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VISAKHAPATNAM
Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) Commissioner Ketan Garg connected Thursday expressed dissatisfaction implicit delays successful processing gathering permissions and Layout Regularisation Scheme (LRS) applications, informing municipality readying officials that administrative lapses volition nary longer beryllium tolerated.
Chairing a reappraisal gathering with the municipality readying helping astatine the civic body’s office successful Visakhapatnam, Mr. Garg noted that citizens are facing persistent hurdles and excessive hold times for regular approvals.
Tight timelines mandated
He directed officials to streamline the scrutiny of gathering applications received via the Andhra Pradesh Development Permission Management System (APDPMS) portal.
Stating that files indispensable beryllium thoroughly evaluated and forwarded to competent authorities wrong a strict two-day window, Mr. Garg said, “Delays successful processing applications registered by citizens seeking gathering permissions bespeak poorly connected work delivery.” He instructed Chief City Planner A. Prabhakara Rao to instantly instrumentality a systematic enactment program to wide the backlog.
LRS, TDR nether scrutiny
The civic body’s main besides reviewed the advancement of the State government’s LRS and Transferable Development Rights (TDR) approvals. He ordered readying officers and tract surveyors to expedite ground-level verifications to facilitate faster disposal of pending files.
Identifying structural deficiencies wrong the department, Mr. Garg pulled up officials implicit sluggishness successful the registration and licensing of Licensed Technical Persons. He cautioned that accountability would beryllium enforced if officials failed to conscionable the prescribed timelines.
