GHMC chief sets 45-day deadline

While reviewing the status of disposal of BPS applications, he said out of the 2,04,320 applications received, only 17,870 (8.75 percent) had been cleared so far and the remaining were in various stages of processing.

Expressing unhappiness over this state of affairs, the commissioner asked the additional commissioner and chief city planner (CCP) to visit various GHMC circles to personally monitor the process.

He also asked the deputy municipal commissioners to convene BRS melas, if needed, for the convenience of the public and asked officials to set up help desks in circle offices.

If required, all the officials in the tax and engineering sections, besides town planning, should be utilised to counsel the public on BPL cases.

The commissioner advised officials to collect the BPS fee in a crossed bank demand draft taken in the name of the Commissioner & Special Officer, GHMC.

Announcing that he would review the disposal of BPS applications every Saturday, he asked the Deputy Municipal Commissioners to form inspection teams and visit housing colonies in their respective areas and guide the public on obtaining the certificate from licensed structural engineers.

Chief City Planner Purushotham Reddy has told all the DMCs that while acknowledging the receipt of BPS applications, the date of disposal be intimated to the applicants so they can come to office and collect copies of the final certificate on the day mentioned.