Akrama-Sakrama: How good is its groundwork?
As an attempt to regularise illegal constructions in the Garden city, the State Government has taken a major move by bringing forth an amiable and society-friendly scheme-Akrama Sakrama, amending the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 2004.
According to government officials, the scheme will have a dab hand at regularizing unauthorized and illegal buildings. The scheme also hits on the violations and penalty charges on residential structures and cuts them by 75%.
When it was formed?
Late in 2007, the government took a step forward on the regularization of all kinds of illegal construction and development in urban regions, by enacting KTPC-Karnataka Town and Country Planning 2004 in providing 90 days for the regularization of primarily 4 kinds of irregularities.
In regard in this, September 2007 witnessed the launch of Akrama-Sakrama scheme after the fees and rules for regularization, on the basis of the violation type were outlined. According to BBMP norms, the four types of irregularities may include:
Buildings having land use violation
Violation of floor area
plot of land in subdivided or unauthorized layout
setback violation( 25% for commercial and 50% for residential)
The rules made it evident that the compounding fee would range between Rs 100- Rs 600 per sq m, banking on the size of the building and area.
Revenue generator or scam?
Going by the government officials, the Akrama Sakrama scheme chip in huge revenue (up to 5000 crore) that will aid in making cities far more developed. However, on the contrary, experts believe the scheme to be a scam and question the government’s move. Furthermore, legal experts suggest that cutting loose of the official machinery in civic firms that encouraged the violations significantly, the government has sent an erroneous signal that will work against it.
In between all the hussle-bussle, the residents of unauthorized structures are the one who feel the heat. Although, few find it a good opportunity to pay the penalty once and for all and regularize the property, for some it the scheme is an additional trouble.
