The TCP Department through a notification issued has said that unless the requisite road infrastructure connecting the plot, on which development is proposed, is physically available at the site, no permission is to be granted
05 Sep, 2014, 01:44AM IST
PANJIM:
Following Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s assurance to the State
Legislative Assembly, the government on Thursday issued directions to
all licensing authorities putting ban on granting any new permission and
licenses for construction or property development unless road
infrastructure in place.
The
Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department through a notification
issued has said that unless the requisite road infrastructure connecting
the plot on which development is proposed is physically available at
site, no permission be granted.
“The
directions are hereby issued under Section 132 of the Goa Town and
Country Planning Act, 1974 to all the authorities not to grant any
permissions, and not to issue any license for construction or grant any
permission for any property development unless there exists a road
connecting the plot proposed for development, as is required in terms of
Building Construction Regulations,” the notification issued by
principal secretary (TCP) Parimal Rai reads. The authorities have been
directed to strictly comply with the rules.
The
Government has come across large number of cases wherein permission for
construction of buildings and development permissions have been granted
on a proposed/imaginary/non-existent road. “This not only has led to
inconvenience to public but is also hampering the developments from
planning point of view,” Rai said.
The
recent case involves 80-room hotel project in Curtorim, which is coming
up without 8-metre wide road accessibility to the project. The
Legislative House saw uproar over the project with Congress legislator
Alexio Reginaldo Lourenco demanding that the licence be revoked. Not
just this, but several MLAs had raised the issue saying that licenses
are granted without studying the feasibility of the area.
Chief
minister had then assured that government would draft infrastructure
scheme by September, wherein no permissions or No Objection Certificates
(NOCs) would be granted unless basic infrastructure like water, power
and roads are put in place.
Government
had also announced that it would pass a legislation where persons
indulging in illegal construction activities would be imprisoned.
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