The state government will roll out deemed approvals for planning permission applications based on self-attestation. It will also launch a single-window system to facilitate planning permission for layouts and housing plots within 60 days.
Making the announcement on Monday, chief minister M K Stalin said the government was prepared to revive the old laws pertaining to the housing and urban development department in tune with the latest technology and with the aim to simplify functioning of the construction sector.
Amendments would be brought to the Town and Country Planning Act, 1971, based on the current urban growth, he added. “The government is poised to make Tamil Nadu a slum-free state by 2031. Accordingly, 9.53 lakh houses would be constructed for the poor in the next one decade. So far, the Union government has approved construction of 6.2 lakh housing units at a financial outlay of 31,179 crore,” he said.
The chief minister made the announcements after inaugurating the Statecon 2021 of developers’ body CREDAI (Tamil Nadu) in Chennai.
Moreover, there is a proposal to reconstruct old tenements of the Tamil Nadu Housing Board under the PPP model. Steps are being taken to allow, under the affordable rental housing complex scheme, private firms to construct on their own land dormitories which can then be rented out for beneficiaries for a period of 25 years.
This will mainly benefit guest workers from other states, he said.
“We are planning to upgrade the Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex to international standards. The mofussil bus terminuses at Kilambakkam and Kuthambakkam will be completed soon and opened for public,” Stalin said.
Later, addressing the gathering on the occasion, industries secretary S Krishnan said that policies for M-Sand and mining are under preparation.
“The M-sand policy document is already under preparation and will be ready shortly. We will be in a position to have a policy, which will be more sustainable and at the same time ensuring that the prices are kept at reasonable rates. Similarly, a sustainable mining policy is also being prepared, which includes assessing the total available mining capacity. By the end of the current fiscal year, we should have that policy also,” he said.
Earlier, Suresh Krishn, president of CREDAI (Tamil Nadu chapter), urged the state government to reduce stamp duty and property registration fee from the current 11%.