Macrotech Developers, earlier known as Lodha Developers, has been cut by one step to Caa1.
It all began in 2004, when the former chairman of Birla Corporation, Priyamvada Birla, died
Any rating below BBB- is junk or below investment grade and the city's largest developer has already been having a junk rating by foreign rating agencies
Latest in the series is court-appointed committee's decision to not support resolution seeking reappointment of Lodha as a director on the board of 2 group entities, Vindhya Telelinks and Birla Cable
To make matters worse, the IL&FS crisis also coincided with a weak stock market - leading to Lodha Developers dropping its share sale plan.