GUWAHATI: In a move to grant building permission instantly, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched Mukhya Mantrir Sohoj Griha Nirman Achoni at a programme held in Assam Administrative Staff College here on Monday.
Under the scheme which is introduced by Guwahati Metropolitan Development authority and Guwahati Municipal Corporation, residents of Guwahati Metropolitan area can avail instant construction permit for residential building up to second floor and up to a plot area of two and half katha online.
In the same programme Chief Minister Sonowal also unveiled a portal for granting no objection certificate for selling plot of land in the jurisdiction of GMDA. He also handed over an instant permission for constructing house and on objection certificate for selling plot of land under both the schemes to Gautam Barman and Atul Basumatary respectively.
Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Sonowal said that with the inauguration of the scheme, Guwahati has become the first city in the entire nation to have been in a position to fulfil the long felt dream of the people of the city. Doing away with all the past complexities that the city dwellers had been facing, the new scheme envisaged to allot construction permission to anybody with land possession as minimal as even four lechas (576 sq ft.). Stating the geographical position and natural beauty of the city, the present State government has been taking steps to make Guwahati one of the most beautiful cities in the entire South East Asian nations, Sonowal added. He, therefore, urged upon the city dwellers to come out and extend all cooperation to the government in this regard. He also emphasised on segregating garbages at the source if Guwahati is to become a clean city and green city.
Considering the burgeoning population of Guwahati, the State government announced State Capital Region to increase the boundary and parameters of Guwahati. Sonowal also requested the real estate developers and architects to promote and popularise Mukhya Mantrir Sohoj Griha Nirman Achoni for the beneficiaries. He also said that under 'ease of doing business' government would soon constitute a high-powered committee to implement the announcements made so far by the government.