INDIA
The demolition drive will start anytime after June 30, and will begin with the 171-odd party plots located in six zones of the city.
It could well be the largest demolition drive in the history of the city's main civic body. The stage is set for the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to start razing illegal properties in the city, adding up to more than 20,000.
The demolition drive will start anytime after June 30, and will begin with the 171-odd party plots located in six zones of the city. The civic body has issued final notices and set deadlines for obtaining fire safety no-objection certificates, for the removal of illegal constructions and for stopping usage in case of change of use of residential and commercial buildings and party plots.
Earlier, the civic body had swung into action against
illegal constructions on CG Road and in the Bapunagar area in November 2009. It created tremendous uproar and many shop owners had to move to court to get a stay.
The Gujarat high court then set up a committee under the chairmanship of justice (retired) Kamal Mehta to examine issues related to illegal construction, parking problems, drainage, quality of roads and fire safety in buildings. The time limit of the committee has already passed, and AMC has sought an extension.
There are around 20,032 illegal constructions across the six zones of the city. The east zone alone has around 25% of the total illegal constructions in the city. "These are only those constructions that have been identified by the civic body. There could be many more such buildings," said sources.
Around 171 party plots will be the AMC's first target. The party plot owners, who have not had their plans approved, must stop using these properties as party plots by June 30, 2010.
In the same way, the AMC is taking the issue of fire prevention and safety systems very seriously. Multi-storied buildings, cinema halls, multiplexes and malls among others are to obtain a no-objection certificate from the AMC's fire and emergency service department. The deadline for commercial buildings is July 31, while the same for residential buildings is December 31, 2010.
In a public notice issued on Friday, the civic body has also threatened to cut water supply and drainage lines of illegal constructions.
"We have given the final public notice, as per the decision taken at the justice KM Mehta committee's meeting convened on May 15, 2010," said Utpal Padia, deputy municipal commissioner of the AMC's estate department. However, he denied giving any information about the committee's recommendations.
After party plots, large residential schemes and commercial complexes without parking spaces will be on the AMC radar.
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