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PANAJI
In a move expected to cut bureaucratic red-tape and simplify the construction licence issuing process in cities and towns, Civic bodies will now be the nodal agency to co-ordinate and ensure that every concerned department’s technical representative attends a joint-inspection on a single day.
An official statement issued on Friday said the State government has approved the Urban Development Ministry’s proposal which mandates multiple licencing authorities to jointly inspect the site of the applicant in a single day. A circular has been issued by the Urban Development Department in this regard which will help reduce time taken by the authorities to dispose applications for construction licences, the statement said.
The circular directs Commissioner of Corporation of the City of Panaji and Chief Officers of all Municipal Councils in the State to ensure the reform is implemented.
Under the new scheme of things, the CCP and all municipal councils will fix a date for the joint inspection, once the applicant files for a construction licence after duly obtaining approval and technical clearance from the Town and Country Planning Department.
The statement said, the CCP or the municipal councils in whose jurisdiction the applicant’s site is located, will be responsible to fix a date for the joint inspection and ensure that all Departments are intimated.
The ‘A’ and ‘B’ Class Municipalities are mandated to convene the joint inspection once a week and in the case of ‘C’ Class Municipalities, they will have the leeway to convene the joint inspection once in a fortnight.
The circular also provides that the single joint inspection report will comprise of the inspection recommendations of each of the Departments within a stipulated time frame of 15 days.
There will also be a provision which will allow the applicant to selectively apply for extracts of observations of specific department’s listed in the joint inspection report, it adds.
