WHY MIMO charges

The MIMO charges are to meet the expenses of maintenance and renovation consequent to heavy wear and tear during movement of heavy materials as also for the extra man hours of Security involved in keeping watch over the truckers/ their staff and also in the lobbies/ corridors and lift thru which there is movement of such goods.

A minimum of 4 Security Guard days are involved in keeping a vigil during such movements (including their watching out for possible pilferage by truckers staff of goods in parking lots/ common areas etc.).

Damage to at least one Florescent light fitting and bulb seems to be passe at the moment, in either the corridors or the lift lobby etc.

It is learnt that damage  was caused a few years back to a sensor in one of the lifts, as also for the interiors of the lift for which I understand that L&T had to shell down nearly a lakh of Rupees because of damage caused during  such movement.

Unlike  in the case of Packers and movers in the developed world, in our country, though the Packers and Movers (P&M for short) have learnt to charge heavily they have not yet learnt to do the job properly.  They not only damage property in the place they work  in / they leave the place  in a mess after they depart, throwing  nails and other miscellaneous stuff allover apart from the fact that in most cases part of the goods is always found damaged at the other end.

In those countries the P&M depute a knowledgeable person to inspect the goods to be transported to take all the details so that they come equipped with proper packages  and handling gear, including low bed trolleys with rubber wheels etc., so that there is no damage whatever to any surface: No fitting in any lobby or lifts etc is ever damaged and all damages, if any at all are to be borne by the P&M.

One can go on like this for several more paragraphs but let me cut it short, except to state that SCMC members are all also residents of South City affected to the same extent as any other residents; SCMC has also taken cognizance of the quantum of such charges being levied in many other complexes for several years.

To sum up we are a long way off from where our P&M can be counted upon to do a proper job or be liable for the damages caused by their inefficiency/ neglect.

SCMC being only a “Bird of passage”  can only  impose charges on the person inflicting the damage/ liable for it, as one possible avenue “Insurance to cover such damage” if available, is also not in the purview of SCMC as they cannot take out such Insurance, even if available, as they are considered not to have “any insurable interest” in Insurance Lingo.

Vedanthan

Chairman, SCMC

23rd July 2013