Permissions for high-rise buildings are learnt to have been withheld temporarily across Telangana for the past two months.
Cited as the reason for the same is an unwritten order that was issued by the Municipal Administration & Urban Development authorities reportedly to all the urban local bodies in Telangana to put on hold building permissions for the construction projects proposed for multi-storeyed buildings and complexes. Projects proposed in plot sizes of 2,000 square metres or more fall under the ambit of the oral orders, officials informed under the condition of anonymity.
The weekly meeting conducted in the GHMC with the builders of the MSBs, as part of the process to grant the permissions, has not been held for the past two months. Coupled with the period, the election code of conduct was in force, the moratorium on the building permissions has been for four months. Once the code for parliamentary elections kicks in, it will likely be extended.
