Buying a house, office, or a bungalow in Vasai-Virar Municipal corporation limits? A visit to the municipality is a must from now. The corporation, which became the Planning Authority for this area only in February 2015, has asked all its future buyers to first visit their office, have a look at the plan of the building whether it’s legal or illegal only then buy the house. This, they claim, is being done because now they have realised that builders are selling flats showing permissions that are bogus.

While there isn’t a list that exists, which can confirm the legality of a building in Vasai and Virar, the corporation claims that to make buyers aware that they shouldn’t invest in illegal construction, they have come out with this step. A notice in this regard was issued by the VVMC, and it claims that earlier MMRDA and CIDCO were the planning authorities for this region. Post this, the Municipal Corporation became the planning authority and they do not want any flat buyer to be duped.