‘e-naksha’ portal non-operational for two weeks; applicants face harassment

A huge backlog of e-approvals to building plans through the “e-naksha” system (an online building plan approval system) in 165 urban local bodies has been piling up in the state’s Local Government Department as the portal has been non-operational for the past two weeks.

Sources in the department admitted that owing to technical glitches, the much-touted ‘e-naksha’ was not processing layout plans.

On an average, around 2,000 applications for approval of building plans are received online on a daily basis. If the applications for NOCs and CLUs are added, the figure would be much higher.