VMC targets GEB now

When contacted, GEB Member Administration S K Nanda said the new building of the Board was not complete and the certificate yet to be acquired. 8220;A senior fire officer in the Board is well aware about the norms,8221; he added.

Meanwhile, voluntary demolitions of parts of buildings falling within the road margin continued following the VMC8217;s warning that it would demolish them if the owners did not. According to VMC records, out of the 747 persons issued notices, 170 parties were bringing down their constructions on their own. The highest of these instances 81 was at Panigate, where the largest number of notices had also been issued.

Deputy Municipal Commissioner Administration H S Patel said the VMC would, from next week, forcibly remove signboards that were not brought down despite public notices that they did not meet the General Development Control Regulations.