The Pioneer 24.11.2010
Panel constituted to ensure planned construction in cityPNS | Shimla
A Single Umbrella Committee would be constituted for the approval to construction in Municipal Corporation area of Shimla to ensure planned construction besides providing relief to the people from cumbersome procedure to secure approval of the map. This was proposed in a Cabinet Sub Committee meeting held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of State Revenue Minister Thakur Gulab Singh. He said that the Cabinet Sub Committee also proposed to constitute Heritage Advisory Committee to consider and recommend cases of construction and map approval to the Single Umbrella Committee for final approval. He said that the Committee would meet atleast once in a month and ensure speedy disposal of cases. It was decided that whole map approval process in the Municipal Corporation area would fall under the domain of Single Umbrella Committee. He said that the Heritage Advisory panel would be headed by director, Town and Country planning with eminent architects, urban design architects and historians its members. He said this was being done to maintain the glory of Shimla.
