Your society's maintenance bill may be the next household expense to increase. Across Noida, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida and Gurugram, resident welfare associations and apartment owners' associations are recalculating budgets after revised minimum wages increased the cost of employing the workers who keep residential communities running, reports TOI's Akanksha Gupta and Meenakshi Sinha.
For many societies, manpower expenses account for the largest share of operating costs. Security guards, housekeeping staff, gardeners, plumbers, electricians and lift operators together make up as much as 70-85% of maintenance spending, according to society representatives.
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