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Bye bye bye-laws
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Building block: Where are the stricter rules?
No progress on draft bye-laws that were supposed to stop illegal constructions in city as councillors are unable to see eye to eye
The draft
BBMP) about two years ago, are gathering dust. Presented as a solution for stopping
illegal constructions and adopting environment-friendly buildings in the city, the exercise of updating the bye-laws, which was last revised in 2003, fell apart after it met opposition in the council. No fresh attempt has been made to re-start the work.
Among several provisions proposed in the revised document is the powers that the civic body gave itself to take punitive measures to check illegal constructions. That could be either forfeiting the entire ground floor or 10 per cent of the total built up area or stiff fines of at least Rs 1 lakh if the
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