Now project approvals, plans can be checked online

Q: Hi, residents of Mumbai will soon be able to check the project approvals and plans online and will be able to make an organised decision before buying a house in the city.

Sunil Joshi, Mumbai

9th May 2014

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Hi,
How will it helps the citizen? When are they going to launch this software?

Arup rajan, Mumbai

9th May 2014

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Well Arup,
Citizens will be able to view civic approved building plans and certificates issued for a project or not. If plans for a building have been approved up to the 8th floor and the builder is selling flats on the 12th floor, a citizen can decide whether to wait for approval or go ahead with the deal.

By the end of this month they will upload building plans approved since June 2013 on the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) website.

Kishore Pathak, Mumbai

9th May 2014

@Kishore,
Do you think that this the right way to provide information. But it is seen that most of the irregularities were happened in 2006-10 and there were few violation have been during this period.

Arup rajan, Mumbai

9th May 2014

@Arup,
Even the Utsal Karani, secretary, Janhit Manch, pointed out that most irregularities were in 2006-10 and concessions were granted under the municipal commissioner's discretionary powers. Plans approved during this period must be put in the public domain. Development control rules were changed in 2011, and there have been few violations.
The best way to do this is to put as much information as possible in the public domain, so life becomes easy for citizens and officials.

Kishore Pathak, Mumbai

9th May 2014