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SCB revises building bylaws after 85 yrs
Major changes are in the offing in building bylaws in Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) as revised bylaws were tabled in the SCB meeting here on Monday.
Secunderabad: Major changes are in the offing in building bylaws in Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) as revised bylaws were tabled in the SCB meeting here on Monday.
The last time the bylaws were framed was way back in 1935. The SCB completed the procedure of revising the bylaws following the instructions from the Director General, Defence Estates, to all the cantonments in the country.
Chandra Shekar, SCB CEO said, “The character of the cantonment has undergone a sea change from the times when individual houses were built and people had open spaces on all sides of the house. The revised bylaws would benefit people as well as the board.”
As part of the revised bylaws, exemption on parking space in basement was suggested which would help builders and individuals alike. Presently, the SCB insists on a floor space index of 1.5 which states that construction cannot exceed one-and-a-half times the total land area.
As per the proposed bylaws, the minimum size of a plot for a residential building shall be 50 sqmetres with a minimum frontal space of 0.75 metres. However, Maheshwar Reddy, member of Ward No 1 suggested to relook the proposal especially in the category of 500 to 2,000 metresplot size category as the set back as per the revised proposal is 6metres in front and three metres on other three sides.
He said, “Individuals who have 500 size plot would be left with very little land and this anomaly is to be corrected.”
The President and CEO of SCB agreed to give it a relook and only then forward the proposal to Southern Command.
Officials say that once the bylaws get the green signal, the face of the cantonment would change. Buildings in the area now are rarely above four floors. At present, the SCB permits construction of ground plus two floors and includes stilt floor and cellar space in the Floor Space Index (FSI).
In the revised bylaws, this is exempted. According to a builder, for some buildings, the Floor Area Ration (FAR) could increase to 200 metresand even 250 metresbased on the building.
