The Times of India             04.10.2013

PMC initiates action against building bylaws violators

PATNA: Twenty-seven buildings, including the 'Buddha Inn' hotel, in S K Puri area under New Capital Circle (NCC) face action by the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) for violating building bylaws.

According to the PMC's vigilance wing, which submitted its report on September 29, the G+5 hotel on plot number 14/D is illegally adding one more floor. The report says the PMC sent a notice to its proprietors on August 8 asking them to stop the construction. "This hotel is 24.90 metres high and is located on a 27ft wide road which, according to building bylaws, is illegal," said Shailesh Chandra Diwakar, officer on special duty (OSD), PMC.

The vigilance report on Buddha Inn (serial number 585 at PMC website), along with HDFC Bank building (plot number 165/B) and an under construction building near St Karen's School (plot number 143/D), has been uploaded on the PMC website, a senior PMC official said.

The official said the vigilance report about other 24 buildings, allegedly violating building bylaws, would be uploaded on the PMC website soon. However, at present, anyone can check the photographs and location of the remaining 24 buildings.

Besides the 27 buildings in SK Puri area, PMC has also initiated a vigilance case against 43 and 20 other buildings across Bankipore and Kankarbagh circles for violating building bylaws. Vigilance reports regarding these 63 building would also be uploaded on the PMC website soon. "Next, we will be heading towards Budh Marg and Bailey Road," said the OSD.

"Each builder would be given 15 days' time once the vigilance report against them is released. After that, the case proceedings against them would start," the OSD said, adding, "Initially, our focus is on netting professional defaulters and big builders who are violating building bylaws for over a period of time."