The Hindu 01.12.2010
Tatkal scheme for sanctioning building plans
Staff Reporter
| ‘Plans pertaining to plots of a size less than 100 sq. metres will be cleared within 24 hours' |
Scheme applicants will have to pay an additional fee, says Commissioner
Builders will have to register names of their firms with the town planning wing of the VMC
VIJAYAWADA: The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) has introduced a ‘tatkal' scheme for sanctioning of building plans in a day.
The building plans pertaining to plots of a size less than 100 sq. metres would be cleared within 24 hours under the scheme, according to Municipal Commissioner G. Ravi Babu. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Mr. Ravi Babu said that the applicants would have to pay building licence fee, additional building fee and debris and material charges along with the application for G+1 building plans for plots of a size less than 100 sq. metres. And, the building plans proposed in plots of a size between 100 sq. metres and 300 sq. metres would be cleared in three working days.
Additional fee
Applicants would have to mortgage 10 per cent of the built up area as it would have to be registered with the Department of Registrations. Applicants would have to pay an additional fee of 20 per cent if they desired to avail themselves of tatkal scheme.
Mr. Ravi Babu said that the builders would have to register names of their firms and other details with the town planning wing of the VMC.
Those builders who do not register their names and firms would not be allowed to take up construction activity in the city as per GO 678 dated September 7, 2009.
The builders would have to register themselves within a week with the VMC, he made clear.
JNNURM awards
Referring to Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) programme awards, Mr. Ravi Babu said that the VMC was adjudged the best city in the country among mission cities under Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG), a sub-mission of JNNURM.
The award would be given away at an annual function in New Delhi on December 3.
The VMC was expecting another award under Basic Services for Urban Poor (BSUP), the other sub- mission of JNNURM.
