Regularisation of illegal construction - GRUDA Cell to hire more staff

AMC to expedite impact fee applications by hiring additional contractual staff

- Megha Bhatt

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is facing a backlog of applications for impact fees due to a lack of regular staff recruitment and several vacant positions in the Estate and Town Planning department. To tackle this issue, the AMC has established the Gujarat Regularization of Unauthorized Development Act 2022 (GRUDA) Cell to expedite the application clearance process.

Majority of impact fee applications are made online. Till date, 46,000 applications have been received from the seven city zones. Of these, officials have raised queries in nearly 41,000 applications. About 4,800 applications have been cleared. A source said, “A large number of applications have been submitted without requisite documentation. It makes the task difficult for the inspector to reach out to applicants.”