The Hindu       25.01.2011

VUDA ‘Green Channel' launched

VUDA Vice-Chairman B. Sreedhar releasing a brochure at the launch of Green Channel at Visakhapatnam on Monday. — Photo: C. V. Subrahmanyam

A fast-track clearance for obtaining building and layout permissions, christened Green Channel, has been formally launched by Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (VUDA) Vice Chairman B. Sridhar here on Monday.

Addressing Green Channel panel members, he said that the facility has already been introduced by the State Government in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority.

Mr. Sridhar said that a panel of architects, structural engineers, town planners and document auditors have been empanelled with VUDA. The panel members would scrutinise the development proposals of the individual applicants and ensure that they conform to zoning regulations and building rules and orders. On completion of the necessary scrutiny by the panel members, the applicants have to submit their applications to VUDA along with certificates issued by the panel members and other required NOC s.

He said that Green Channel was purely optional and would attract an additional processing fee.

Chief Urban Planner K. Anand Babu asked the panel members to take the concept seriously.

Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India (CREDAI) president V. Santhi Shekar, honorary secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao, AP Real Estate Association president Tagore, general secretary Niranjan and Corporator Ch. V. Pattabhiram were among those who spoke.