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25% of the one lakh autorickshaws in Mumbai are now fitted with electronic meters. Transport authorities made it mandatory for all autorickshaws that applied for registration or for renewal of the annual driving permit after March to have an electronic meter. By the end of August, e-meters had been installed in 27,435 autorickshaws. April 2013 [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Malleswaram, Bangalore have shown the way to manage the waste in a neat manner. They have launched a project ‘My Malleswaram’, to dispose of waste scientifically. The project will be carried out in association with BBMP, where 90 per cent of the wet waste collected from houses and commercial establishments in Malleswaram will [...] Continue Reading »
Report by global property consultant Cushman and Wakefield states that there will be an increase in the demand for 12 million housing units across the country in the next five years. It is said that the top eight cities will form about 20 per cent of the additional demand. However, the overall demand generated for [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore-based real estate developer, Sobha Developers, has achieved a record milestone in the history of the company in terms of new space sale. The company has sold over 0.95 million square feet of new space valued at Rs 527 crore at an average price realisation of Rs 5, 575 per square feet for the recent [...] Continue Reading »
Real estate developments in Chikkaballapur district in Karnataka has a different angle. Situated just 60 kms from Bangalore, the district has been witnessing a rapid growth in land sales and development. In the district, agricultural fields are being converted into layouts and apartment complexes. Apartments and other buildings have come up on fertile agriculture land [...] Continue Reading »
According to real estate estimates, demand for luxury residential facilities in Gurgaon is expected to soar in the coming four years. National Capital Region (NCR) is expected to witness the highest demand for houses in the country. Approximately, 381,000 units will be constructed during next four years. New industries mainly connected with the IT, services [...] Continue Reading »
Oshiwara residents organisation has approached the Bombay high court demanding the allotment of two plots, one of which is the only open space in the area. Both the plots are reserved as one for a playground and a the other, a municipal school. The division bench of chief justice Mohit Shah and Justice Niteen Jamdar [...] Continue Reading »
A controversy has been stirred up due to the inclusion of old residential structures of Mumbai in the heritage list. The BDD chawls with cracked walls, leaky pipelines and dismal interiors have residents living in it since the British Era. Residents living in these chawls have been hoping for a re-development, however, the inclusion of [...] Continue Reading »
An RTI query has revealed that the maximum number of complaints received by consumer forums in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) belongs to housing matters. Of 24,278 complaints received by MMR’s six forums in last 15 years, housing comes at the top with 7,499. The obvious reasons seem to be skyrocketing house prices added with [...] Continue Reading »
As Bangalore traffic is increasing, there is need to plan things afresh to adapt the increasing number of vehicles. A signal island will soon come up at KR Circle, as decided by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) following a plea from Bangalore Traffic Police. The Sheshadri Road, linking Anand Rao Circle and K R Circle, [...] Continue Reading »
