Illegal constructions have now percolated to rural areas too: HC

Court directs Govt. to ensure that panchayats enforce model building bylaws notified six years ago

Observing that the menace of illegal constructions has not remained limited only to the cities but have now percolated to the areas of panchayats, the High Court of Karnataka has directed the State Government to regulate constructions in the panchayat areas by enforcing the building bylaws, which the panchayats have failed to adopt even six years after their enactment.

The court issued the direction after noticing that no panchayat in the State had adopted the Karnataka Panchayat Raj (Zilla Panchayats, Taluk Panchayats and Grama Panchayats Control over erection of Buildings) Model Bylaws, 2015, which came into force on May 8, 2015.