C
Shivakumar
Chennai:
The
directorate of town and country planning, which has about 1.28 lakh square
kilometer in its jurisdiction, is functioning without the services of three
layers of top officials for more than six months.
According
to documents available with Express, the directorate did not fill the
sanctioned posts of additional director, joint directors and deputy directors
for more than six months. Sources said of the sanctioned post of one additional
director, seven joint directors and 14 deputy directors, the authorities have
yet to fill a single post. Some of the posts have not been filled for more than
year.
Sources
said that these are the top three layers of officials and are crucial for
taking up any policy decision of the government.
Interestingly,
the lack of adequate staff in DTCP comes in the wake of the directorate
preparing Master Plan for non plan area worth 8000 square km besides launching
Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation study for Coimbatore, Tiruppur,
Madurai and Trichirapalli corporations. The directorate is also working on land
pooling area development scheme besides unapproved layout regularization for
rural and urban area.
“How
would this materialize when you have no decision makers in the top. It is not
only the absence of top three layers but also the lack of adequate staff in the
lower level that is hampering the functioning of DTCP,” said a source on
condition of anonymity.
Sources
said DTCP has a total strength of 801 officials but is currently functioning
with only 411 (42 per cent) officials.
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