The Hindu 30.01.2014
MCC nod enough for houses on ‘single sites’
The Urban Development Department on Wednesday approved
the proposal of the Mangalore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) to
allow those with less than 10 cents of land within city corporation
limits to construct a house without the prior approval from the
authority.
Under the current rules, the land owner
had first to approach MUDA, which cross checks with the Zonal
Regulation, and upon approval had to approach the Mangalore City
Corporation (MCC) in order to build a house on the land. With
Wednesday’s approval, owners need to approach only the MCC, thereby
saving time and effort, said MUDA Commissioner Mohammad Nazeer.
“We
had a meeting with the Department officials on Tuesday, and they had
told us the order would be sent immediately. In the entire state, only
Mangalore has such a provision,” Mr. Nazeer told
The Hindu
.
On November 8, a resolution on this regard was sent
to the State government after a MUDA board meeting, wherein Minister of
State for Fisheries and Youth Affairs K. Abhaychandra Jain said the
process of single site approval from MUDA was causing a lot of problems
in the district where marginal landholdings were common. This relaxation
does not apply to those renovating houses.
Hanumanth
Kamath, president of the Nagarika Hitarakshana Vedike, believed that
the decision could save on at least “one month’s time” that the file
spends in the MUDA office as well as high penalty charges if the land
had been found to have been divided.
