Civic Issues
Maharashtra Government has approved the use of no development zones (NDZs) for industrial, commercial and residential activity in the state. This approval was given in the exit policy for special economic zones (SEZs). In the NDZ areas, a basic floor space index (FSI) of 0.5 will be allotted. The new industrial policy which was recently [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi- The project work of Kochi metro will now be handed over to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). This elevated metro rail covers 25km distance from Alwaye to Petta with 22 stations. On January 8, 2013, Federal Minister for Urban Development took this decision jointly with the Delhi government and the DMRC. A high level meeting was [...] Continue Reading »
The state government is planning to divide the water supply proportionately to the city as the water levels in Kabini and Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) dams went down. Bangalore was hit by drought last year, which resulted in the depletion of water levels in Cauvery basin reservoirs. From November 2012, new areas of Bruhat Bangalore [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- India’s largest engineering and construction company, Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T) declared that they will rope in an equity partner for its Rs 16,375 crore Hyderabad Metro Rail project. Hyderabad metro rail project is one of the largest urban infrastructure project in India which is under public-private partnership. This rail project will run along 71.16km distance [...] Continue Reading »
Infrastructure giants like L&T IDPL, Gammon Infra, IL&FS Transportation, GMR Infra and CAF South Africa are already going head over heels to bag Mumbai’s upcoming elevated rail corridor project. The railway corridor from Churchgate to Virar is planned at a budget of Rs. 20,000 crores, and will be Indian railways’ first and India’s largest public-private [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to take more time to clear the pending Building Penalisation Scheme (BPS) applications. This happened because the melas conducted for this purposes did not prove fruitful. The Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) department asked the Hyderabad corporation to clear 27,000 applications by December 31, 2012. But GHMC has completed [...] Continue Reading »
The residents who come under the Panshet flood affected housing scheme have demanded increase in floor space index (FSI) in their residential agreements. The Development Plan (DP) of Pune which is on hold for now has been asked for an amendment to provide extra FSI. The DP for old city areas is on hold with [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- The Delhi residents can now heave a sigh of relief as the government has relaxed the norms pertaining the construction of extra floors in residential flats with multiple ownerships. This step by the government was taken in order to eradicate corruption and get the building plans of the owners sanctioned as early as [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- The Accountant General (AG) questioned and asked for explanation from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) for not complying with the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000. Few questions which were raised included about mishandling of sweeping and transportation of garbage and delay in making the project operational. Although GHMC entered into an agreement with Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd in [...] Continue Reading »
Gurgaon- Lack of efficient public transport from Dwarka to Gurgaon has annoyed the commuters of Dwarka-Gurgaon. Thousands of people commute in the route of Dwarka-Gurgaon and the small number of private buses that ply in this route are not sufficient. The private buses run only in peak hours and the DTC buses are very few [...] Continue Reading »
