{
  "id": 1568945,
  "title": "Bhopal Municipal Corporation Makes Credibility Verification Mandatory For Building Permissions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/bhopal-municipal-corporation-makes-credibility-verification-mandatory",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T21:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/bhopal-municipal-corporation-makes-credibility-verification-mandatory-for-building-permissions"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has introduced mandatory credibility verification for building permission applications, imposing a 2% supervision charge on all permissions issued. The new process aims to prevent misuse of approved construction plans and ensure that residential premises are not repurposed for commercial use. The corporation has identified numerous cases of builders exceeding sanctioned plans, constructing unauthorized structures on residential plots. As part of these enforcement efforts, the BMC has also launched a citywide crackdown on commercial activities operating from residential properties.",
  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has tightened its building permission process, making credibility verification of applicants mandatory before approving construction plans for houses, commercial complexes and multi-storey buildings, which comes with 2% of supervision charge. The move comes amid repeated instances of builders and property owners allegedly deviating from…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}