E-Khata mandatory for building plan approval from July 1: Bengaluru civic body
BENGALURU
:
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
's Chief Commissioner
Maheswar Rao
said on Monday that E-Khata has been made mandatory for building plan approval from July 1.
E-Khata is an electronic property certificate that maintains ownership information in an online database.
According to
BBMP
, from July 1, the procedure of forwarding property ownership records to the Revenue Department for verification will also be discontinued.
Rao also said under the "Trust & Verify" approach, preliminary plan approvals will be confirmed or rejected with valid reasons by the respective assistant directors (town planning) within a specified timeframe.
The BBMP currently provides online building plan approval through the EoDB-OBPS software, said a release issued by BBMP. Additionally, the Revenue Department of the BBMP has implemented the E-Aasthi software, through which E-Khatas are already being issued for properties within the BBMP limits, the release said.
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