CHENNAI: The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has for the previous 3 months no longer up to date the checklist of special structures in the town which were issued making plans permission, leaving homebuyers at the mercy of builders who, they concern, could saddle them with homes in unapproved structures. The making plans authority has also pulled out the landuse map, which tells one beneath which zone and survey quantity the valuables concerned falls, from its portal, they say.
Since January 31, when details of the making plans permission granted for 21 special category structures have been final up to date, the window on the CMDA web site the place such information can also be accessed has remained clean. All buildings with ground plus 3 floors or stilt plus four floors are labeled special structures. On a median, the making plans authority grants making plans permission for more than 300 special structures each and every yr.
The lack of this key information online, many homebuyers whinge, has allowed unscrupulous builders to take them for a ride. Valasaravakkam resident R Sivasubramanian who approached a developer, after browsing the CMDA web site for the details including the making plans permission provided by way of the authority, mentioned he was once requested to cough up an enormous sum. “The developer requested for ?25,000 to furnish the details and mentioned the quantity could be adjusted towards the sum I might pay him if I made up our minds on purchasing the valuables. But, there was once no ensure that the money could be returned in the tournament that I made up our minds to not go for the valuables,” he mentioned.
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Sivasubramanian was once also notkeen on travelling totheCMDAofficefor having access to theinformation. “It is a herculean activity as a result of one will have to be prepared to make more than one visits that will devour atleasttwo months,” hesaid.He alsowonderedwhy officialswere notupdating crucialinformation like making plans permission whiledata on approvalfor layoutswas available virtually straight away on the CMDA’s web site. As if this was once no longer unhealthy sufficient, the CMDA has knocked out the web-basedGIS LandUseInformation System (LUIS)from itswebsite.Thefacility enablesthecommon guy to viewthe map of a assets andcheckwhether there are any restrictionsfor construction of buildingsfalling beneath thesurvey quantity concerned.
At the click of a mouse,one too can verify if any trade has been made in the specific land zone, classifying it as residential, combined residential or industrial. “It is a deliberate attempt to suppress transparency beneath CMDA limits,” alleged B Kannan, secretary of the T Nagar Residents Welfare Association. Noting that the final window to ensure the details thru land use map has been shut,he mentioned that suchthingswere a transparent reflection for lackof transparency. When requested about updating plan permission details of special structures on the portal, a CMDA authentic mentioned that necessary motion wouldbetaken in this regard.As regardstheLUIS,hesaiditwouldsoon be made availablefor users. “Thereweresometechnicalissues andwe arein talkswiththeNational InformaticsCentrefor restoring it,” theofficialsaid.
Since January 31, when details of the making plans permission granted for 21 special category structures have been final up to date, the window on the CMDA web site the place such information can also be accessed has remained clean. All buildings with ground plus 3 floors or stilt plus four floors are labeled special structures. On a median, the making plans authority grants making plans permission for more than 300 special structures each and every yr.
The lack of this key information online, many homebuyers whinge, has allowed unscrupulous builders to take them for a ride. Valasaravakkam resident R Sivasubramanian who approached a developer, after browsing the CMDA web site for the details including the making plans permission provided by way of the authority, mentioned he was once requested to cough up an enormous sum. “The developer requested for ?25,000 to furnish the details and mentioned the quantity could be adjusted towards the sum I might pay him if I made up our minds on purchasing the valuables. But, there was once no ensure that the money could be returned in the tournament that I made up our minds to not go for the valuables,” he mentioned.
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Sivasubramanian was once also notkeen on travelling totheCMDAofficefor having access to theinformation. “It is a herculean activity as a result of one will have to be prepared to make more than one visits that will devour atleasttwo months,” hesaid.He alsowonderedwhy officialswere notupdating crucialinformation like making plans permission whiledata on approvalfor layoutswas available virtually straight away on the CMDA’s web site. As if this was once no longer unhealthy sufficient, the CMDA has knocked out the web-basedGIS LandUseInformation System (LUIS)from itswebsite.Thefacility enablesthecommon guy to viewthe map of a assets andcheckwhether there are any restrictionsfor construction of buildingsfalling beneath thesurvey quantity concerned.
At the click of a mouse,one too can verify if any trade has been made in the specific land zone, classifying it as residential, combined residential or industrial. “It is a deliberate attempt to suppress transparency beneath CMDA limits,” alleged B Kannan, secretary of the T Nagar Residents Welfare Association. Noting that the final window to ensure the details thru land use map has been shut,he mentioned that suchthingswere a transparent reflection for lackof transparency. When requested about updating plan permission details of special structures on the portal, a CMDA authentic mentioned that necessary motion wouldbetaken in this regard.As regardstheLUIS,hesaiditwouldsoon be made availablefor users. “Thereweresometechnicalissues andwe arein talkswiththeNational InformaticsCentrefor restoring it,” theofficialsaid.
Building plan permits not updated on CMDA website for 3 months
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