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=> Madhya Pradesh's Urban Development and Housing Minister Bhupendra Singh launched the online portal for registration.

Key Points:

=> Through this online portal, colonizers will now be able to do construction work in the entire state on a single registration. Colonizers will get relief from registering in different urban bodies. Along with this, the relevant certificates will be issued within the time limit of 30 days.

=> The Urban Development and Housing Minister said that the online registration will make all the process simpler and the development of the state would accelerate.

=> It is noteworthy that the State Government has also made provisions for regularization of illegal colonies through Madhya Pradesh Municipality Colony Development Rules 2021.

=> The facility of application will be available on e-municipal portal, MP Urban website, e-service portal.

=> It will facilitate online payment of registration fee, tracking application status, online document uploading, online approval process, digitally signed certificates, information to the applicant through SMS and WhatsApp, facility to provide certificates through WhatsApp.

=> The new integrated registration of colonizers will now be done online at the Directorate level, which will be valid for all municipal bodies.

By: ASRAF UDDIN AHMED