Scheduled areas to have uniform building by-laws

SHILLONG: The state government wants uniform building by-laws in the scheduled areas and has given the three district councils a month’s time to formulate guidelines and submit to the Urban Affairs Department.
Urban Affairs Minister Hamlet Dohling said recently that after the district councils submit their respective guidelines, the government will finalise the building by-laws.
The Urban Affairs department will revoke its notification of January 13, 1989, after the by-laws are ready and the district councils will take over the charge of building permission in scheduled areas.
“With the withdrawal of the notification, the MUDA Building By-laws will be applicable only in municipal areas,” Dohling said.
A monitoring body will be set up too.
Dohling, while asserting that it was tough to work out the long-pending issue of the MUDA by-laws, said the KHADC has already prepared the draft building by-laws while those of JHADC and GHADC are yet to be completed.