Cities
The ambitious project taken up by the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) seeking the door-to-door collection of garbage, now seems to be in disorder with the project mostly failing to elicit assistance from the city residents. As being admitted by the civic body itself, sanitary workers have to face hostile conduct from many households and also [...] Continue Reading »
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) continues their crusade against garbage dumping in public places. In a recent drive staffers of Cream Corner, Ramdaspeth, Central Bazaar road were caught by the squads of health department throwing garbage on the road and were slapped a fine of Rs 10,000. Apart from Cream Corner, action was also taken against [...] Continue Reading »
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association (CREDAI), on Wednesday, called for comprehensive reforms in areas related to land administration, banking and taxation to lift the realty sector and support in meeting the shortage of 26 million houses. CREDAI unveiled 10-point agenda to revive the sector, which is facing demand slowdown due to high interest [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra Housing Bill 2012 has finally been passed by both Houses of the Maharashtra legislature, which sets the stage for the development of the country’s first housing regulator and appellate board with substantial powers to protect the consumer and penalize the builders in case of any offense. The Bill has laid down the rules [...] Continue Reading »
Recently a wetland at Pirtala in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) area has been filled up in broad daylight and been allocated into plots by land sharks and are being sold at Rs 3.25 lakh per cottah. Located in Chowbaga, the 52-bigha waterbody was filled with marsh around. In the summer, the water dried up, leaving [...] Continue Reading »
Faced with the grave issue of water shortage in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to acquire all privately-owned wells in the city to alleviate the troubles of the citizens. Currently there are 784 private wells in the city and the BMC is to solicit the Collector’s assistance in acquiring them. While the [...] Continue Reading »
The CBI on July 16 told the CBI court that a part of the missing Rs 300 crore in the Vanpic port project deal was invested in YS Jaganmohan Reddy’s firms. Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) government which had entered into a deal with state government to construct Vanpic project gave Rs 450 crore for land [...] Continue Reading »
DLF, India’s biggest real estate firm, which is looking to divest its non-core assets to trim debt, has reportedly reached an understanding with the Lodha Group to jointly develop its 17-acre Mumbai Textile mill plot. DLF had bought the land from the National Textiles Corporation for Rs 702 crore in 2005. It has since considered [...] Continue Reading »
The Punjab and Haryana high court order barring developers from using ground water continues to draw sharp reaction from developers. The developers blamed the government stating that in spite of collecting external development charges (EDC) and infrastructure development charges (IDC) from them, the government has put them in a precarious situation. They argued that Haryana [...] Continue Reading »
The hazardous waste being dumped in Hussainsagar Lake has been a contentious issue for the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA). In order to dredge the hazardous material out of the lake, the authority has decided to use the services of Environmental Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI). The lake cleaning project has been taken up [...] Continue Reading »
