Municipality
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as many as half-a-dozen of errant builders have been served stop-work notices over the past week as a part of BMC’s anti-malaria drive. The notices were issued by the building proposal department of the BMC. The department officials said the developers could have to cough up a penalty of up [...] Continue Reading »
BBMP Bangalore will propose that Serviced apartments in Bangalore be considered as hotels. Till now Service apartments in Bangalore are paying taxes like any residential property. If the proposal comes through, the 200-odd serviced apartments in the city may have to cough up more tax. Most service apartments in Bangalore are located in Koramangala, Jayanagar, [...] Continue Reading »
After Mantri Developers which recently witnessed widening woes on Sampige Road, now the turn of Bannerghatta Road. BBMP Bangalore aims to make it 45 metres to ease the traffic congestion. This is one of the roads notified in the Revised Master Plan 2015 to be made a 45 metre-wide road. The Mantri Developers will have [...] Continue Reading »
The fund-hit BBMP has been over-generous in granting TDR certificates for portions of land it takes from residents for public projects, mainly road-widening. But there isn’t much clarity on the rules governing them. As on May 30, 2011, Bangalore property ownersh as surrendered 38.24 lakh sq feet area land to BBMP Bangalore and the corporation [...] Continue Reading »
Records show BBMP Bangalore planted about 3 lakh saplings across the city but has no clue on their condition now. The BBMP’s green measures have environmentalists seeing red, with good reason. The civic agency’s huge expenditure on saplings has the hallmark of bad planning and worse execution. The BBMP expenditure on saplings is reflected on [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai Tenants’ associations say that if the government wants to increase the supply, it should do so by levying a ‘vacancy tax‘ on vacant and unsold flats in Greater Mumbai. The associations’ call follows a recent proposal mooted by the Centre-draft Model Residential Tenancy Act 2011-to do away with antiquated rent control legislation and bring [...] Continue Reading »
With Wednesday’s Sampige Road widening saga, residents across the city need to be prepared for overnight demolition drives. BBMP Bangalore wants the private property of residents to expand roads. But it doesn’t have the money to compensate those losing parts of their precious homes. Hence it’s forcing TDR (Transferable Development Rights) for which the market [...] Continue Reading »
The Town and Country Planning Organisation under the urban development ministry lay down standards for design and construction of buildings. These ‘model building bye-laws‘ serve as a guide for states and urban municipal authorities to adopt in their respective local regulations for new construction. “You can go underground or over-ground (with multi-storeyed parking lots), but [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP Bangalore began the demolition drive at Mantri Mall on Sampige Road as early as 8 am and razed the 4-metre stretch of encroaching ramp using JCB bulldozers. In the process, a six-foot fence with decorative lamps was flattened. BBMP Commissioner Siddaiah said “We had repeated discussions on this issue and had informed them [...] Continue Reading »
The Centre is of the opinion that the current legal system has discouraged landlords from reinvesting in their properties as rentals have been kept artificially low. The Model Residential Tenancy Act, 2011 prepared by the housing ministry is intended to replace archaic rent control legislations that capped rentals, resulting in landlords getting a pittance for [...] Continue Reading »
