noida credai members from across ncr on tuesday observed a protest strike against the issue of difficulty in doing business all transactions and constructions were brought to a standstill while the builders gathered to submit deputations with the offices of the district magistrate and the chairman of noida authority the credaincr protest was observed as a fraction of the nationwide protest by the developers group to mark condolence on the suicide committed by a mumbai based builder suraj parmar of cosmos group parmar was also the president of thane chapter of maharashtra chamber of housing industry credaimchi in an 18page suicide note left by parmar he has expressed his hopelessness in the system and the roadblocks which he has been facing in taking off with his project and the financial grind that followed it is high time that real estate was given an industry status real estate is not only one of the biggest employing sectors but we are end users of products created by 350 other industries despite playing such a great role in the national economy we are shortchanged the builders need ease of doing business the suicide of suraj parmar highlights the real situation that most builders are facing today in executing their projects manoj gaur president credai ncr said we have been demanding a singlewindow status for the builders from environment clearances to all other certifications it takes months together to get the project to the ground after buying land until the builders get a single window system the entire process of approvals and clearances will continue to slowdown their pace amit modi vicepresident credai western up said in a country where the film producers are given loans by banks the builders are not it is strange that the banks finance home buyers but builders have to source money from other financial sources until these chinks in the real industry business are eared out the next generation of builders will only shy away from the business gaur added