Civic Issues
The farmers accused Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) of handing over the excess land through an absolute sale deed, instead of dropping the acquisition, thus depriving them of their homes. Over 100 farmers had been protesting for the past three days. On Saturday, two farmers fell unconscious. The farmers allege that that NICE, which [...] Continue Reading »
The Municipal Corporation Gurgaon (MCG) has decided to issue receipts to private builders in areas where there are no sewerage connections and where the tankers collect the wastes from septic tanks. The worst-affected colonies are those on the Golf Course Road and Sohna Road which are yet to be connected to the main sewer line. [...] Continue Reading »
The builder lobby which has till date cocked a snook at the Civic Body’s attempts to stop malpractices in the real estate sector, will now have a tough law to deal with. Monsoon session may see a policy that imposes stricter punishment on builders who quote built-up area prices, developers are not amused. This monsoon [...] Continue Reading »
Lost a portion of property in the road-widening exercise, get ready to pay tax for the entire property you once owned. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is busy serving notices on owners to pay up property tax for structures that have vanished in the road-widening exercise. Generally, the tax wing has to revise tax [...] Continue Reading »
By August, the State Information Commission (SIC) plans to introduce the option for applicants to check the status of their RTI application through SMS and through the SIC website. Pointing out that this would spare applicants the effort of making a visit to the commission in person to enquire about the status, Sripathi added that [...] Continue Reading »
Haryana government had said a proper notification would be published for guidelines for private developers to follow while issuing advertisements. Even a month after the Haryana government announced guidelines it is yet to issue a public notice. The public notice would be published so that the common man has access to contact details of officials [...] Continue Reading »
Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Thursday demolished illegal portions of 29 properties in south Delhi. Continuing its drive against encroachment, 29 properties were razed in localities such as Satyaniketan, Malviya Nagar, Chhatarpur Extension, Chhatarpur Enclave and other areas of under its jurisdiction. After demolition, a report of these properties was sent to the discoms [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai builders take Mhada for a 228 crore ride. Under Mhada rules, builders have to surrender part of the built-up area of redeveloped properties. For the past 20 years, builders have not given up surplus area. Source said that some Mhada officials are believed to be part of this nexus with the builders. On Thursday, [...] Continue Reading »
The Thane civic body has launched an online portal to clear building proposals. Director or other equivalent officer will scrutinise the proposal online and approve it. As Thane is small city and no major developments like Mumbai, online approval will work effectively for Thane. It will also help to streamline the realty sector and bring [...] Continue Reading »
Rain on Tuesday evening exposes MCD’s tall claims of being ready for the rains. Only a few hours of rain was enough to wreak mayhem in the city. Traffic was disrupted on several main roads, several arterial roads were flooded, traffic lights went on the blink and vehicles were caught in a gridlock. The Central [...] Continue Reading »
