Delhi-NCR
Precious forests land of Hundreds of acres has been lost to illegal farmhouses. In south Delhi’s Asola-Bhatti wildlife sanctuary, the forest department has found at least 15 sprawling farmhouses and other such structures. The sanctuary acts as house to more than 250 species of plants, 200 species of birds, 150 species of butterflies and 10 [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi government is set to hike circle rates by the end of this month, in an attempt to rationalise property rates in the Capital. Circle rates were likely to go up by 20 per cent to 60 per cent after the revision, as per the information received from the officers of Revenue department. Revenue [...] Continue Reading »
Crossing the Ring Road is a nightmare for pedestrians because of heavy vehicular movement throughout the day, as per the residents. Somashekhar, secretary of the HBR Layout 5th Block Welfare Association said, to cross the ring road one needs at least 20 minutes. In and around the locality there are numerous schools, temples and markets. [...] Continue Reading »
The environment ministry has suggested that Uttar Pradesh should increase its forest cover by 500% and Haryana by 400%, in a bid to increase the green cover in the National Capital Region. Over the years, the NCR has witnessed a vast increase in population and depletion of green areas. The ministry of environment and forest [...] Continue Reading »
A hike of around 20% to 50% is proposed in the circle rates for property registration in Delhi. The black component in transactions may reduce to nil as circle rate and market rate may become equal in areas like unauthorized regularized colonies and new settlements in Narela and Bawana. The Lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung is not [...] Continue Reading »
In Faridabad, for establishing a 450-bed super-specialty hospital, Land use has come under the scanner of the Supreme Court, which requires an explanation on a petition alleging that the five-acre of land on prime Delhi-Mathura highway was being used in contravention of the terms of the lease by Harayana government. For seeking response within four [...] Continue Reading »
For the first time in seven years, private investment in highway projects has declined, as per the data compiled by the highways ministry till February it has been witnessed a dropping in 2013-14 as compared with the all-time high of2011-12. Projects for 1,116 km were awarded whereas construction was done over 1,661 km which is [...] Continue Reading »
For both potential buyers and investors, real estate has come forth as one of the most aspired sectors.Due to the fact that there is always been major demand which keeps these investment attractive. Realty prices have increased so much in Delhi/NCR region and the delusion of owning a house has appeared to spiral out of [...] Continue Reading »
The ministry of road transport and highways has started an exercise to estimate their revenue from toll collection to see if the government can build more roads with the help of its own resource. The PPP projects have been suffering of late and private players have been complaining of the low growth in the toll [...] Continue Reading »
UPA-II is focusing on upcoming elections with a poor performance in the highway development. The government’s target is to construct 20 Kms per day but they were able to develop only 11 Kms per day which is worst performance since 2008-09. The total tally of highway construction till March 31 is calculated at nearly 4, [...] Continue Reading »
