One per cent amount of construction cost should be deposited as cess for the welfare of the workers of Chhattisgarh House and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board before construction of any kind of commercial or private houses under the urban body limits. Only after depositing the amount in advance, drawing of the building will be passed.
In this regard, the director, Urban Administration Department has issued instructions to all municipal commissioners and Chief municipal officers of municipality and Nagar Panchayats that according to the House and Other Construction Workers Act 1996 the responsibility of cess collection has been assigned to local authority. Chhattisgarh House and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board had decided to collect one per cent cess on the total cost of commercial or private construction at the rate Rs 850 per sft, which would be apart from the cost of land.
In the instructions issued here on Wednesday, it was mentioned that before passing the drawings of houses, the municipal corporation, the municipality or the Nagar Panchayats should collect one per cent cess on the total cost of construction of commercial or private houses for the welfare of workers. The cess / levy should be collected in the name of Chhattisgarh House and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board through cheque or demand draft. Only after receiving the amount the body concerned would approve the drawing.