The Hindu 07.10.2010
BWSSB stops issuing NOC to apartments
Special Correspondent
BANGALORE: Though Confederation of Real Estate and Developers' Association of India (CREDAI) – Karnataka claims that residential market in Bangalore has witnessed a revival in sales over the last six months, builders have not submitted any new applications for sanction of plan for apartment complexes in the last two months.
The reason — refusal by Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to issue a No Objection Certificate (NOC), a prerequisite for sanction of plan by either Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) or the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
“Not a single plan has been submitted for apartments in Bangalore in the last two months,” said president of CREDAI-Karnataka Sushil Mantri told reporters here on Wednesday.
The BWSSB has now stopped issuing NOC to apartments on the grounds that it cannot guarantee water. “How can a common man be denied a basic right like water?” Mr. Mantri pointed out that builders will have to pay “a lot of money” to obtain the NOC from BWSSB.
He said sales in the last few months were flats in “old properties”.
