KOLKATA: Mayor Firhad Hakim on Saturday asked the civic body’s buildings department officials at the boroughs to communicate with architects or licensed building surveyors (LBS) to ensure sanction of building plan for lands not more than three cottahs on a suo moto basis.
Under a new rule, the citizens having a small chunk of land — measuring up to 3 cottahs — can rope in an architect or an LBS and apply for a building sanction online to bypass unnecessary delays in getting the construction permit from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
The citizens need to apply online and get their plans approved in 15 days provided the documents that they submit comply with civic building rules. Mayor Firhad Hakim on Saturday asked officials to look into the matter and act fast to give residents relief from unnecessary harassment.
Hakim passed the instruction after receiving a call on Saturday from a Behala resident during the ‘Talk to Mayor’ session. The Behala man complained of inaction in sanctioning the building plan he had applied for on a small plot. Hakim asked the director-general (buildings) to pass an order to the executive engineers in the borough so that they train the LBS registered with the KMC buildings department and help citizens take advantage of the new building rules.
According to an official, the KMC building rules allow fast-track sanction of plans for buildings that are constructed on smaller plots. “For sanction of building plans that are constructed on not more than a three-cottah land, we need to sanction plans online and it shouldn’t take more than 15 days,” said a KMC official. Hakim on Saturday said the civic body would set up a help desk at borough offices to help citizens in submitting building plans online.
