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Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) Commissioner Ketan Garg connected Sunday said respective builders were illegally constructing buildings and further floors successful an effort to registry them nether the Government’s Building Penalisation Scheme (BPS).
He made it wide that unauthorised constructions would not beryllium tolerated successful the metropolis and that the GVMC was maintaining strict vigilance to observe specified violations. The Town Planning Wing, helium said, was continuously identifying amerciable buildings for demolition.
Mr. Garg added that the corp had already initiated contiguous demolition of specified amerciable structures successful Wards 29, 31, and a fewer different areas.
He advised owners of unauthorised buildings and multi-storeyed structures constructed connected oregon earlier August 31, 2025, to avail themselves of the Layout Regularisation Scheme (LRS) and the BPS to regularise their properties. However, constructions raised aft August 31, 2025, oregon those presently being built without approvals, would not beryllium eligible for regularisation nether the BPS, helium clarified.
To assistance the public, the Town Planning Wing has acceptable up a dedicated assistance table astatine the GVMC Head Office. Building owners tin interaction the table done 91542‑82649 oregon 91542‑82654, oregon attack recognised licensed method unit for guidance connected the regularisation process.
Mr. Garg besides appealed to citizens to study immoderate ongoing unauthorised constructions by calling the GVMC toll‑free fig 1800‑4250‑0009.
