Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI), Orissa on Sunday, September 23, demanded a level playing field for the developers to play sheet anchor role in shaping proper urbanization in the state.
Demanding holistic reforms in the governance of cities and towns, CREDAI sought accrual based double entry accounting system, property tax reforms, E-Governance, rationalization of stamp duty, devolution of various functions such as planning, municipal services, urban forestry and fire services to the Urban Local Bodies, setting up a pool of chief executives for urban local bodies, identification of the natural drainage channel and their proper protection, permission to build houses in low lying and flood prone areas after proper measures taken like drainage, higher plinth height and proper embankment among others.
Speaking at the valedictory session on “Challenges of Urbanisation” organized by CREDAI, Orissa President D. S. Tripathy said the organization was committed to address to the trust-deficit factor among the prospective clients.
“CREDAI is committed to provide quality and assured product to its clients. We have formed our own code of conduct for good practices and solving the grievances of the customers. However, the state government should give us a level playing field to enable us partnering the urbanization process” he said.
Participating at the concluding session, Chief Architect, Orissa Government, Subash Chandra Swain regretted that though Bhubaneswar and Chandigarh came up simultaneously; there remains a big gap in the development between both cities. He said the Central Government played an important role in developing Chandigarh in a structured way. Though Orissa architecture has been internationally recognized and hailed, the Temple City of Bhubaneswar lacked typical Orissan character.
“Both the residents and town planners have to think with a focus on holistic planning to make Bhubaneswar a unique city,” he added.
