Civic Issues
The Bombay high court had, on February 3, directed the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) to act against all unauthorized constructions in the municipal limits within six months. The administration however had sought an extension of a year. The deadline ended on August 3. The high court, after hearing on PCMC’s appeal filed on July [...] Continue Reading »
Vidyamanyanagar, Bangalore lacks tarred roads and streetlights. There is no proper drainage facilities in the area. Residents have been denied of basic civic amenities. As there is a dearth of drinking water facilities, the residents end up paying Rs 300 to 400 for the water tank. The residents also complained neglected vacant sites. They say [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Sector 56, Gurgaon have started drinking bottled water because the water from the tap is so dirty that even purifiers can’t filter it. Every other person in the neighborhood is falling sick. Open pools of sewage in the vacant plots are also poisoning groundwater.This has led to contamination of drinking water and the [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi government promised the regularization dream to lakhs of people residing in 1639 unauthorized colonies awaiting legalization. Urban development minister Raj Kumar Chauhan says he wants atleast 50 more localities to be regularized. The government is in the process of finalizing the tentative boundaries of 69 more colonies. If MCD standing committee’s approves these [...] Continue Reading »
Many buyers occupy their property before procuring an occupancy certificate. If a consumer starts using a property without a certificate, he is as much at fault as the builder. Corporators have demanded that when it comes to high-rise buildings, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) should not issue occupancy certificates, even to individuals, unless they get [...] Continue Reading »
Sewage treatment plants (STPs) are mandatory for all apartments in Bengaluru, especially in areas not covered by the underground drainage system.The STPs are immensely beneficial for the apartments. Installing the STPs helps the apartments to recycle the water. Many apartments, even in the areas where underground drainage network is present, have installed the system. Getting [...] Continue Reading »
The Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) had directed the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to clear Layout Regularisation Scheme (LRS) applications by September and Building Penalisation Scheme (BPS) files by July-end. The maximum number of pending applications is in L B Nagar and Kukatpally municipal circles where scrutiny was not done by the town [...] Continue Reading »
Houses for the middle-income group will have a wall-to-wall carpet area of up to 816 square feet, a preferred standard measurement approved by the Union ministry of housing. If one calculates the additional super built-up area, it would be 1,101 square feet.The municipal corporation or urban development authorities deduct 40% from a land owner for [...] Continue Reading »
In Ahmedabad, you cannot have any commercial activity near a road up to nine metres wide. A road that is between nine and 12 metres wide would allow mixed land use while an 18 metre wide road would allow only commercial activity. When the new General Development Control Regulations (GDCR) norms came into effect, the [...] Continue Reading »
The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation ( PCMC) has made water recycling facility mandatory for housing schemes.The state government had issued a government resolution (GR) on August 7, 2010, approving the civic body’s proposal to make it mandatory for builders to provide water recycling facility on schemes measuring 4,000 sq.m or 1 acre. Municipal commissioner Ashish [...] Continue Reading »
