Q:Maharashtra government has directed all municipal corporations in the state to conduct a survey of all old and shabby buildings before the beginning of monsoon and disconnect water and electricity supply in case residents therein refuse to vacate them.
Latest Answer: Hi folks,
And the concerned authority will be responsible for repairs. They also required to calculate the FSI of each tenant and give certificate of the same to the tenant and the building owner.
Latest Answer: Right Sasidharan,
The state hopes to mop up around Rs.3500 crore to Rs.4000 crore with the move and the premium received will be shared equally between the state government and the civic body.
Q:Following a 2 hours long presentation demanding the GB nod, civic commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal informed the elected representatives of initiatives planned under the smart city concept that will be taken up sector-wise.
Latest Answer: Nearly 3.5 lakh residents have responded to the TMC with their suggestions to help the administration chart out an action plan. They also need their concentration on uninterrupted water supply, safety and security for women and children and digitization of basic civic services that have been the focus areas for a better tomorrow.
Q:The state government will soon come up with a new policy that will make it mandatory for private builders to transfer a certain housing stock to Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority.
Latest Answer: It's true that Congress - NCP Government had brought this policy for the economically weaker sections where developers had to transfer a certain housing stock to MHADA for affordable housing. However, it was limited to Mumbai only.
Q:The Maharashtra government has appointed 10 senior IAS officers to mentor each of the 10 cities in the state that have been selected for the Centre's "Smart City" project.
Latest Answer: To get the reasonable result, govt. should support those cities or state first. "Jyada Khakar Bimar Hone se Achcha Hai ki Kum Khakar Healthy Rahe".........
Government grants will be leveraged to attract funding from internal and external sources but unless there is a possible business model or guarantee from the centre, this would not be easy.
Also, the track record of Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects is at best mixed and when there would be multiple parties associated like the center, states, local bodies and private entities, the task would be even more challenging.
Q:Attention citizen !!!!! Maharashtra Government has made it compulsory for citizens to get a no objection certificate from a special committee to construct anything within 500 meter radius of a prison.
Latest Answer: as said, any new redevelopment of building is proposed in the 500m radius of prison then what guidelines as an architect do we have to follow? there are some approval members in planning committee says to have a blank wall all throughout. which is not possible in the city like mumbai and specially in a redevelopment building in a place like chorbazar. kindly let me know if there are any such rules that an architect or a developer will have to adhere to.
Latest Answer: Hi All,
Ahmedabad's population is six million plus and as per the estimate, considering scientific population projection methods by Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA), the city is ready to strike the population figure of eight million plus after ten years.Considering the above mentioned parameters and vision of central government of making Smart Cities, the zoning is finally done in Development Plan, 2021 of Ahmedabad which consists of R1, R2, R3 zones, CBD area, R-AH zone, Industrial and Agriculture zone etc.
Latest Answer: Hi Mr Akash,
In my point of view, the programme will begin with a baseline survey to assess the demand for such housing and identify resource requirements. As per the present assessment, Mumbai will need a maximum of 16 lakh such houses, Delhi's requirement will be over six lakh while Kolkata and Chennai will need four lakh such houses each.
Latest Answer: You are right Sujan,
According to a Colliers India report, in Mumbai the average project delay is anywhere between 1-2 yrs. The presence of multiple regulations/regulators in the MMR region has led to delay in approvals and delivery of real estate.
ccording to World Bank’s Doing Business 2015 report, India was ranked 142nd among 189 countries in the ease of doing business survey.