The Hindu    23.08.2012

Regularisation of buildings in urban areas

Close on the heels of both the Houses of the State legislature adopting a Bill providing for regularisation of unauthorised residential houses built on government land in rural areas, the State government is planning to extend similar facilities to urban areas too.

Deputy Chief Minister K.S. Eshwarappa said on Wednesday the government had decided to introduce a similar Bill in the next legislature session for regularising unauthorised constructions on government land in urban areas such as corporations, city and town municipal areas and town panchayats.

The proposed Bill was aimed at helping poor people and hence there would be a ceiling on maximum extent of land that could be regularised, he said. It may be noted that the Bill for regularisation of such constructions in rural areas has prescribed an upper ceiling of 2,400 square feet that could be brought up before the authorities concerned for regularisation. Mr. Eshwarappa said the Bill pertaining to rural areas had been forwarded to the Governor for his assent.