The Hindu 05.06.2013
Yet another building sealed in city
Two additional floors built without Corporation approval.
There appears to be no let-up in the crackdown on
illegal and unauthorised constructions in the city as the Madurai
Corporation sealed a building on Raja Mill Road on Tuesday.
M.Rakkappan,
Chief Town Planning Officer (CTPO), said the building with survey
numbers 1214/1 and 1214/2 on Rajah Mill Road in Zone-4 (near
Mangayarkarasi School, Maninagaram) was being built in gross violation
of the specified built-up area and the number of floors.
“Building
owners V.Balamurugan and V.Maheswaran got the plan approval for
constructing the basement, ground floor and the first floor with a total
area of 2,981 square feet. But they constructed 6,480 sq ft. Another
serious violation was that they had constructed two additional floors
without the Corporation’s approval,” he said. Mr.Rakkappan pointed out
that the height of the building was 12 metres which was in stark
violation of the rules. The height of the buildings should not exceed
nine metres within one kilometre radius of Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar
Temple.
Yet another violation noticed by the
inspection team was that the basement of the building, which was meant
for parking, had been converted into a godown for commercial purposes
without the permission of the Town Planning Wing.
“We
will continue inspecting illegal constructions in the city. In the last
two months, more than 10 buildings were sealed and the public can pass
on information to the Corporation if they notice unauthorised
buildings,” the official added.