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on Feb 12, 2020)
Kolhapur: The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has organised a special camp on February 26 to grant building permissions of pending proposals, issue various building certificates, including the no-objection certificate. on Feb 12, 2020)While the purpose of the camp is to help citizens avoid frequent visits to the town planning office, the camp has also another motive — to increase the revenue of the department.
The KMC has set a target of Rs 43 crore for the financial year 2019-20 from various town planning fees. However, the department could only generate just Rs 12 crore. The officials said that the decline in the real estate sector is one of the major causes of dip in the revenue. They also said that the pending development proposals, too, is the reason behind the drop in the revenue.
Narayan Bhosale, assistant town planner of KMC, said, “Around 40% of the revenue is generated through various permissions, NOCs, maps, layout applications, deposits of various premiums and renewal of architectural designs. We expect windfall revenue during the camp. Similar camps were held twice last year. However, this camp is the last one. The officials and the surveyors are asked to come up with the details of all pending applications. The proposals of individual developers, construction firms and architects will be cleared during the camp.”
The KMC charges various town planning fees such as development charges, layout charges, NOC fees, charges for land modifications, fees of approval of the architectural designs, charges of zone maps, building certificates, commencement and occupancy certificates. A large number of citizens have their proposals related to building certificates pending with the town planning department. They need the certificates for bank loan-related matters. Also, citizens often seek various maps which will ensure that the residential units are constructed on the reserved land plots. All such tasks will be processed during the camp.
The camp will be heldat the town planning office located in Rajarampuri first lane of Bagal Market from 10 am to 6.00 pm.
