Bidhannagar civic body to raze illegal buildings, seeks help from cops, district magistrate, ET RealEstate
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KOLKATA: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning a drive to demolish illegal buildings in its jurisdiction after non-compliance to the self-evacuation and demolition notices by most developers of such structures.
The civic authorities have sent a letter to the North 24 Parganas District Magistrate to assist them with evacuating residents of the unauthorised buildings. They have also sent a letter to the police requesting assistance for the demolition drive.
“The self-evacuation notices to the developers were sent with a two-month deadline. As the time period has expired, we now plan to start the demolition drive once the permission is obtained from the DM’s office. The plan is to start with demolishing unauthorised under-construction buildings,” said a BMC official.
Officials said they have come up with a list of around 20-22 such under-construction buildings. “We plan to start demolition before Durga Puja,” said an official.
“There are several legal proceedings before a building can be razed. Those living in the buildings will have to be evacuated with permission and under the supervision of a deputy magistrate, after which the structures can be demolished with police assistance,” said an official.
The BMC had sent self-evacuation and demolition notices to developers of 322 unauthorised buildings.
The civic authorities have also sent request letters to about 25 nationalised and private banks, urging them not to sanction home loans to any applicant without verifying whether the developer has constructed the building according to plans approved by BMC. Civic officials said they were looking at this as an alternative and effective solution to the unauthorised building problem.
“If a promoter of a building does not get any booking due to rejection of buyers’ home loan applications, the promoter will face losses. The banks will also face questions as to why, despite being informed by the civic body, they issued a home loan to an applicant without verifying the building plan. We are also asking WBSEDCL to verify whether a specific building has been set up according to an approved plan before providing power connectivity,” said an official.