Delhi’s building bylaws revised after 31 years

More than a 1,000 suggestions from stakeholders and individuals were reviewed before the draft was submitted,” DUAC chairman P S N Rao said.

Thirty-one years after it was first implemented in the national capital, the Unified Building Bylaws have been revised and submitted to the Ministry of Urban Development for notification. The ministry will now forward this to the DDA for its final comments before the laws are notified and presented before the public.

A spokesperson for the MoUD confirmed that the draft prepared by the Delhi Urban Arts Commission was submitted to it in March this year. “The draft had been prepared and was submitted to the ministry three weeks ago. More than a 1,000 suggestions from stakeholders and individuals were reviewed before the draft was submitted,” DUAC chairman P S N Rao said.

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Sources said some of the features of the revised bylaws include mandatory provisions for public washrooms in buildings, reduction in the number of affidavits required for project sanctions to 50 per cent, simplification of fees structure for building permits for different localities, provision of a grievance redressal committee and guidelines for integration of art in all public buildings.

The draft also includes modifications to approval plans, which include reducing approval time to 30 days for plots measuring between 150 sq mts and 10,000 sq mts.