Building approvals in Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) at click of a button

Applicants could get building approvals in the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) at the click of an option soon. The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) will launch the process as part of an idea to unveil single window clearance for (building) approvals.

CMA comprises areas in the jurisdiction of Greater Chennai Corporation and parts of Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts.

Announcing this at FAIRPRO 2017, home and real-estate exhibition organised by the Chennai chapter of Confederation of Real Estate Developers'Associations of India (Credai), affordable homes in Chennai and urban development secretary Dharmendra Pratap Yadav said the facility will begin in a couple of months.

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"I hope the online submission facility will undoubtedly be ready over the following two to three months," he said. The device will also monitor the progress of applications.

On the problem of affordable housing property in Chennai , he said, Tamil Nadu has an acute shortage of affordable housing. Noting that the quantum of shortage could be 1.2 million units in the affordable housing sector, he said, "Of the, the majority are in Chennai and range between 6 lakh and 7 lakh per unit."