Cities
The removal of the toll plaza seems to have given Gurgaon just more than the smoother traffic. If real estate experts, dealers and builders are to be believed, there is already increased activity in the real estate market and prices in Gurgaon could see an increase of about 10 to 20%. Sanjay Khetarpal of Arambh properties [...] Continue Reading »
Flanked by the Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Congress MP and party’s vice president Rahul Gandhi laid the foundation stone of country’s largest international terminal market for fruits and vegetables, flowers and dairy products in Gannaur, Haryana. The market would be constructed over an area of 536 acres of land at a cost of Rs 1,500 crore. Also present [...] Continue Reading »
Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, authorities are planning to have two more automatic parking lots. Both in Sector 22, one at the Shastri Market and other at Kiran Cinema, inspite of its failure to successfully run the city’s first automated parking lots in Sector 17.On its upcoming meeting to be held on February 25,this issue is going [...] Continue Reading »
The ongoing excavation for construction of a building in an existing housing complex near Selaulim canal in the Quepem area of South Goa district raised apprehensions among occupants about the danger to their building, as there was no setback kept and the excavated pit was flooded by groundwater springs during digging. Machinery for the excavation [...] Continue Reading »
On being reported by the national newspaper that Sector 20 was littered with garbage across its lanes and parks for over a month, the Noida Authority rushed into action to clean up the mess swiftly. Residents took note of the Authority officials who visited the sector and take stock of garbage lined up early in [...] Continue Reading »
The NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) has given the green signal for more construction activities in ecologically fragile zones like the Aravalis. This step will not only allow more commercial activities in the name of tourism but also will give the state governments virtually a free hand in deciding how they to want to use these areas. All [...] Continue Reading »
Though the district administration and civic body are of the firm view that the encroachments need to be demolished, both sides have been playing the blame game. Rashtriya Jagran Manch, a local voluntary organization demanded the boundary demarcation of the ashram and neighbouring Blair Colony. Ajay Gaur, general secretary of the organization voiced his concerns [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is planning to undertake a complete makeover of its flats, adopting snazzy, contemporary designs for its latest batch of energy-efficient ‘green’ flats which are to come up in the next two years. With this, the authority would be doing away with its 50-year-old practice of enforcing the same bare-minimum, uniform [...] Continue Reading »
Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung is highly likely to give green signal to the Delhi Development Authority’s plan to set up residential units along ‘facility corridors’ in the Capital. Once passed, this amendment in the Master Plan Delhi 2021 will open new areas in the city for housing projects. Regions located on the outskirts of Delhi including [...] Continue Reading »
Under the Rs 50-crore heritage renewal project cleared by the Ministry of Tourism, the Town Hall is to get a makeover; developing the historic landmark as a major tourist attraction. Although the project has been proposed by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), under whose jurisdiction the nearly 150-year-old building falls, the funds for the [...] Continue Reading »
