Illegal layouts flourish in Banswada

Metro India News | BANSWADA

Unauthorised real estate layouts are rapidly increasing in Banswada, with developers allegedly violating planning norms and selling plots without obtaining mandatory approvals. The growing number of illegal ventures has raised concerns that unsuspecting buyers could face legal and civic issues in the future.

Taking advantage of the rising demand for residential plots after Banswada attained municipal status, several real estate operators are reportedly converting agricultural lands into layouts and marketing them without securing necessary permissions. In several cases, layouts are allegedly being developed even without Non-Agricultural Land Assessment (NALA) conversion.

Residents allege that layouts are being carved out on any available vacant land, with little regard for planning regulations. There are also allegations that some ventures are being developed on government and assigned lands, misleading buyers with promises of future development.

As per planning norms, approved layouts must provide adequate road widths, earmark 10 per cent of the land for the local body, mortgage 15 per cent of the land for public purposes, and include essential infrastructure such as electricity, drinking water, parks and underground drainage. However, locals claim that many ventures are being sold without final layout approvals or the required civic amenities.

The alleged inaction of the concerned departments has also come under criticism, with residents demanding a comprehensive inquiry into unauthorised layouts and registrations being carried out based only on NALA conversion. They have urged the authorities to constitute a special enforcement team and initiate strict action against those responsible for illegal ventures to safeguard the interests of plot buyers.

Municipal Commissioner Gangadhar said the municipality would soon constitute an enforcement team to crack down on unauthorised layouts. He warned that strict action would be taken against developers violating the rules and advised the public to purchase plots only in DTCP-approved layouts to avoid future complications.