Cities
A slowing economy, rising interest rates by banks, high inflation and the weak rupee, among others, contributed towards building a negative sentiment among home buyers that resulted in dwindling sales volumes within the residential market. However, the election results, sops for the housing sector in the Union Budget and the reviving economic growth of the [...] Continue Reading »
A call for the inclusion of 10 western Uttar Pradesh districts into the national capital territory is steadily eclipsing the demand for Harit Pradesh that never found favour with the BJP. Ghaziabad, Meerut, Gautam Budh Nagar, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Shamli, Baghpat, Bijnor, Bulandshahar and Hapur — all approximately within a 100-kilometre radius of Delhi NCR — [...] Continue Reading »
On Monday, the Noida authority stated that it is considering a proposal to build an 800-metre-long elevated road to ensure seamless connectivity for commuters travelling between Noida and Ghaziabad. This elevated road is proposed to be built above Chhijarsi village and Chhijarsi Crossing along the National Highway-24. This stretch witnesses massive bottlenecks in traffic especially during peak [...] Continue Reading »
At the 51st Annual General Meeting of the Indian Paint Association – which is a CII affiliate – in Kolkata on Monday, West Bengal’s Minister for Municipal Affairs and Urban Development, Firad Hakim, said that the State has made a strong pitch for 10 ‘smart cities.’ With regard to West Bengal’s proposal for 10 ‘smart [...] Continue Reading »
With the current proposals on slum rehabilitation around the Mumbai airport going nowhere, the civil aviation ministry is proposing a plan to relocate slum dwellers around the airport on the land to be freed, post the removal of slums. According to the civil aviation ministry plan, which has the approval of civil aviation minister Ashok [...] Continue Reading »
On Monday the Greater Noida authority clarified that it had not allotted land to any developer to sell apartments to members of only one particular community. The Greater Noida authority does not make decisions based on caste, creed or community and this allegation is baseless. The realtor also washed his hands of the controversy and [...] Continue Reading »
The first ‘smart district’ in Mumbai will probably be the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC). For the completion of the BKC ‘smart district’ project by the end of this fiscal year, the authorities have called for bids for the project. The MMRDA’s plans with regard to the ‘Smart BKC’ project chiefly include the provision of five services [...] Continue Reading »
The former Ranbaxy CEO DS Brar who is currently the chairman of GVK Bio, is close to buying a bungalow in Delhi’s posh Sunder Nagar. Homes in this leafy Lutyens’ zone neighbourhood cost in the region of Rs 100 crore and is preferred by the who’s who of the nation. The Jain family, which runs [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi Metro is rushing to complete the tunnelling work for its two new corridors as now it has to abide by the deadline of 2016. This news will give some sigh of relief to the Delhiites as on Wednesday, the DMRC announced that the tunnelling work between Netaji Subhash Place and Shalimar Bagh on the [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has revealed, in response to an RTI (Right to Information) query that most of its Metro connectivity hubs in Noida are still at a planning stage. This is due to the fact that the approvals and fund allocation from the Centre is still pending. Unfortunately the hopes of Noida [...] Continue Reading »
