Tightening its noose around the lodges, hostels and banquet halls being run illegally in the city, Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) on Friday warned the owners of such establishments to get them registered by July 29 or face the heat. Talking to the media persons at his office on Friday, RMC City Commissioner Prashant Kumar however, informed that 166 applications have been received by them which have been forwarded to the concerned officials.
“As per section 13 of the RMC act, any lodge, banquet hall or hostel, being run without prior permission in the form of registration with the RMC may be banned after declaring it illegal for such activities in the future....hence owners of the such establishments have been requested to get it registered by July 29 or strict action will be taken against them,” said RMC City Commissioner Prashant Kumar.
As per our information, several lodges and hostels are being run illegally in RMC area, said Kumar. All details seeking permission from the RMC for such activities have been given on the website: www.ranchimunicipal.com/donwload.aspx.
Calling the hoardings, banners and posters put on public and private buildings without seeking permission from the RMC as illegal, Kumar added that it was mandatory for any establishment or shop under section 173 of RMC to put any such information accept the name and activities being done by it.
“Strict action will be taken against those shops and establishments which fail to remove the cut-outs or any kind of advertisement put in front of their shops. They should at least get them regularised from the RMC by August 1,” Kumar added.
Referring to the building plans which are pending for RMC’s nod since 2013, Kumar informed that a special drive has been launched to clear them and a camp had been organized on July 19 and July 27 at the RMC office.
“We have been calling all the applications through various mediums so that they can understand why their applications were put on hold and also requesting them to submit the required document or information so that they could be disposed off as soon as possible,” said the City Commissioner.
Despite that, if someone does not come up and fulfil the desired requirement for passing the plan, it will be considered as rejected, he said.
Talking about the dustbin sponsor scheme, Kumar further added that as many as 10 donors have agreed to donating 750 dustbins whose names will be written on dustbins dontated by the person along with a logo of Swachha Bharat Abhiyan on it.