Faced with environmental hurdles in pushing vertical growth in the state, the Kerala government last month amended its municipal building rules to change the very definition of 'high-rise' buildings to get around the stringent new requirements for a green nod.
Kerala and some other states have strongly opposed the union environment ministry's 'Guideline for High Rise Buildings' brought in through a February 7 notification on the recommendation of its Expert Appraisal Committee on Building/Construction, Infrastructure and CRZ Projects.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/get-around-moef-norms-kerala-redefines-high-rise
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/buildings
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/central-expert-appraisal-committee-ceac
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/housing-construction
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coastal-regulations
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/planning-commission
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment-impact-assessment-eia
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/special-economic-zones-sez
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/environment-clearance-ec
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/construction-industry
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
