Cities
The public works department has received a go-ahead from the NGT (National Green Tribunal) to resume work on the expansion of the Andheria Mod-Mahipalpur road. This has brought a lot of relief to the hundreds of people who use the Andheria Mod-Mahipalpur road daily to access Gurgaon and IGI airport. In February 2012 the work was stalled [...] Continue Reading »
In April 2013 the residents of Barwala village, which encircles Rohini’s sectors 34 to 37, had filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court (HC) against the DDA’s (Delhi Development Authority) plan to construct flats there. Following this compensation dispute, this local agitation may delay the handover of at least 3,000 flats in Rohini. A few weeks [...] Continue Reading »
Some heavy weights in politics are going to face the wrath of the Maharashtra state government soon. The state government has prepared a list of 26 people, including prominent politicians, who will face action for occupying more than one flat under the chief minister’s quota by producing false affidavits. The state found 52 such cases of [...] Continue Reading »
L&T (Larsen and Toubro) Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited today hinted at the possibility of cost escalation of the elevated metro rail project by about Rs 2,500 crore to Rs 3,000 crore.The Rs 12,132-crore-project may need such additional funding for some of the unavoidable circumstances. These include the initial delay in the appointed date, inflation and [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi-based start-up Village is India’s first incubator that is funded jointly by the public and private sectors. This start-up village is adding about 1.25 lakh square feet space as part of the plan to house and support more start-ups. The additional spaceis expected to be ready by June next year. The chief executive officer of this [...] Continue Reading »
The National Green Tribunal (NGT South Zone) has given a go-ahead to the ambitious Science City project. This project is proposed to come up on 10,000 acres in Chitradurga district’s Challakere taluk. The tribunal had earlier ordered a stay on proposals by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Indian [...] Continue Reading »
In a verdict which upholds the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC)’s March 19 ruling, the Supreme Court has asked a Gurgaon-based realty developer – Ambience Pvt Ltd. – to refund Rs 33.38 crore maintenance fees charged from the residents of its project since 2002. The mentioned maintenance fees which Ambience has been asked to [...] Continue Reading »
Local agitation may delay handover of at least 3,000 flats in Rohini. Following a compensation dispute, residents of Barwala village, which encircles Rohini’s sectors 34 to 37, had in April 2013 filed a writ petition in the Delhi high court against DDA’s plan to construct flats there. A few weeks later, DDA obtained a vacation [...] Continue Reading »
The Mumbai Metro master plan has been revised by the Maharashtra Government. The decision to revise the Metro master plan has been taken by the government to ensure that the Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai and the proposed international airport at Panvel in Navi Mumbai are directly connected. As a result of the revision, [...] Continue Reading »
With the Centre’s requisite approval to the Phase-I extension of the Chennai Metro Rail expected in the near future, the land acquisition process for the Metro extension project will likely be commenced by the Chennai Metro Rail Limited in the coming months. The Phase-I extension of Chennai Metro Rail involves a 9-km stretch between Washermanpet [...] Continue Reading »
