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.
