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Corporation to send messages on plan approval

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The Hindu        06.11.2014 

Corporation to send messages on plan approval

In an effort aimed at bringing in transparency in building plan approval and quick disposal of applications, Mayor P. Rajkumar on Monday inaugurated a system wherein the Coimbatore Corporation would send short service messages to the applicants informing them of approval of applications.

According to Mr. Rajkumar, he gave away the plan approval documents to 93 persons on Monday. This was only a beginning.

From now on, every week, the Corporation would send out messages confirming the approval of applications and the date of issue of the same to the applicants, who could then visit the Corporation main office for collecting the same.

He said this initiative was for plans for buildings measuring less than 4,000 sq.ft.

A senior official said that the Corporation could have the plan disbursement event every Tuesday, prior to the weekly grievance meeting.

Earlier in the day, the Mayor oversaw the Corporation releasing fingerlings into freshwater containers in Ward 97 to control mosquito breeding. Deputy Commissioner P. Gandhimathi said that the fingerlings would feed on mosquito larvae and that would control the breeding.

The civic body had bought the fingerlings from the Tamil Nadu Fisheries Development Corporation.

The Corporation officials also carried out cleaning operations in schools and repair of damaged roads in various parts of the city.