The New Indian Express 02.11.2019
Soon, a single web portal to get all building clearances in Tamil Nadu
The state govt plans a web portal at a cost of Rs 36 Cr for a comprehensive portal for the entire state.
CHENNAI: People in Tamil Nadu
may soon be able to avail all the necessary permits and certificates for
buildings in a single web portal. This will be a single stop for a
range of services from building permits, occupancy certificate or
completion certificate. The state government has embarked on building a
single window portal at a cost of Rs 36 crore for this, it is reliably
learnt.
Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency sources
said that the agency has been engaged to help develop and maintain the
state-wide portal and it will soon be calling for tenders for the
project.
People can submit the application online
and it will be processed through the software. The services will
include processing of planning permissions, building permission
applications, completion certificate and occupancy certificate. Builders
will also be able to apply for layout approval for lands coming under
the jurisdiction of the Directorate of Town and country planning (DTCP),
Greater Chennai Corporation and the Commissionerate of Municipal
Administration.
The web platform will be citizen
oriented to facilitate transparency, comfortable filing from the end
user’s side and also keep digitised records for the future use by the
authorities.
Interestingly, this comes after Chennai
Metropolitan Development Authority has recently implemented a web portal
for the approval respective to their jurisdiction.
The single window portal bids are being
floated after State Single Window Monitoring Committee has urged the IT
department to ensure uniform software technology framework for all
government service delivery portals to make integration of services
easier. There have been issues with certain departments still processing
applications under the offline mode, the committee has stated.
The construction permit approval was
suggested in Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) 2017 but it was not
implemented. Builders Association of India Chairman Southern centre S
Rama Prabhu welcomed the move to have a single window portal. “Now we
have been made to run pillar to posts. Once the single window portal is
introduced, it will cut red tape,” he said.
The portal will also have details about
architects, licensed surveyors, engineers who have been mandated to
register their profile. The portal will be integrated with the CMDA
portal. It will also have master data like districts, cities, taluks,
towns, village panchayat, blocks etc and the application will be routed
to the concerned department as per the work flow.
It is learnt that list of 11 reform
recommendations has been suggested for Chennai Metropolitan Development
Authority and other agencies under the Business Reforms Action Plan,
which includes developing a single window system that could provide 16
services and construction permits besides having an online information
wizard which will provide a comprehensive list of licenses,
registrations required for undertaking a specific business and providing
links to online application forms for licences or no-objection
certificates required by users.