Much
to the discomfort of people who want to verify Tamil Nadu's District of Town and Country
Planning (DTCP) approved layout before buying a plot or housing site, the
website of the authority http://www.tn.gov.in/dtcp/) , which provides such vital
information has been out of service for the last more than a week now.
The
Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT), which has the onus to maintain the
entire government website, has been groping in darkness to rectify the error.
According
to sources in DTCP office in Anna Salai, “The website’s layout, master plan and
DD plan checking section has been down for more than a week now and our efforts
to bring it on track have not produced any results as ELCOT, the government
entity, has to do their part. Many people approach us every day to enquire
about the possibility of checking the authenticity of the layout plan. We have uploaded
hundreds of layout to the website after scanning the same for the benefit of
the people, who want to check it before buying a property.”
Another
official, who requested anonymity, said, “The server has exceeded its capacity
due to continuous uploading of layout plans from DTCP offices across the state.
Efforts are on to increase the storage capacity and also delete some unwanted
files, which can create space in the existing server. The website should be
working in a week’s time. But nothing can be said, it may take more time also.”
An
e-mail sent to S.
K. Prabakar (IAS), Chairman of ELCOT, for his comment did not evoke any response.
With
the absence of checking layout plan online, the only option left for the people
is to go for conventional way by paying a nominal pay at the DTCP offices to
extract the file and compare the layout plans given to them by the
developers/seller with the copy available in these offices. But this will take
at least one month, informed an official in charge for such activity at the DTCP
office.
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