Layout Regularisation Scheme mela in Kurnool from July 16
The Kurnool Municipal Corporation is hosting a three-day 'mela' to help applicants regularize unauthorized property layouts. The event aims to resolve pending document submissions and fee payments for over 2,800 applicants.
Why it matters
Property regularization is a significant urban governance issue that impacts housing legality and municipal revenue collection.
The Layout Regularisation Scheme (LRS) mela would be held from Thursday (July 16) for applicants who purchased plots in unauthorised layouts within Kurnool city and have applied for the scheme.
Kurnool Municipal Corporation Commissioner Challa Obulesu announced on Wednesday that the fair would be held at the Municipal Corporation meeting hall in the local SBI Employees’ Colony till Saturday (July 18) between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. According to the Commissioner, a total of 2,899 LRS applications were received, of which 1,293 have been approved.
For the remaining applications, he said that ‘shortfall intimations’ (notifications regarding missing documents) were issued for 448 applications and fee payment notifications were issued for 532 applications. He added that fees amounting to ₹24.1036 crore have been collected so far.
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