CMDA seals two more buildings for violation

Chennai:

Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority’s (CMDA) enforcement wing on Thursday locked and sealed two more buildings in the city for deviation from the approved plan and construction of additional unauthorised floors.

Interestingly, these buildings are part of the 48 multi-storied buildings directed by the monitoring committee to lock and seal. On Wednesday, CMDA had locked a building in George Town.

CMDA sources said on Thursday the building in Valluvar Kottam High Road in Nungambakkam was sealed as it deviated from the approved plan with violations that include setbacks and conversion of residential building to a commercial one while the one in Greams Road was locked and sealed for deviating from the approved plan and constructing additional floors.

The Valluvar Kootam building got the approval from Chennai Corporation as residential construction with stilt floor plus two floors.  The stilt floor plus two floors deviated from the approved plan with violations with respect to setbacks besides conversion of residential building to a commercial one.

The stop work notice was issued on January 6, 2011 and the lock and seal notice was issued on November 4, 2011. Interestingly, the revised planning permission was not received by CMDA till date, sources said.

The Greams Road building belongs to Gajalakshmi Enterprises and comes under the category of special building. The owner obtained approval from Corporation of Chennai for the construction of basement floor plus ground floor for office and four floors for residential use. However, the construction deviated to the approved plan and additional floors are constructed. His appeal for regularization was also rejected on February 2007 and October, 2011.