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Builder breaks the rules to make biggest ‘Solitaire’, MCC ‘quiet’

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Mangaluru: Rules are meant to be broken! This seems to be the mindset of many builders in Mangaluru city and the port city has already witnessed many blatant violations of the building code and laws. Very often, the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) officials have been found hand-in-glove with the builders.

However, the latest to be exposed is that of the tallest building in Mangaluru. 

While issuing permission to multi-storeyed buildings,  the officials of the town planning section of the MCC should ensure that the proposed building has proper passage, road connection among other essential basic requirements. The approach road should be of atleast 12 meters (40 feet) width.

In a rather shocking detail that is now unearthed, a 32 storeyed building named Solitaire at Chilimbi is almost complete despite its approach road being only 7 ft. Don’t be shocked to know that the builder could have built only four floors according to the existing width of approach road.

This is precisely where the “rules are meant to be broken” approach comes to play.

As per local residents of the area, the builder is now leaving no stone unturned to widen the road to make his illegal venture seem legal.

As per the Karnataka Country and Town Planning Act, the MCC should give a notification in newspaper and ask the public to file any objection against the same within 30 days. In such a case, those who lose their land to the road widening process can file objection. But, it is alleged that the MCC has not given a notification in this regard for the road widening and wanted to execute the project clandestinely to the benefit of the builder.

Following this, the local residents filed objection with the High Court and questioned the move of the MCC. When a committee was formed in this regard, Assistant Town Planning officer Ashok Kumar reported that the area was already developed and there was no need to widen the road for more than 9 metres. Based on the report, High Court had ruled that the MCC should not give completion certificate to the said building as the connecting road is less than 12 metres.

However, the builder questioned the verdict of the High Court and appealed to the Supreme Court. It is evident that the MCC has violated the guidelines while issuing permission to construct the building. Lokanath Bangera, a local resident and president of Sharada Nikethana Trust alleges that the MCC is trying to favour the builder (Land Trades) by widening the road. He also said that several houses, religious institutions and a school building need to be demolished if the MCC goes ahead with its road widening plans. 

Social activist and Nagarika Hitarakshana Vedike President Hanumantha Kamath says that if the officials failed to follow the guidelines of the City Development Plan (CDP), then illegal buildings would mushroom in the city, luxuriously. 

“Most of the residential apartments built in the MCC limits are in violation of the guidelines. Officials should not budge to any pressure if a builder comes with faulty plans. Permission should be given only if a builder or any person adheres to the guidelines of CDP”, he said.

MCC Commissioner (In-charge) B H Narayanappa when contacted claimed that he was unaware of the previous activities of the MCC and any approval from the MCC would be given only after verifying the required documents.

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