The Times of India 07.05.2013
Maharashtra won't legalize unauthorized buildings
PUNE: The state government has said that unauthorized constructions built after March 31, 2012 cannot be regularized.
Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Shrikar Pardeshi said that deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar had convened a meeting in Mumbai on Monday to discuss civic problems. During the meeting, principal secretary of urban development department Manukumar Shrivastava said that unauthorized constructions constructed after March 31, 2012 cannot be regularized as the laws have been amended recently by the state legislature.
"The civic body is conducting its demolition drive against unauthorized constructions. We have now found support from the state government for our drive," Pardeshi said
There is a demand from the elected representatives and citizens for extending the duration of the Gunthewari Act, he said. Shrivastav had pointed out that the Act was only for a specific period and it cannot be issued again for regularizing unauthorized constructions. He said unauthorized constructions built on plots reserved in the development plan (DP) or on land affected by floodlines, green zones and no development zones before March 31, 2012 cannot be regularized.
Mayor Mohini Lande said, "The state government has declined to regularize the unauthorized constructions built after March 31, 2012. We pointed out that the civic body has stopped giving basic amenities to the people residing in areas affected by the buffer zone of Moshi garbage depot. We have demanded that the buffer zone limits be reduced as many houses have come up. We also demanded that the amenities be restored to these affected people. Pawar accepted our demands."
Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Shrikar Pardeshi said that deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar had convened a meeting in Mumbai on Monday to discuss civic problems. During the meeting, principal secretary of urban development department Manukumar Shrivastava said that unauthorized constructions constructed after March 31, 2012 cannot be regularized as the laws have been amended recently by the state legislature.
"The civic body is conducting its demolition drive against unauthorized constructions. We have now found support from the state government for our drive," Pardeshi said
There is a demand from the elected representatives and citizens for extending the duration of the Gunthewari Act, he said. Shrivastav had pointed out that the Act was only for a specific period and it cannot be issued again for regularizing unauthorized constructions. He said unauthorized constructions built on plots reserved in the development plan (DP) or on land affected by floodlines, green zones and no development zones before March 31, 2012 cannot be regularized.
Mayor Mohini Lande said, "The state government has declined to regularize the unauthorized constructions built after March 31, 2012. We pointed out that the civic body has stopped giving basic amenities to the people residing in areas affected by the buffer zone of Moshi garbage depot. We have demanded that the buffer zone limits be reduced as many houses have come up. We also demanded that the amenities be restored to these affected people. Pawar accepted our demands."
