Not
approved: Officials
from the Local Planning Authority pasting a poster on a building that
has violated the approved plan. |
- People
shall rent out such buildings at own risk
- If rule violations are found call 0422 2497200
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Coimbatore:
In a bid to expose buildings that are constructed violating rules the
Local Planning Authority has started putting up notices in front them
stating they have violated the approved or sanctioned building plan.
The authority
chairman and District Collector Neeraj Mittal asked officials not to
turn a blind eye on buildings being constructed violating rules.
The decision
to put up posters in front of such buildings would prevent people from
investing on such properties, officials said.
Ultimately
it will result in promoters complying with laws. In an earlier directive
authorities had asked promoters to display plan approval number, plan
permission approval number and rough sketch of the building under section
49 of the Town and Country Planning Act-1971. The details should be
written prominently to ensure visibility.
The promoters
should keep a copy of these documents at the site for easy inspection
and ratification by officials. It was found that many were not doing
so.
Hence, the
Member Secretary and Joint Director of the authority, G. Manickavasagam Pillai, has deputed a team of officers to identify
buildings that are being constructed deviating from the plan approved
by the local body and permission accorded by the authority.
A team
of Planning Assistants led by K.M. Marudhavanan and C. Mathivanan had
already identified 30 such buildings and pasted posters in front of
them. It has cautioned people against occupying them on rent too.
In future,
the authorities are planning to crack down on such buildings. It might
cause huge losses for those who had either purchased them or rented
them out.
Those
deviating from the approved plan in terms of reducing the number of
exits and those converting the parking area into commercial space would
be dealt with sternly under section 56 (5) (b) (i) of the Town and Country
Planning Act. In the event of people coming across non-compliance to
instructions in terms of failure to install display boards, they can
inform the officials at 0422-2497200.
The authorities
said that identification of buildings with rule violations would continue
till the promoters stop violating the approved plans.
Local Planning
Authority steps up drive against violations of building rules in City
The Hindu,
October 10 2007 : Staff Reporter
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Warning: An official from the Local Planning Authority putting up a
caution notice on a building near Cross Cut Road in the city, alleging
violations from the approved plan.
— PHOTO: S. SIVA SARAVANAN |
Coimbatore: Close on the heels
of the drive against building rule violations, officials from the Local Planning Authority (LPA)
have commenced the second phase of identifying rule violations in upcoming as well as existing buildings.
Directions
The Chairman of the Local Planning Authority and District Collector Neeraj Mittal
issued directions asking the promoters and builders to have a display board in
front of the buildings furnishing the rough sketch of the approved plan,
building plan approval number/plan permission number. The compliance levels for
the instruction issued under the provisions of Section 49 of the Town and
Country Planning Act of 1971 was reported at just 30 to 40 per cent thus forcing
the administration to crackdown on buildings coming up with deviations and
violations.
This was
primarily done to ensure that people do not fall a prey either by buying
these properties with violations or even from occupying them on rent.
Last week,
the authorities identified as many as 35 buildings that were coming
up with violation and deviation from the approved plan or the building
plan permission and pasted posters mentioning that the particular construction
was coming up in violation from the approved plan.
This week,
the drive continued under the direct supervision of the Member Secretary
and Joint Director of LPA, G. Manickavasagam Pillai wherein the officials
on Wednesday identified over 25 such buildings in core corporation areas
and continued with the exercise of pasting the caution posters asking
people to desist from investing in or taking such premises on rent.
This was
to inform the public that those investing in such properties would be
doing so at their own risk since these buildings could face action any
time.
Officials
said that the exercise of identifying buildings with violation and pasting
of caution posters would continue till a culture of compliance was brought
about in the minds of the promoters of such commercial buildings or
residential properties.
The exercise
would continue and the LPA was also contemplating on invoking the provisions
of section 56 (5) (b) (1) of the Town and Country Planning Act against
the builders who reduced the number of exits and who turned the parking
space into commercial area.
Demolition
The authorities
in the next phase would not even hesitate to launch of a demolition
drive, if the culture of compliance to building rules was not exhibited
by the promoters, it is learnt.
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