State to enforce Town, Country Planning Act, says Sudhir Sharma Urban Development Minister Sudhir Sharma today said the Town and Country Planning Act in the state would be enforced strictly to avoid tragedies like the one in Uttarakhand. Talking to mediapersons here, he said Himachal Pradesh was among the first five disaster-prone states of the country to natural hazards like earthquakes, flash floods, cloudbursts, landslides, avalanches and forest fires. Therefore, the state government had decided to discourage all unplanned construction activities going on in tourist places like Shimla, Manali, Kulu, Dharamsala, McLeodganj, Dalhousie and Palampur. He expressed concern over the coming up of concrete jungles in important towns of the state. Besides, slums had also grown in small towns, in the absence of proper planning. He said when such constructions were started, government machinery should have acted immediately. In many cases the matter had become sub judice and the government could not initiate action, he added. He said all high-rise buildings constructed in violation of rules were already under scanner and the final decision on the future of these buildings would be taken soon. He cautioned the official machinery, particularly Deputy Commissioners and SDMs, to come forward and educate people and also initiate action. Source: Palampur, June 26
Posted on: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 02:47:24 +0000
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