Civic Issues
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 »
A ‘cool roof’ is one treated with a coating to reduce the amount of absorbed solar radiation and heat. Research suggests that such roofs are more reflective that the conventional ones. Leading to savings on your AC bill. This, in turn, reduces carbon emissions and helps in promoting a cooler and a greener planet. To [...] Continue Reading »
The general body of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) had made a proposal citing that citizens paying property tax before August 31 will get a deduction on tax of 10 percent.This resolution was made earlier this month and was approved this Thursday. From the next financial year (2012-13) citizens will have to pay the [...] Continue Reading »
For the past three years, the BBMP and the BDA have been at loggerheads over the issue of building plan approvals and Occupancy Certificates (OC). The fight intensified after the elected body in the Palike came into being last year. The BBMP Bangalore has drawn up a list of 583 buildings within the BBMP limits, [...] Continue Reading »
For property buying in Pune, Zone certificate and the part-plan are important. PCMC Pune making a digital record of the Development Plan (DP). Making a digital record will help keep the fraudsters away and this will help citizens get the zone certificate and land survey numbers of fringe areas on the click of a mouse. [...] Continue Reading »
