Starting next month, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will begin enforcing the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) to ensure efficient use of power. The implementation of the code will begin with the granting of permissions to 25 new buildings – both government and private commercial complexes. The move comes at a time when the GHMC is looking to do away with the manual building approval system, which according to officials, encouraged corrupt practices in the issuance of building permits.
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