Vigilance of BPS found misused
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The Directorate of Vigilance and Enforcement has been directed by the government to have an investigation of the misused Building Penalisation Scheme (BPS) and illegal building construction was found held under the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). Further investigation over this issue leads the senior officials suspected over the town planning staff to have supported the builders in construction of these illegal buildings with BPS clearance certificate.
Following up the High Court directions, the Anti-Corruption Bureau looking forward to the building permissions ordered in the last five years. Eight teams are scanning over the issue of illegal construction of nearly 250 files and each team is headed with one town planning official. Nearly 70 building files regarded to high rise constructions have been investigated in the head office until now.
Source: The Hindu
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Anti-Corruption Bureau, BPS, Building Penalisation Scheme, Directorate of Vigilance and Enforcement, GHMC, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, High Court, Hyderabad, Town planning
