kochi the apartment owners apex association aoas hits out at the state government for its inability to regulate the real estate sector the association wanted the state government to end uncertainty over framing of rules under the real estate regulation and development act 2016 they said that though the act had come into effect the delay in framing rules give leeway to unscrupulous buildersaoas working president c s vinod said that the state government had constituted the kerala real estate regulatory authority krera but it continue to remain a toothless establishmentas per the act it is mandatory for builders to get approval of krera before announcing the project in public domaineven brochures of the new projects have to be registered with krera but builders have come up with ideas like distributing pamphlets and announcing new projects this is violation of the act as rules are not formed krera is unable to take action in such matters said vinodthe association also criticized the state governments decision to regularize illegal construction they said that the move would only help in mushrooming such constructions