GVMC to launch online building plan approval
New system will help people do away with the long wait.
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-12-30 06:28 GMT
Visakhapatnam: With a view to check red tape in building plan approvals, the stage is set for introduction of online approvals within the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation limits from January. The new system will do away with the need for applicants to wait for days or to run from pillar to post before their plans are okayed. CM Chandrababu Naidu would tentatively launch the online system during the Partnership Summit in January 2016.
Elaborating on this new system, GVMC commissioner Pravin Kumar explained, “In a move to bring in transparency, simplify the process and boost e-governance, the GVMC decided to revamp the existing manual approval system with the online one. Building plans, meeting all parameters set forth by the government, would get instant approvals. But plans for spurious plots would be outrightly rejected as there would be no data about those in the server. Mr. Naidu who would be in the city for Partnership Summit would launch this.”
GVMC is currently receiving about 80 new building plan applications every week. While it takes about 10-15 days for approval of building plans of less than 300 square yards, there is no certain timeframe for approval of plans of more than 300 square yards, which is mainly attributed to staff crunch. If any changes are suggested in the online building plan, the applicant can seek approval again after making the structural changes.
Speaking to DC, chief city planner D. Venkata Ratnam said the applicants would receive permissions on the same day as the process is purely online. During a recent meeting in Visakhapatnam, Municipal and Urban Development Minister P. Narayana explained that Softec Solutions developed the software for this online plan approval system. Mr. Narayana explained that this would be extended to all municipalities in Andhra Pradesh in a phased manner.n Building plan approval simplified, GVMC to launch online approvals.
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