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Surat: 151 apartment residents get notices to vacate for lack of BU certificate

SURAT: Residents of three apartment societies were served notices to vacate their properties by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Tuesday, as the buildings they are living in did not have building use certificates (BUCs). Notices were served to residents of 151 apartments. The multi-storey apartment buildings were not granted BUCs by the SMC due to non-compliance on various grounds, one of which is believed to be height. The heights of the buildings are not within permissible limits according to approvals from the Airports Authority of India (AAI), sources in the SMC said. SMC gave the residents three days to…