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| To cover past blunders, SMC out on brand rebuilding process | | Comedy of errors! | | Jammu, Jan 2: Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) known for its erratic mode of functioning is, in order to hide its past failures, come to with a news rabbit- to aware people about the ills and bad effects of un-segregated waste and use of polythene.
As per the sources, the corporation is about to spend plethora of funds out of the state exchequer to aware people through road shows and other media the ill effect of polythene and how it is proving hazardous for the society at large.
As per the reports, the corporation has hired services of an advertsing company that will carry out SMC’s message to the masses.
What however, the corporation is outrightly forgetting is the fact that has ruthlessly been caught allowing the illegal structures to bloom in Srinagar.
A committee was constituted by the government in 2009. Out of these 2500 illegal structures, the report submitted by the committee had mentioned that 1100 have come up without any permission and in gross violation of related law.
The report prepared by the high level committee comprising of additional commissioner Kashmir, vice chairman Srinagar Development Authority (SDA), commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), DC Srinagar, Chief Engineer Roads and Buildings and Special Secretary Housing and Urban Development was submitted to the government in time but the reason why this report was shelved and no follow-up action taken on the recommendations is best known to the authorities.
“This committee was framed under the order number 159-HUD of 2009 dated November 24, 2009. The committee identified 2500 structures which had come up in violation of master plan norms. This report stands submitted before the government, House committee and the High Court,” sources said, adding that this report has disclosed many surprising facts.“This report says that almost all automobile showrooms in city especially set up on Nowgam bypass road have come up in gross violation of master plan norms. Owner of an automobile showroom in this area had got permission for establishing a poultry farm. Instead of establishing a poultry farm, he raised an automobile showroom and a service station using the same permission,” sources said.
Pertinently, the Srinagar Master Plan is applicable to a total of 417 square kilometres and out of this 160 square kilometres are looked after by Srinagar Development Authority (SDA). Rest of the square kilometres comes under the jurisdiction of SMC. Sources said that both the executing and implementing agencies of the Master Plan had issued notices 1100 violators but to no avail. Sources said there was no follow-up action after issuing these notices to the violators due to political interference mainly from the city based politicians presently ruling the state. “Instead of taking a strong action against the violators of Master Plan in view of the high level committee report, the government facilitated more violations since then,” reports informed.
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