It is obvious that more detailed rules are required to cover a particular city or town or a village. These are specified in the Master Plans of a city and Municipal Building Rules of State Governments.
For example, Madras Metropolitan Development Authority (MMDA) has documented the following :
- The authority who is to issue permission for development as also the various requirements for site approval.
- Specified ten types of zones.
- Specified certain general provisions.
MMDA has divided its 1170 sq km into various divisions, townships and panchayats and allocated Survey Nos. for appropriate zonal development.
On the other hand, the Tamil Nadu Municipal Building Rules have specified the form of application for construction, specified extensive regulations for sites, location of foundations, plinths, substructures, spaces around buildings and height of buildings, parking spaces, dimensions of rooms, ventilation of building stairs, chimneys and drains and sanitary conveniences. Similar rules are found in Bombay Municipal Corporation Building Rules or those of Delhi, Calcutta and other cities.
Engineers are advised to get familiar with the above rules, regulations and guide lines for the area, they govern the planning and construction of buildings. It is not enough to acquire analysis and design capabilities to raise a structure in the village, town or city.
Further more, it must be realised that we, in this country, have adequate rules and regulations for orderly development of all types of building projects and services which are considered adequate for orderly development of human habitats.
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