Illegal buildings: Telangana high court raps GHMC chief, sees civic staff complicity

Hyderabad | Thursday | 21st February, 2019

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“Everyday, we come across 30 to 40 new petitions that inform the court about new illegal buildings and your inaction. We will soon come out with a special tribunal to deal with these problems in a more practical way,” he told the court. “We will use satellite technology to track the status of buildings so that we will know who is taking permission for lesser floors and later raising more illegal floors. He then sought an action plan from the commissioner to deal with the menace of illegal structures in the city.Explaining his position, Kishore told HC that the offenders were approaching civil courts and obtaining injunction orders and rendering them helpless. Maybe some of your lower rung staff are hand in glove with them, and that is the reason why we want you to know the ground reality..