The Punjab government on Thursday decided to implement online building plan approval system in all the civic bodies in the…
Navjot Singh Sidhu
The Punjab government on Thursday decided to implement online building plan approval system in all the civic bodies in the state.
The proposed Building Plan Management System shall automate the end-to-end process from empanelment of architect, Online Documents Submission, Online Fee Payment, Architect Registration, Building Plan Approval, and Plinth Level Approval to Completion or Occupation Certificate across all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in Punjab.
Disclosing this, the state Local government minister, Navjot Singh Sidhu said that a software called ‘Online Building Plan Approval System’ would be provided to the Town Planning Wing, Department of Local government, ensuring that a building proponent does not require visiting any of the offices and submission of building plans in hard copy version is to be entirely done away with.
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He further said that the endeavour would be to enhance the citizen centric services through responsive and transparent e-Governance systems. “A single system to manage the electronic building plan approval workflow and the electronic storage of relevant documentation would be implemented. Public access to the electronic building plan approval system across the department would also be facilitated,” he said.
Sidhu said, the scrutiny of drawing would ensure that the building plan conforms to all regulatory and statutory norms, rules and regulations and time consuming manual verifications is reduced. Also, the status of service would be notified at regular intervals, he said.
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