Finally, as promised to the Gujarat High Court, the Gujarat government on Saturday issued notifications for regularisation of unauthorised constructions in the state.
The notification fixes rates of fees for regularisation of all kind of construction in the state.
All municipal commissioners of the various municipal corporations, chief executive officers of the urban development authorities, and the chief officers of the area development authorities will be the nodal authorities for the execution of the regularisation work.
There are about 25 lakh unauthorised constructions in the state, out of which around 5 lakh are in Ahmedabad alone.
The notification will bring relief to nearly one crore people in the state.
The state urban development minister Nitin Patel said, "Millions of people will benefit from this move, after the Gujarat Regularisation of Unauthorised Development Act 2011 comes into effect. After paying the decided fee, people can regularise their unauthorised constructions. They will just have to apply to the designated authorities in their areas."
The minister said, "The concerned authorities will have to verify applications. Then, they will ask applicants to pay the applicable fees which he has to deposit within a month."
"The notification for regularising the unauthorised constructions in the state by way of charging impact fee shall come into effect from February 20," Patel said.
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