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The Goa Government has re-allotted nearly 31,000 sq mt land at the Rajiv Gandhi IT Habitat at Dona Paula near Panaji. The project had been ridden with controversies since its inception and had been stalled twice, first in December 2007 due to violent protests by the locals led by local MLA Atanasio Monserrate and later [...] Continue Reading »
Although, the state government has tightened policy for conversion of cultivable agricultural land for residential, industrial and infrastructural purposes, such lands are still used for non-agricultural needs. Powerful real estate groups have been turning cultivable areas into residential plots ‘without obtaining permissions legally’, as declared by the farmers. District collectors have to personally visit the land [...] Continue Reading »
Gangster-turned-real estate agent Santosh Ambekar may escape being named in yet another case after complainant and builder Sanjay Dargan denied knowing him. On thursday a fresh case is registered at Sadar police station, several of Ambekar’s close aides including co-accused in two other cases Sanjay Fatode have been booked with charges of cheating and forgery. [...] Continue Reading »
Jammu Development Authority’s (JDA) project to construct 425 residential flats in the Gandhi Nagar area of the city had been approved by the Minister for Urban Development, Nawang Rigzin Jora. Accompanied by Housing and Urban Development secretary Satish Nehru and JDA vice-chairman KL Khajuria, the minister visited the site proposed for a group housing colony [...] Continue Reading »
Nashik Municipal Corporation’s (NMC), General Body Meeting (GBM) resolved to grant higher Transfer and Development Rights (TDR) for land owners at Tapovan to acquire plots for Sadhugram to accommodate the sadhus visitng the city during next year’s Kumbh mela. City’s Mayor, Yatin Wagh said the civic body would grant TDR of 10 for land at [...] Continue Reading »
Sub-regional plan revised by Haryana but the builders have to wait for change of land use licenses. Real estate projects awaiting change of land use (CLU) licenses have seen a ray of hope from the state government as the department of town and country planning on Tuesday submitted a revised sub-regional plan to the NCR [...] Continue Reading »
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), after serving an “intention to issue termination notice” to the concessionaire on February 11 is now pondering all alternatives to carry out the remaining work on the Jaipur-Gurgaon stretch of National Highway 8.But the highway users will have to face misery for few more months because of limited [...] Continue Reading »
Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) plans to launch a mega housing scheme project soon near the Ajmer road. The plan is to develop houses on around 250 bigha land and will have 1,510 plots. The layout plan of the housing project has been approved in the project works committee meet on Tuesday. It is titled Anand [...] Continue Reading »
Chief Minister, Hemant Soren inaugurated Jharkhand’s first six lane highway Jharkhand got its maiden six-lane expressway on Tuesday as chief minister Hemant Soren formally inaugurated four phases of the much-delayed Ranchi Ring Road at a traditional ceremony in Rampur, 20km from the capital. The 36.192km arterial stretch connects Rampur on NH-33 to Kathitand on NH-75. [...] Continue Reading »
Approval for building plans to be paced up, citizen centric bylaws also implemented. In Guwahati, the approval of building plans within 75 days from the date of submission of applications and 60 days in other areas, have been made mandatory. Interestingly, if the plans are not approved with in stipulated timeframe, they will be deemed [...] Continue Reading »
