Uttarakhand: Illegal construction in cities will be marked by satellite pictures, the responsibility of the officers will be fixed, order issued!

In the urban areas of the state, illegal colonies and construction works will now be marked with the help of satellite photographs. For this, satellite pictures will be taken every three months. Along with this, the responsibility of the nodal officers of the authorities posted in the respective areas will also be fixed. In this regard, Additional Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan has issued orders to all development authorities. According to the order, under the Town and Country Planning and Development Act, it is mandatory to take permission before doing any development and construction work in the development authority area. To stop illegal construction work in urban areas, the government has decided to monitor through satellite images.

Illegal construction will be marked every three months and action will be taken
For this, GIS based map, urban land use mapping method will be adopted. Action will be taken every three months by marking illegal constructions using satellite photographs in all the district development authorities including Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority, Roorkee Development Authority Haridwar.

Guidelines were given to the authorities that at the time of leaving and taking charge of the nodal officer posted in the development area, signature on the map of the current status of the area would be compulsorily done. So that it can be decided during which officer’s tenure illegal construction was done.