Tag: Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Infrastructure

Kolkata civic body focuses on height of buildings in flight path

Representative Image KOLKATA: In the wake of the Ahmedabad tragedy, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) buildings department has alerted the executive engineers in the boroughs to strictly adhere to the building height guidelines sent by Airports Authority of India (AAI). The AAI issues guidelines to KMC regarding building height restrictions around airports to ensure flight safety. These guidelines are based on the AAI’s colour coded zoning maps (CCZM) and dictate permissible building heights within specific zones. Construction exceeding the permissible heights requires an NoC from AAI. According to a buildings department official, maximum vigilance will be maintained in the Cossipore-Dum…

Industry

No registration of structures on rooftops: Kolkata civic body

KOLKATA: After deciding not to sanction structures on terraces of multi-storeyed residential and commercial buildings and declining mutation of open roofs/rooftops/terraces, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has requested the inspector general of registration and commissioner of stamp revenue to stop registration of deeds for the transfer, conveyance, or sale of rooftops or terraces. Municipal commissioner Dhaval Jain wrote to the IG (Registration) on Tuesday, urging him to ensure that terrace properties are not registered. Jain informed the IG (Registration) that Rule 117 (4) of the KMC Building Rules (2009) that states, “Every terrace on the topmost storey of any building…