The New Indian Express 09.12.2017
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority’s online single-window system to be functional by April
CHENNAI: By the beginning of the next financial year, a builder
or developer can submit and track his application for planning
permission online without going in person to the office of the Chennai
Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA).
It is learnt that the CMDA has set April
15, 2018 as the deadline for having the software ready for web-enabled
single-window system for online submission, processing and disposal of
applications for planning permission, building permit, completion
certificate and occupancy certificate. This comes after the Indian
Institute of Technology-Madras conducted a system integration study and
developed software for the new system.
Usually, a developer has to obtain
planning permission from the CMDA and also has to obtain building permit
from local bodies such as the Corporation or municipality or town or
village panchayat. Though planning permission and building permit are
inter-related, their processing involves multiple agencies and multiple
activities.
This is time-consuming and sometimes the
process takes more than six months to a year for getting approval. The
new system will formulate a seamless and hassle-free environment for
web-enabled single-window online submission, processing and disposal of
planning permission applications, building permit applications etc.
It is learnt that a 10-member team, led
by chief planners of multi-storeyed buildings (MSB) and area plan units
(APU), has been formed to help Softech Engineers in implementing it.
The software development work will start
by December 16 and will be implemented initially for special buildings
by January 30, 2018. It will later include multi-storeyed buildings and
will be tested by the CMDA and IIT-Madras after which the software will
be made for group development buildings, industries and institution,
layout, reclassification and enforcement cells.
Afterwards, the integration of
no-objection certificates (NOCs) from other departments into the
single-window system including Greater Chennai Corporation and other
local bodies will be done by April 15, 2018.
The IIT-M was approached by the CMDA
after none of the tenderers was qualified enough to carry out the system
integration study and development of software when tender was floated
in September 2015.
data has to be fully updated including land acquisition details, court
cases so as to integrate it with initial scrutiny records. It was also
suggested to check the feasibility of chitta (year-wise ownership
records) and adangal (yearwise land use records) as part of the
mandatory documents submitted during admission.
Factfile
- The aim of the project is to have a single window system for getting building approvals in the entire Tamil Nadu
- The single window system will be web-enabled and citizen-oriented to facilitate transparency
- It will prevent the sudden disappearance of CMDA files as the digitised records will be stored
- The planning permission which usually takes six to eight months can be attained within 45 days
- All stakeholders will be aware of the status of the file for easy tracking enabling higher proficiency