The Hindu 25.01.2011
VUDA ‘Green Channel’ launched
VUDA Vice-Chairman B. Sreedhar releasing a brochure at the launch of
Green Channel at Visakhapatnam on Monday. — Photo: C. V. Subrahmanyam
A fast-track clearance for obtaining building and layout permissions,
christened Green Channel, has been formally launched by Visakhapatnam
Urban Development Authority (VUDA) Vice Chairman B. Sridhar here on
Monday.
Addressing Green Channel panel members, he said that the
facility has already been introduced by the State Government in Greater
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and Hyderabad Metropolitan
Development Authority.
Mr. Sridhar said that a panel of architects, structural
engineers, town planners and document auditors have been empanelled with
VUDA. The panel members would scrutinise the development proposals of
the individual applicants and ensure that they conform to zoning
regulations and building rules and orders. On completion of the
necessary scrutiny by the panel members, the applicants have to submit
their applications to VUDA along with certificates issued by the panel
members and other required NOC s.
He said that Green Channel was purely optional and would attract an additional processing fee.
Chief Urban Planner K. Anand Babu asked the panel members to take the concept seriously.
Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of
India (CREDAI) president V. Santhi Shekar, honorary secretary K.
Ramakrishna Rao, AP Real Estate Association president Tagore, general
secretary Niranjan and Corporator Ch. V. Pattabhiram were among those
who spoke.
