Direct Building Permission project started in Bhilai Charoda, Birgaon and Dhamtari

• 01 May 2023

Why in News?

On 28 April 2023, Chhattisgarh's Urban Administration and Development Minister Dr. Shiv Kumar Dahria virtually inaugurated the online building permission project in three municipal corporations of the state, Bhilai Charoda, Dhamtari and Birgaon due to which the process of passing the map of building construction has become online in all the municipal corporations of the state.

Key Points

• It is known that the online building permission project has already started in 11 municipal corporations of the state.
• All physical touch points have been removed in this software so that citizens do not need to go to the office for work related to building permission, verification of documents will also be online and an online payment facility is also available. Citizens will now get the benefit of this facility at home itself.
• Time limit has also been fixed for the officers in this software so that this facility can be given to the citizens within the time limit.
• Through this software, Chhattisgarh Model Direct Building Permit Project has also been started in these cities, which means citizens of these cities will now be allowed to build houses up to 5000 square feet with just one click and one rupee.
• Through this process, cities are trying to transform the building permit process into a simple, quick and easy system.
• This software based on the Chhattisgarh model has been developed by the National Institute of Urban Affairs under the National Urban Digital Mission.