Cities
There seems to be an end to the water woes of the residents of Old Gurgaon as Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has agreed to the demands of the residents to supply water to them. The councillors and residents have been demanding canal water supply from the corporation for a long time and the civic [...] Continue Reading »
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) had released the draft master plan for the extended area of Hyderabad Metropolitan Region on July 22, 2011. Then they invited objections and suggestions on the draft master plan from citizens. A year has gone by, and the authority has not even finalized the applications which have to be [...] Continue Reading »
A resolution to make rainwater harvesting system mandatory for all new buildings and existing government owned buildings in the city has been approved by the standing committee. The committee also approved the heritage walk proposal. All new buildings in the city must have rainwater harvesting and old buildings owned by the government and civic body [...] Continue Reading »
The escalated price of properties in Mumbai has been much speculated upon and as noticed by the analysts, real estate prices in Mumbai are unlikely to fall due to limited supply. According to the chairman of Oberoi Realty, a major realty player, the present scenario is due to the fact that input costs and raw [...] Continue Reading »
In order to save water, members of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (Credai), Pune Metro have decided not to use drinking water at construction sites. A circular has been issued to the members informing them about the water crisis resulting from insufficient rainfall along with techniques to save water by Satish [...] Continue Reading »
The Haryana government seems to be woken up to sluggishness of tackling civic isues paralyzing the region. Haryana Public Health minister, Kiran Choudhary has directed officers in her ministry to complete all ongoing water supply and sewerage projects in all districts including Gurgaon. Gurgaon district administration has also been instructed to remove infringements on a [...] Continue Reading »
Big corporates have seemed to put emphasis on making their new projects accessible, comfortable and user-friendly for the elderly and the handicapped people. Ansal Unitech, DLF, Tata Housing, SVP Developers are designing their residential, even commercial buildings imbibed with barrier-free design with easy and convenient passage to different sections of the home in order to [...] Continue Reading »
Russell Market is back to life as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike has issued no objection certificate (NOC) to BESCOM to resume power supply to the market. Only about 50 shops have got the clearance for power supply, so far. The 85-year-old market was ravaged by fire in February. The BBMP estimated a loss of [...] Continue Reading »
Karnataka high court on Monday gave 45 days’ time to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to submit a report on the irregularities in its 25 divisions. Former Mayor P R Ramesh, along with few others, had moved to the high court, seeking a CBI investigation into the alleged irregularities stating that they do not [...] Continue Reading »
The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has decided to demolish 400 unauthorized constructions in the city. The MCG has planned the demolition drive on the weekend keeping in mind the availability of the police force. So far only 13 have been demolished, out of the 400 unauthorized constructions identified by the MCG. The deputy commissioner [...] Continue Reading »
