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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

CHIEF SECRETARIAT (HOUSING)

(G.O. Ms. No. 5/2023-Hg., Puducherry, dated 18th May 2023)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (iii) of sub-section (2)

of section 47 of the Puducherry Town and Country Planning Act, 1969

(No. 13 of 1970), the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry in consultation

with the Town and Country Planning Department, hereby makes the

following Amendment to the Puducherry Building Bye-laws and

Zoning Regulations, 2012 issued in the Notification vide G. O. Ms. No. 5/

2012-Hg., dated 5th March, 2012 of the Chief Secretariat (Housing),

Government of Puducherry, and published in the Puducherry Official

Gazette, Extraordinary Part-I, No. 21, dated 8th March, 2012, namely:–

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1. (1) These Byelaws and Regulations may be called the Puducherry

Building Bye-laws and Zoning Regulations (Amendment), 2023.

(2) The, provisions of these Bye,laws and Zoning Regulations

shall apply to the planning areas declared vide:–

(i) G.O. Ms. No. 79/84/F6, dated, 17th day of August 1984,

notified in the Gazette No. 35, dated, the 28th day of

August 1984;

(ii) G.O. Ms. No. 93/85/F6, dated, 8th day of July 1985, notified

in the Gazette No. 31, dated, the 30th day of July 1985; and

(iii) G.O. Ms. No. 68/89/F6, dated 26th day of July 1989,

notified in the Gazette No. 83, dated, the 31st day of July

1989 of the Housing Secretariat, Puducherry and such other

areas in the Union territory of Puducherry notified from

time to time.

(3) They shall come into force on and from the date of their

publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of clause 4 in chapter-ll— In the Puducherry Building

Bye-laws and Zoning Regulations, 2012 in Chapter-II, after the existing

clause 4(7), the following shall be inserted, namely:

“(8) In case of operational construction/installation of

Non-Governmental Telecommunication Infrastructure Towers (TIT)

such as Ground Based Tower (GBT)/Roof Top Tower (RTT)/Roof

Top Pole (RTP)/Cell Phone Tower (CPT), antenna fixtures, fabricated

antenna, tower to install the telephone lines and transmission towers,

whether temporary or permanent, the grant of permission shall be

issued as per Indian Telegraph Right of way Rules (ITRoW), 2016

and its amendments, guidelines and notifications issued by Ministry

of Telecommunications, Government of India. Any Applicant of

telecom infrastructure provider registered with the Department of

Telecommunications, Government of India or any telecom services

provider licensed from the Department of Telecommunications,

Government of India or an infrastructure provider duly authorized by

a licensee to lay the communication and connectivity infrastructure

shall erect/lay Optic Fibre Cable (OFC)/GBT/RTT/RTP/CPT, small

cells, in-building cells to all areas including residential areas, Schools,

Hospitals, etc., after obtaining approval/NOC from the authorities

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(if required) as per the guidelines notified by the Ministry of

Telecommunications, Government of India and the Directorate of

Information Technology, Government of Puducherry from time to

time. The applicant shall submit the applications only through

online portal https://sugamsanchar.gov.in alongwith required

documents as per the ITRoW Rules and its amendments. No offline/

manual applications shall be accepted for establishment of telecom

infrastructures.

3. Amendment of Annexure-I— ln the said Bye-laws and zoning

regulations, for the existing para “8. Control of paging tower and

telephone tower and structures” and its content in Annexure-I, the

following shall be substituted; namely:–

“8. Provisions for In-Building Solutions (IBS) for Common

Telecommunication Infrastructure (CTI) in special/multi-storeyed

buildings for 5G compliances:

The provisions stipulated in the Annexure-XIX shall apply for

special/multi-storeyed buildings”.

4. Amendment of Annexure-ll— ln the said Bye-laws and zoning

regulations, in Annexure-II-Regulation for layout and subdivisions of

land, after the para-11, the following shall be inserted, namely:

“(12) (a) While developing green field cities/towns/layouts, the

layout plans shall clearly indicate the Telecom as Utility

Infrastructure lines. The placement and sequence of above-and

below- ground utilities at the appropriate location in the right-of-way

to be ensured for unconstraint movement as well as easy access for

maintenance. Telecommunication cables shall be placed in a duct

that can be accessed at frequent service points with sufficient spare

capacity to enable scaling and future expansion, and empty pipes,

large size (Hume pipes/HDPE pipes) shall be laid before planting

trees in order to accommodate additional infrastructure.

(b) Telecommunication cables shall ideally be placed below the

parking area or service lane, which may be dugup easily without

causing major inconvenience. Where this is not possible, the cables

may be placed at the outer edge of the right-of-way.

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telecom boxes shall be placed in easements just off the right-of-way.

Where this is not possible, they shall be placed within parking or

landscaping areas. If, cables have to be located in the pedestrian

path, a space of at least 2m shall be maintained for the through

movement of pedestrians. Telecom boxes shall never constrain the

width of a cycle track.

(d) In order to minimize disruptions, cables shall be installed

with proper maintenance infrastructure.

(e) The Authority shall forward the layout plan to the Telecom

Enforcement Resource and Monitoring (TERM) Cell of the State

for approval. The Authority shall also obtain the NOC from the

TERM Cell before issue of final approval to the layout.

5. Amendment of Annexure-XIX—In the said Bye-laws and

zoning regulations, for the amendments made vide G.O. Ms. No. 5/2015-

Hg, dated 26th February, 2015 of the Chief Secretariat (Housing),

Government of Puducherry, for the existing Annexure-XIX-Regulations

for the erections of High Mobile Telecommunication Towers, the

following shall be substituted; namely:–

ANNEXURE—XIX

Regulations for In-Building Solutions for Common

Telecommunication Infrastructure for 5G compliances

(1) Introduction (a) Telecommunication places a vital role in

modern society similar to electricity, water, sewerage and transport

systems. In a building, a broad variety of telecommunication systems are

expected to be installed. Buildings have provision for installation of

various utilities. However, unlike traditional utilities, telecommunication

systems are constantly evolving at a rapid pace with the new Work-From-

Home (WFH) and Work-from-Anywhere paradigms.

(b) Telecommunications connectivity can be delivered through

cable, wire, optical fibre, fixed wireless and mobile wireless

technologies. Each of these technologies when considered for use inside

buildings, especially when the buildings are either commercial or

multi-dwelling units or complexes, places its own requirement in terms

of building space, power supply, internal extensions to various work

areas/dwelling units. For example, for wireline services, broadband cable

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television, building management system, etc., the entry to the buildings/

complexes will be through underground cables and the distribution of

services further into the complexes will be from the bottom of the

building to the upper stories. On the contrary, any wireless technologies,

where antennas are to be installed at terrace along with a system which

can distribute the signals through cables, the flow of cables will be from

top storey of the building to the bottom. It is also to be kept in view that

there are multiple service providers for each type of service with similar

or different technologies.

gamut of technologies and associated features as options are available

based on the requirement, cost, service and maintenance convenience,

further upgradation requirements, etc., While providing telecom enabling

infrastructure in the building, the provision are to be made for making the

infrastructure supportive for multiple technologies/products and the

requirements of telecom service providers. Use of Building Management

System (BMS) and creation of ‘smart’ building will require significant

telecom infrastructure to be created within the buildings. This may be

supported by machine to machine (M2M) communication technologies.

Individual/tenant users of the building may also have their own M2M/

Internet of Things (IOT) systems with wireline or wireless gateways. The

telecom support infrastructure in the buildings/campuses needs to be

responsive and accommodative of these requirements.

(d) In order to facilitate installation/upgradation of telecom

systems, proper planning and understanding of enabling provisions for

telecom technologies and physical infrastructure are necessary. Modern

telecommunication technologies such as Distributed Antenna System,

Wi-Fi and other In-Building Solutions are also to be considered during

the building planning stage itself. The enabling infrastructure may include

cable riser systems, conduits, cable trays, etc. Appropriate space need to

be earmarked for installation of equipment at the entry point of service

and running the cable, etc., through shafts and horizontal conduits inside

the walls, centre of the corridors and centre of the work space, etc. Thus,

cabling pathways infrastructure should be designed to be of general

nature, but, flexible enough to accommodate a variety of telecom systems

and emerging technologies.

(e) Choice of service to be provided inside the complexes/

buildings will depend on the users. As already mentioned above, the

delivery of service can be spread across technologies and across various

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service providers. Therefore, the arrangement for telecommunication

infrastructure needs to be made in such a manner that the requirements

and the challenges of at least near future can be met without disturbing

the building infrastructure.

(f) Therefore, as per the current needs, the buildings are to be

constructed in such a way that they are ‘Digital Infrastructure

deployment’/‘Digital Connectivity’ ready. There should be provision of

telecom ducts/common pathways/runways (digital access paths) to reach

to the accessible parts of the buildings. The common ducts/digital

access paths to access building from outside should invariably be part of

the CTI, which could be used by Telecom Service Providers (TSPs)/

Infrastructure

Providers-I’s

(IPs)

for

laying/deploying

digital

infrastructure including cables. While approving the building plans, it has

to be ensured that plan for creation of CTI including the common duct

to access the common space used as telecom room inside the building

is also prepared and separate set of drawings showing the inter/intra

connectivity access to the building with distribution network need to be

furnished.

(g) Thus, the Applicants of special/multi-storeyed buildings

shall ensure that.–

(i) While preparing the building plans, they have properly

demarcated sections within buildings and on rooftops for

housing broadband/digital connectivity infrastructure/

antenna. These areas should have access to power supply

for reliable, always-on services.

(ii) Access to building as well as CTI facilities inside the

building should be available on a fair, transparent and

non-discriminatory manner to all Service Providers/IP1’s.

(iii) The Service Providers/IP1’s should have unrestricted

access for maintenance work.

(iv) The permission to in-building access and/or CTI

facilities inside the building should not be seen as a

source of revenue generation for builder(s)/ Resident

Welfare Association (RWA) (s) but, as a means for

facilitating penetration of broadband access and thereby

helping in socio-economic growth of all the residents.

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(2) Procedures for setting up In-Building Solution (IBS)/Fibre

Networks in special/multi-storeyed buildings

There is a need to promote installation of In-Building Solution (IBS)/

Smart Connectivity infrastructure, where there is a poor connectivity in

terms of weak signal strength inside the office, shopping mall, hospitals,

multi-storey building, educational institutions and the objective has to be

strengthen quality of service of the voice & data of mobile and Fiber

broadband network and access to digital services being offered by TSP

and IP1’s.

(A) Procedures of obtaining IBS-NOC during plan approval and

completion

(a) While submitting the proposed building plan seeking approval

from the relevant sanctioning Authority, applicant shall also submit—

(i) A complete Service Plan for IBS-infrastructure

alongwith required specifications (in consultation with,

and certified by a credible Telecom Networking

hardware-consultant)

(ii) An undertaking that such IBS Infrastructure, when

constructed shall be available for sharing by various TSPs/

IP 1s.

(iii) Such Service Plan (IBS) shall be forwarded by the

concerned Authority to the Telecom Enforcement

Resource and Monitoring (TERM) Cell of the State

(external NOC agency) for approval/NOC.

(iv) During the Joint Site Inspection of the completed

building structure, the TERM Cell shall undertake

inspection of the constructed/installed IBS

infrastructure-for issuance of NOC for Occupancy

Certificate.

(b) The Authority shall liaise with the TERM Cell as per its

relevant online/offline process of communication to seek the relevant

NOCs within the specified time as per the Service Charter/Service

Guarantee Act and Rules in place.

(B) Provision of IBS components in building premises

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The Engineers/Architects/Developers/Other service consultants

involved in preparing building and service drawings shall refer Part 8

Section 6: Information and Communication Enabled Installation of

Volume 2 of the National Building Code, 2016 for necessary detailing of

building components and service installation with respect to common

telecom/digital connectivity infrastructure.

(a) As per the requirement of TERM, the buildings may have

provisions for Equipment Room (ER), Telecommunications Room (TR),

Entrance Facilities (EF), Telecommunication Enclosures (TE),

telecommedia and connecting hardware, backbone cabling media

distribution and building pathways, horizontal cabling media distribution

and building pathways, proper telecommunications bonding and grounding

with workplace safety, Electronic Access Control (EAC) and Video

Surveillance.

(b) The telecom room space norm for buildings with Builtup

area>465 sq. mts. shall be-

Sl.

Area to be coverted by IBS

Size of Telecom room

No.

(all dimension in mts.)

Up to 465 sq. mts.

3.0 x 2.4

465.0 sq. mts. to 930.0 sq. mts.

3.0 x 3.4

More than 930.0 sq. mts.

Additional TR required with

same space norms.

area<465 sq.mts.

Sl.

Area to be coverted by IBS

Size of Telecom room

No.

(all dimension in mts.)

Up to 93.0 sq. mts.

Wall cabinets, self-contained

enclosed cabinets.

93.0 sq.mts. to 465.0 sq. mts.

Shallow room (0.6 x 2.6)

Walk-in room (1.3 x 1.3)

(d) The IBS installation spaces, so provided, shall be:-

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(i) Properly accessible through a common corridor or outside door.

(ii) The acoustic noise levels shall be kept a minimum by

not collocating noise/generating equipments.

(iii) All pertinent documentation of deployment of telecom

equipment and cables shall be maintained by owner or

agent when the installation is completed.

(iv) All telecom spaces shall have appropriate signs to identify

the space and shall be included within the security plan of

the building.

(v) The telecom cables shall be separated from possible

sources of Electro-Magnetic Interferences (EMI) and

from possible Radio-Frequency Interference (RFI). For

safety purposes, power cables shall be separated from

telecom cables.

(vi) The conduits, trays, slots, sleeves and ducts provided shall

be fire-stopped in accordance with Part-4 “Fire and Life

Safety” of National Building Code of India, 2016.

(vii) Shall have provisions for all time power.

(viii) Proper environmental control provisions shall be made

for dissipation of heat and humidity as recommended by

Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM).

(ix) All equipment and cable shields shall be properly bonded

to the telecom bonding and grounding infrastructure of

the space.

(By order of the Lieutenant- Governor)

P. EJOUMALE,

Under Secretary to Government (Housing).

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