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What are Building Bye-Laws?
Building bye-laws are legal tools used to regulate building coverage, height, area of construction, and architectural designs to maintain the growth or orderly development of a place.Why are Building Bye-Laws Necessary?
Building bye-laws are necessary to protect any building against noise, fire, earthquakes, structural failures, and any hazardous activity. Many small and medium-sized structures in India don’t have building bye-laws and are constructed in the absence of any regulatory mechanism with excessive coverage and dangerous development causing a chaotic situation.ÂGeneral Information on Model Building Bye-Laws
TCPO prepares the Model Building Bye-Laws 2016 for Urban local bodies, state government, and urban local authorities for regulating illegal activity. This is the improved version of Model Building Bye-Laws 2004. The Ministry of Urban Development decided to prepare the model building bye-laws in 2003 as a result of the 2001 Bhuj earthquake. It was drafted with consideration of points like structural system, rainwater harvesting, wastewater management, and solar heating, fire-resistant structure, etc. These bye-laws were provided to all the states, of which 22 states have taken a comprehensive revision of Model Building Bye-Laws 2004. The reasons for the revision are mentioned below:- Swatch Bharat Mission
- Ease of doing business
- New trending technological developments
- Environmental factors
- Safety and security
- Low-income housing norms
- Update required for the IS code by BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards)
- Parking spaces for vehicles (parking norms)
- High-rise building standards
- Green building standards
- Building plan approval for ease of doing business
- Update the fire norms by considering the stairs and exit ways
The Salient Features of Model Building Bye-Laws 2016
- Safety and security
- Swatch Bharat mission
- Ease of doing business
- Barrier-free environment
- Modern or advanced construction technologies
- Rainwater harvesting
