area maintenance fees are used to pay for the security, labour, the electricity, water, plants to maintain the infrastructure.
TIRA has not yet taken over maintenance of the pool and the club house, pending discussions with the promotors on a suitable perpetual lease or registration.
A typical breakup of current maintenance costs is given below.
As a plot owner, you are expected to contribute to the common area maintenance.
There are some one time charges that need to be paid. These payments were made by some of the current plot-owners in advance and are to be recovered from the new plot owners. These are:
Rs. 1000 per owner for the cost of registration of the association.
Rs. 1400 per owner for the cost of laying TV cables and related infrastructure
in the campus.
Rs. 35,000 - 37,000 per owner for the cost of registration of the common area to
the association
Please note that the above is NOT the maintenance charges of your plot or your house. Depending on the activity done on your plot, you will be charged separately. For example, if you need TIRA to maintain your plot while you decide when to build, or you decide to create a flower / vegetable garden on your plot and want TIRA to maintain it, you will be charged for the labour and the water.
If you are building a house, you will be charged for the electricity and the water charges. Subsequently, you will be charged for labour, electricity and water charges for the house and the garden, depending on usage.
There are also statutory taxes levied on the plot owner by the government authorities like the Panchayat.
Common area maintenance is payable in advance for the entire year. Plot maintenance is payable one month after raising the invoice for the same.
You will be denied usage of any of the infrastructure including access to the campus. Your name will be put up on this web site as a defaulter. For perpetual defaulters, a legal notice will be sent and a notice will be put up at the plot and near the club house regarding the default and that the plot/house is under dispute.
However, it is the sincere hope of the residents association that such a scenario should not come to pass. This can be a unique campus only if the plot owners contribute in terms of time, money or both.
TIRA banks at Canara Bank, J P Nagar. Crossed cheques can be made in favour of Trans Indus Residents Association. For outstation cheques, please add a suitable amount for clearing charges.
The campus currently has three full time employees and one part time accountant in addition to 8 daily wage workers. Needless to say, by providing
employment to these workers who come from the surrounding villages, TIRA and the TI residents are in some small way
helping to drive the local economy.
The costs are tabulated below. The expenses tend to vary from month to month within +/- 10% from mean.
| Salaries | |
| Campus Manager, Mr Prasad | Rs 2K/month |
| Accountant, Mrs Veena Prasad | Rs 8K/month |
| Electrician, Mr Murthy | Rs 3.5K/month |
| Garden/common area labour supervisor, Mr Chikkanna | Rs 2.5K/month |
| Sub total (A) | Rs 16K/month |
| Daily wages | |
| Male workers : ... 2 x Rs 75/day x 26 days | Rs 3.9K/month |
| Female workers : . 6 x Rs 50/day x 26 days | Rs 7.8K/month |
| Sub total (B) | Rs 11.7K/month |
| Misc expenses | |
| Security service, My-Choice Security Service | Rs 22K/month |
| Swimming pool maintenance (60% TIRA, 40% BCIL): | Rs 5K/month |
| Generator and pump (monoblock & submersible) servicing | Rs 2.5K/month |
| Electricity for common area lights, sw pool/ garden line pumps,staff qrts | Rs 10K/month |
| Misc purchases, "payments", replacements and repairs | Rs 8K/month |
| Sub total (C) | Rs 47.5K/month |
| Total average monthly expenses (A+B+C): | Rs 75.2K/month |
Please talk to the Association Office bearers. They will advise you on the subject of maintenance. It is suggested that common area maintenance be paid by the plot owner and the plot maintenance be paid directly to the association. This will help in cash flows and prevent withdrawal of facilities.
While all the plots are being sold, it is not clear as to the ownership pattern of the plots. It is assumed that a common owner of contiguous plots will be constructing one house across the plots. Therefore currently, the maintenance charges are based on number of registered plot owners.
It has however been mooted that there could be alternative scenarios based on square feet of land owned, with or without a ceiling or in the form of grouping plot sizes. This discussion has started and will be decided upon once the complete ownership pattern is visible and all members of the association have indicated a willingness to change the methodology.