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Karnataka govt drags feet on Akrama-Sakrama
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The final notification of the much-hyped Karnataka Town and Country Planning (Regulation of unauthorized development or constructions) Rules 2013, or Akrama-Sakrama (regularization of unauthorized constructions) is expected be delayed further, with the government making no effort to implement the law.
Though the election code of conduct has been relaxed, the government seems to be in no mood to issue the final notification till the poll results are announced on May 16. The draft was issued in December-end and the public was given a month's time to file objections.
Hoping the Akrama-Sakrama scheme would provide it with a ready trump card as it heads into the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress tried to push the final notification in the first week of March, but the announcement of poll dates on March 5 stopped the government in its tracks.
"The file is with the chief minister. The final notification will be issued after one more round of discussion with the CM and senior ministers. This will be done after May 16," urban development minister Vinay Kumar Sorake told TOI.
If the scheme becomes a reality, it will provide a one-time opportunity for an estimated 8 lakh building and site bylaw violators in Bangalore, and 6 lakh violators in the rest of Karnataka's urban pockets to regularize their constructions. The government expects to mop up Rs 5,000 crore in revenue from Bangalore, and a like sum from other urban centres in the state.
Though the election code of conduct has been relaxed, the government seems to be in no mood to issue the final notification till the poll results are announced on May 16. The draft was issued in December-end and the public was given a month's time to file objections.
Hoping the Akrama-Sakrama scheme would provide it with a ready trump card as it heads into the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress tried to push the final notification in the first week of March, but the announcement of poll dates on March 5 stopped the government in its tracks.
"The file is with the chief minister. The final notification will be issued after one more round of discussion with the CM and senior ministers. This will be done after May 16," urban development minister Vinay Kumar Sorake told TOI.
If the scheme becomes a reality, it will provide a one-time opportunity for an estimated 8 lakh building and site bylaw violators in Bangalore, and 6 lakh violators in the rest of Karnataka's urban pockets to regularize their constructions. The government expects to mop up Rs 5,000 crore in revenue from Bangalore, and a like sum from other urban centres in the state.
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