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Ludhiana, March 12
The Punjab Government has amended the provisions of the Punjab Model Building Bylaws-2018 and has permitted diploma holders as well as draftsman to prepare building plans for permit and information connected with it up to plot area of 200 sq yards for all urban local bodies, including municipal corporations, said members of the Council of Engineers.
Kapil Arora, president, said in the notification of the Punjab Model Building Bylaws 2019, dated November 22, 2018, the Local Government Department had not mentioned the competency of supervisor in Annexure-IV.
“Diploma engineers as well as draftsman were deprived of their right to life as protected under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The Council of Engineers as well as the Association of Practicing Draftsman of Punjab had sent legal notices to the Department of Local Government for deleting the qualification and competency of diploma holder civil engineers as well as draftsman from Annexure-IV of the Punjab Model Building Bylaws 2018,” he said. TNS