Safety structural certificate of buildings mandatory for registration: Delhi govt

Delhi Government today lifted a ban making structural safety certificate of buildings mandatory for registration of properties in the city.
   
The lifting of the ban will help people get their properties registered without procuring a structural safety certificate as well as building sanction plan.
   
In an order issued on March 30, the government had made structural safety certificate and building sanction plans mandatory for registration of properties in the city.
   
The government today issued an order keeping its earlier order in "abeyance".
   
Following the order, which came into effect on March 30, the registration of properties across the city had slowed down significantly resulting in an average loss of around Rs 2 crore daily to the exchequer.
   
The MCD, which is competent authority to issue structural safety certificate, had written to the city government to review the order as it did not have adequate infrastructure and manpower to issue such certificates.
   
The city government had decided to make structural certificate mandatory for registration of properties following collapse of a four-storey building in Laxmi Nagar area of East Delhi in November last year which had left 70 people dead.
   
The building collapse had highlighted the problem of illegal and unsafe constructions in the city.