PUNE: Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan will meet civic officials and public representatives in Pimpri Chinchwad soon over relaxation of building permission rules.
The demand has come from elected representatives who say that the
relaxation would encourage people to construct houses by taking
permissions and this will discourage unauthorized constructions.

Independent MLA Vilas Lande from Bhosari assembly constituency
said he had spoken to Chavan and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar. “A
common person has to get much permission and produce documents to get
building permissions. This is a big deterrent as he then prefers to
construct an unauthorized home to save money instead of spending on
obtaining permission,” said Lande.

In February, Chavan had
announced in Akurdi that a government resolution for regularization of
unauthorized constructions of Pimpri Chinchwad city will be issued in a
week. Lande said, “We hope the GR will be issued soon.”

On the
buffer zone around Moshi garbage depot, Lande said he has sought a
reduction of the zone to 30 metres in the assembly. The civic body has
proposed a 500-meter buffer zone around Moshi garbage depot in the
development plan of the newly merged villages. But a large number of
constructions have come up around the depot. The civic body is not
providing any amenities to the houses constructed around the depot.
“Minister of state for urban development Bhaskar Jadhav, in his reply,
had said that basic amenities must be provided to houses already
constructed around the depot. Jadhav has said no new constructions
should be allowed around the depot,” Lande added.