Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal has approved the inclusion of “Core Areas” also for registration of 4th floor as independent dwelling unit on the already approved conditions and approval of maximum permissible height of 16.5 meters by carrying out amendment in the Haryana Building Code-2017.

While stating this, an official spokesman said that as per the Chief Minister’s announcement, the matter regarding registration of 4th floor to be allowed as a separate dwelling unit in case of the residential plot has already been approved.

He said that for an increase in the maximum permissible height, the figures 15 meters would be substituted with 16.5 meters in the Haryana Building Code-2017 with the condition that the same would be permitted subject to fire NOC and certificate of conformity to rules and structural safety.

He said that the draft of amendments in the building code would be hosted on the website of Town and Country Planning Department and other concerned departments that is Haryana Shehari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP), Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructural Development Corporation (HSIIDC), Public Works (Building and Roads) and Architecture for inviting objections and suggestions from the public before publication of final amendment in the building code.