Municipality
Mumbai state government cleared 100% premium on the additional 25% Floor Space Index (FSI). While the premium charged on residential projects has been fixed at 100%, the premium for industrial areas will be charged at 125% while that for commercial projects will be fixed at 150%. Currently, builders are known to sell flats with added [...] Continue Reading »
Till Monday evening, as many as 210 complaints were still pending and only 156 had been closed. The maximum number of complaints came from the western suburbs. Of the 189 complaints registered from there, 121 are pending. The BMC has not fined a single contractor this year for not attending to potholes. In the western [...] Continue Reading »
About 150 people visited the headquarters when the master plan was displayed on the first day on July 22. On Monday, the visitors’ number increased to 250. The metropolitan authority had invited objections and suggestions from citizens on the draft master plan for Hyderabad Metropolitan Region a couple of days ago. The draft master plan [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) consumer activists and stakeholders to oppose fuel surcharge in bills. The commission had invited public opinion on fuel adjustment cost (FAC) formula. Under this, any variation in fuel and gas prices in the market will be passed on to the consumers as fuel surcharge in their energy bills. The hearing [...] Continue Reading »
All corporators of PMC Pune supported the paid FSI concept by saying that the Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) has not yielded results but the scams associated with it have only tarnished the city’s image.The FSI is the ratio of total floor area of a building to the size of the plot which indicates the [...] Continue Reading »
BMC Mumbai sinks Rs 64 Lakh in renovation of a half-acre park in Sion Mumbai. The shoddy work has already left much of the facilities unusable. Local corporator Upendra Doshi billed the BMC Rs 9.52 lakh for carpeting H B Shivdasani Udyan, the public park opposite SIES College, Sion (West), with red earth, revealed an [...] Continue Reading »
A safety audit conducted by the Fire and Rescue Services department in 2009 found that 90% of the buildings on Ranganathan Street in T Nagar had violated building norms, including fire safety rules. The department is unable to issue fire licences because of the lack of fire and safety measures.None of the 38 buildings has [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Mohali have welcomed the move of minimum fine for dumping domestic garbage in residential areas. Residents dumping household garbage at an empty plot near their residences would be fixed at Rs 500 by stating that by imposing a fine on residents dumping domestic rubbish, the local body would ensure that most residents do [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Tannery Road agree that road widening is necessary as it is a major thoroughfare for commuters heading to the Bengaluru International Airport and welcome the move. However, their grievances are with the BBMP, which is keen to acquire the land by issuing Transferable Development Rights (TDR) certificates instead of providing compensation based on [...] Continue Reading »
The authority and other departments like Fire department confirmed that no Noida Extension builder had sought NOC from it till date. “Though some builders had visited the department about their Noida Extension projects, till date nobody has submitted papers for NOC,” said chief fire officer Mahavir Singh. Builders, however, claimed that they started construction after [...] Continue Reading »
