The Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) has directed officials to approve drawings of houses as soon as possible for avoiding inconvenience to the general public.
The officials have also been directed to initiate strict action against those builders who have violated norms. The directives were passed in the meeting of Advisory Committee of RMC Town Planning and Building Permission Department held here on Tuesday. The meeting was chaired by president of Committee Mrityunjay Dubey.
Dubey told officers that elections are over and now the drawings for the construction of house should not be unnecessarily delayed. He asked the officers to initiate action against those builders who have violated norms laid down by RMC. Action should also be taken against builders who have encroached space marked for parking, Dubey said.
Further, Dubey gave officer deadline till January 5, 2014 for removing illegal banners, posters, hoardings and illegal constructions. During the meeting, members of the Committee raised the issue that on the land of RMC, open government space, crematorium ground and play grounds are being encroached. The Chairman acknowledged the issue and said he too had received such information. He directed the RMC officials to undertake a special drive for removing encroachment and also make sure that innocents are not being harassed.
Dubey who is also the President of Town Planning Committee said after the Model Code of Conduct ended , some political parties and leaders have placed hoardings around Malviya Road, Jaistambh Chowk, Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Memorial, on GE Road and on other major roads. These hoardings are also creating uneasiness in flow of traffic. He requested the political parties to remove such hoardings which are causing in convenience for people.
The meeting was attended by Corporator Bajrang Nishad, Madho Prasad Sahu, Town Planner MN Thakur, Zone Executive Engineer Rakesh Gupta and others.