How do you get the official nod for an illegal establishment? You can stand on one leg and call upon your personal deities. Or hope that an election is around the corner.
Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday directed the urban development department to introduce a scheme to regularise 1.10 lakh illegal constructions under the jurisdiction of Pimpri-Chinchwad Corporation in western Maharashtra.
The decision took the cake among eight others taken ahead of the upcoming corporation elections.
Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, whose Nationalist Congress Party enjoys a monopoly in the corporation, raised about 22 issues related to it with Chavan. The CM not only decided to regularise 1,10,411 illegal structure on the lines of the Ulhasnagar pattern implemented a couple of years ago, but also allotted additional floor space index (FSI) to ensure swift development of the city. An FSI of 2.5 was allotted for the new constructions, a tad less than the corporation's demand of 3.
The illegal structures will be regularised after a nominal penalty is slapped on the owners. The proposal for legalising the structures was moved by the corporation a few months ago.
The government has also decided to cut down property tax in 18 villages that were excluded from the corporation jurisdiction.
The decisions will now be moved before the cabinet for the final nod.
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