Gujarat is a step closer to changing the skyline of its five major cities with ‘iconic buildings’ . Paving the way for this change, chief minister Vijay Rupani on Tuesday approved the final notification concerning the construction of buildings having 70 floors or more.
The approval was given after considering the suggestions and objections to the primary notification that incorporated changes to the Comprehensive General Development Control Regulations (CGDCR)-2017 which allowed the construction of iconic buildings.
As per the existing law, buildings in the state cannot have more than 23 floors or be more than 70m high. The new policy will allow high-rise buildings that are taller than100m in Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara and Gandhinagar.
On August18, 2020, the chief minister had announced that permission would be given to construct highrise buildings like the ones dotting the skyline of Dubai and Singapore in cities here. The government had also issued a primary notification and invited objections and suggestions regarding the same.
“An iconic building is one that has a height of 100 meters or more. With the final approval, these five cities will be able build landmark skyscrapers like the Burj Khalifa in Dubai,” explained Ashish Patel, president, CREDAI-Gujarat, the state chapter of real estate developers’ national body CREDAI.
Municipal corporations and urban development authorities in these five cities will be able to permit skyscrapers and tall structures after the notification is published in the official gazette, the state government said in a statement. “This approval will herald a new era of high-rise structures and skyscrapers in these cities,” the state government added.
“The move will help Gujarat create a unique identity. The real estate community is ready to build such high-rise buildings. City developers are mulling as many as10 such projects along S G Highway,” said Ajay Patel, president, CREDAI Ahmedabad-GIHED, a body of realtors in the city.
“This is an important step in the direction of well-planned urban development in the state. Even in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government’s ongoing efforts for urban development will yield positive and tangible results in the long run,” added Taral Shah, a realtor.