The Local Self-Government department has decided to regularise building rule violations in the construction of HLL Life Care’soffice buildings in the capital. The government approved the exemptions considering the fact that HLL is a union public sector undertaking which was established to serve the general public. The Chairperson and Managing Director of HLL had earlier submitted an application for exemptions for the office buildings as per the Rule 3 (4) of the Kerala Municipality Building Rules 2019.
The violations earlier reported included lack of sufficient car parking or two wheeler parking space, insufficient space behind the building and issues related to reuse and recycling of water. As per the norms, the required setback behind the building should be at least 5 m, but only 3.6 m setback was provided. Considering the area of the building, the parking space need to have space to park 91 cars and 337.83 square metre space for two wheelers. However, there is space to park only 45 cars and 316 square metre area was provided for two-wheeler parking.
Conditions apply
The Chief Town Planner in his report observed that as per the zoning regulations in the Thiruvananthapuram Master Plan 2040, an area of 100 m on either side of the Poojappura-Thirumala road has been marked as a mixed residential and commercial zone, as per which HLL’s constructions are allowed in the area.
The government cleared the exemptions subject to certain conditions, including that the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Secretary ensures that all other KMBR rules are being satisfied in the constructions. A system has to be put in place to ensure recycling and reuse of the waste water from the company.
Published – July 06, 2025 07:55 pm IST
