Civic Issues
The West Bengal Government has legalized the sale of housing land in the satellite township of Salt Lake on the eastern fringes of the city. According to the legalization plan, the leasehold plots will be made into freehold ones following the payment of a transfer fee of Rs 5 lakh a cottah. The decision will [...] Continue Reading »
The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has decided to take up development works in the HBR layout at Rs13.65 crore. The authority will spend the amount for construction of better roads, drains and culverts. The BDA has also proposed that the development works would be completed within three to four months. They are planning to construct [...] Continue Reading »
On the occasion of World Environment Day, Allahabad residents have taken pledge to boycott the use of polythene bags in the city. The residents have come up with a slogan “Save Natural Resources and Environment” for the same. A door to door campaign was conducted to spread awareness about protecting environment and forest conservation. Even [...] Continue Reading »
The Haryana cabinet has approved the proposal of the department of town and country planning to increase the license fee for residential plots, group housing and industrial colonies. The increased rates of license fee may impact property rates, especially in new colonies and coming up projects in Gurgaon, Faridabad, Sonepat and Panchkula districts. The cabinet [...] Continue Reading »
The home buyers who have applied for the next year’s draw of lots by the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) may have to wait for two years to get possession of the homes. In the course of its annual lottery, senior MHADA officials announced that they would be releasing a total of 4,272 [...] Continue Reading »
The Coimbatore Municipality has proposed to collect a fixed amount as security deposits from the builders, so that they will not violate the Building Laws. The amount will be refunded back to the individual after the completion of the structure and assessment to ensure whether there are any violations in it from the approved building [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Dwarka have planned to save the life of a dying pond. The residents are living in apartments as well as in nearby Pochanpur Village. They started de-silting the pond with spades after authorities did not listen to their call for giving the pond a shot of life. The pond that looks more [...] Continue Reading »
Sewage is becoming a severe concern for the residents of various homes and apartments in Chennai. Residents of Mogappair West are affected badly as many of their stretches will be inundated with sewage water because of the absence of an underground sewage system. Residents fear that their underground water is becoming contaminated because of the [...] Continue Reading »
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has planned to construct a two storied parking facility at Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus as the present basement parking lot is choked in the wake of increased demand for parking of two wheelers. The proposed parking facility will be an extension of the existing parking facility that comprises two [...] Continue Reading »
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has taken up several civic projects, including the one undertaken to de-silt storm water drains, which are yet to be delivered. As all the projects are delayed, there is no chance of completion of those projects before the monsoon. And as they will not be completed before the rains, [...] Continue Reading »
