Summary:
CHENNAI: About 50% of an estimated 17 lakh unapproved plots have not come under the ambit of regularisation scheme due to exorbitant fee for regularisation and complex process involved in the amnesty scheme that came to a close on Friday. There are about 17 lakh unapproved plots in the state, sources added.The CMDA alone has earned Rs 45 crore through scrutiny fees, development charges and regularisation fees. The rest are located in Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) areas, including Greater Chennai Corporation which alone accounts for nearly 26,000 applications for regularization of unapproved plots. “The corporation is considering easing the process by getting the NOC for a full layout from the department concerned. “We went to meet the PWD officials to receive NOCs for our plots but there was no response about the same..