Delays in Approval of Land Use and Building Plan applications are costing the local economy

“Any sensible government must learn to unleash the energy of its people and get them to perform instead of trying to get a bureaucracy to perform.” -Verghese Kurien, I Too Had a Dream Once, when bemoaning the lack of pro-active support from Council Officials to help expedite approvals, some wise developer, who had also worked in the public sector, remarked that public sector officials are not focussed on facilitation and expedition, but only on compliance,…