Maharashtra to regularise illegal constructions on mass scale

Maharashtra Government has decided to regularise illegal constructions on a mass scale in urban belts across the State, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis informed the Assembly today.
The decision, which is to be implemented with some riders, is expected to result in regularisation of around two lakh unauthorised buildings in cities like Pune, Thane, Pimpri -Chinchwad, Navi Mumbai and Mumbai.
Making a statement in the Assembly, Fadnavis said the Government has accepted the report submitted by an expert panel on regularisation of illegal constructions in cities.
The Government has stipulated certain conditions and the decision won't apply to constructions on prohibited land such as Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), he said.

The Congress-NCP government had appointed a high-level panel, headed by former Mumbai civic chief Sitaram Kunte, in June 2014, to suggest measures to deal with unauthorised structures in urban areas.
The panel was also asked to recommend steps to rein in illegal constructions in these pockets in future.
Buildings falling in residential, no development, industrial and commercial zones will be regularised after making necessary changes in their status, Fadnavis said.