BMC Mumbai to put the details of approved building plans online
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will help Mumbaikars to make an informed decision before purchasing a house in the city. Civic approved building plans and certificates issued for a project will be available online. Shailesh Gandhi, head of the technical advisory committee explains that by the month-end, building plans approved since June 2013 will be uploaded on the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) website. This will help the residents in deciding whether to go for a project. He adds that maximum information will be put in the public domain.
A lot of RTIs received by the authority were related to the building proposal department.
Utsal Karani, secretary, Janhit Manch, which used RTI to expose violations and irregularities in several cases. He feels that the building plans for last 20 years are already scanned and can be put up online.
Source: The Times of India
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