Times
of India: Jaipur: Tuesday, 26 August 2014.
The builders
will now be able to get water and electricity connections for buildings they
construct only after getting a completion certificate from the civic bodies.
The decision was taken in the state cabinet meeting on Monday to tighten the
noose on developers.
The proposal
of amendment was sent to the cabinet recently by urban development and housing
department. A senior official said, "During previous regime, relaxation
was given to developers that water and electricity temporary connections can be
attained if the developers produce an affidavit then they will procure
completion certificate. However, many developers after getting connections did
not apply for completion certificate."
Recently, an
RTI enquiry revealed that only 22 multi-storied buildings have completed
construction in the last 12 years as per Jaipur Development Authority's (JDA)
records.
It was
alleged that due to lackadaisical approach the state government has suffered
huge revenue losses. Moreover, many builders were deliberately benefited by the
officials.
Documents
obtained under RTI reads, as per the building bylaws 2000, it is mandatory for
a developer to procure a completion certificate, if the building height is more
than 15 meters. "From 2005 to 2009, around 110 building falling under this
category were constructed. However, completion certificate were not obtained.
It's been more than 12 years, there is no implementation of building bylaws in
the city."
It was also
learnt that in absence of competition certificate the electricity department
will only issue temporary connections. Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) faced
losses amounting to Rs 2.5 crore as the no objection certificate ?NOC' for fire
fighting was not issued.
The party
claimed that between 2000 and 2010, only five completion certificates were
issued. After the RTI was filed, the officials issued certificates to 17
builders in haste.
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