Smarac Citizen app will grant construction permits near monuments
Q. Smarac Citizen is an app developed for which of the following reasons?- Published on 04 May 16a. To grant construction permission near monuments
b. To help tourists as a guide for information about monuments
c. A map highlighting monuments for tourists
d. None of the above
ANSWER: To grant construction permission near monuments
- Architects and real estate developers who plan to construct buildings close to national monuments can soon download a new mobile app named Smarac Citizen, which will grant them construction permits within a few minutes.
- Based on a proposal from the National Monuments Authority (NMA), the app has been developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), containing the maps of 3,686 Centrally-protected monuments across the country.
- Earlier, the NMA had to send teams to the areas close to historic monuments, where developers sought construction permits.
- The teams had to ensure that permits were granted only to projects beyond 300 metres from the outer boundary of a monument.
- Apart from easing the process of obtaining construction permits, the app will help the NMA keep a tab on encroachments around monuments.
- The app will tell you how far new constructions are from any particular protected monument.
- It will also give the elevation — the height of the site with respect to mean sea level. It will help architects not only for the NMA approval, but also for the approval of the Airports Authority of India.
