Housing and Urban Development Department Announcements 2016-2017
The Government of Tamil Nadu Housing and Urban Development Department issued the Housing and Urban Development Department Announcements 2016-2017, setting out ten initiatives concerning housing, cooperative housing, local planning and document digitisation. The announcements include changes affecting planning areas around Namakkal, Nagapattinam and Gummidipoondi, as well as online housing services and digitisation of Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority records. The supplied text identifies Demand No. 26 but does not provide a government order number or an exact issue date.
What the announcements cover
The Housing and Urban Development Department Announcements 2016-2017 describe proposed works and administrative changes involving the Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board, Tamil Nadu Cooperative Housing Federation and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.
Property owners and buyers may be most directly affected by the proposed changes to local planning areas, online housing services and access to digitised planning permission records.
Housing Board measures
The Tamil Nadu Housing Board measures include:
- Demolishing existing commercial buildings at Sastri Nagar, Besant Nagar and Ashok Nagar in Chennai and constructing modern commercial, office and residential complexes at an estimated cost of Rs. 128 crore, using the maximum permitted floor space index.
- Undertaking special repairs to Tamil Nadu government employee rental quarters in several districts at an estimated cost of Rs. 20 crore.
- Recruiting 277 technical and non-technical employees, including assistant engineers, surveyors, junior draftsmen, technical assistants, junior assistants and typists.
- Providing online applications, allotment, property handover and payment facilities for Tamil Nadu Housing Board schemes and government employee rental quarters. Instalments and rent collections would also be monitored daily.
Other housing measures
The Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board would carry out repairs, whitewashing, painting and maintenance at a cost of Rs. 20 crore for eligible apartment blocks built more than five years earlier or not repaired during the previous five years.
The Tamil Nadu Cooperative Housing Federation would computerise loan disbursement and recovery, record the location of mortgaged properties through geo-tagging and allow borrowers to repay online or through bank branches. Ten primary cooperative housing societies would each receive a soft loan of Rs. 30 lakh from the liquidation fund to revive their operations. Cooperative housing society employees would also be brought under the government medical insurance scheme, with the premium borne by the federation and societies.
Planning areas and records
Namakkal and Nagapattinam would become composite local planning authorities by adding surrounding villages. The Gummidipoondi composite local planning area would also be expanded by including nearby villages. The supplied text does not identify those villages or give revised boundaries.
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority would digitise planning permission drawings and related records at an estimated cost of Rs. 1 crore. The cost would be recovered through fees charged to people seeking copies of approved drawings and other documents.
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Common questions
Does the document change the planning area around Namakkal or Nagapattinam?
Yes. It announces that surrounding villages will be added to Namakkal and Nagapattinam to form composite local planning authorities, but it does not list the villages or boundaries.
Will the Gummidipoondi local planning area be expanded?
Yes. The Gummidipoondi composite local planning area is to be expanded by adding surrounding villages. The supplied text does not identify the villages.
Can Tamil Nadu Housing Board payments and applications be completed online?
The announcements provide for online applications, allotment, property handover and collection of allotment amounts, monthly instalments and rent for Tamil Nadu Housing Board schemes.
Will Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority approved plans be available as digitised copies?
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority is to digitise planning permission drawings and related records so copies can be provided more easily. Fees collected from people requesting copies and other documents are intended to recover the project cost, but no fee amount is stated.
