The Tamilnadu State government has decided to regularise unapproved layouts and plots certain urban and rural areas, including hill areas.
It has notified the Tamil Nadu Regularisation of Unapproved Layouts and Plots in Hilly Areas Rules, 2020.
A large number of unapproved layouts have come up in hill areas, which were under the purview of the Hill Area Conservation Authority (HACA).
A Government Order issued by the Housing and Urban Development Department on March 30 said most plots in such layouts have been bought by “poor and innocent people”.
These layouts can’t be put back to their original use.
However, the G.O. covers only unapproved layouts in areas which do not fall under the elephant corridor and certain other parts.
The order was only to benefit residential constructions and not commercial establishments
The state government is yet to notify all the elephant corridors and announce the buffer zones around sanctuaries