Awareness
The ‘Trends in Green Buildings’ workshop organized by The Weekend Leader in Bangalore saw the gathering of leading architects, builders and renewable energy experts. The workshop highlighted the importance of green buildings and their relevance in India. The speakers engaged in conversation with budding architects drawn from some of the finest architecture schools in the [...] Continue Reading »
The country’s largest listed real estate company, DLF‘s shares increased by 1.2 percent of Rs 197 after a report that the company is selling its plot in Mumbai. The report said that the plot is being sold to Lodha group and a private equity company for Rs 2,800 crore. A report in Economic Times said [...] Continue Reading »
With about 1,400 property owners resisting the acquisition of land, the execution of Hyderabad Metro Rail project is facing delay, according to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. The GHMC has so far managed to acquire 2,000 properties, but the corporation has to acquire 1,400 more properties. The Additional Commissioner (Planning), Mr K. Dhananjaya Reddy said that [...] Continue Reading »
Even as the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has proposed plots for construction of new Parliament House, government sources said that there was no plan to shift the parliament to a new building. Several MPs, including those from Congress and BJP have also indicated their opposition to shift Parliament to a new building. In a [...] Continue Reading »
A government data shows that water levels in India’s main reservoirs have gone down to 19 percentage points which is less than percentage from previous year. It was at 24% last year. The latest level has improved only five percentage points, reflecting the poor monsoon this year. Recently, the government showed its concern over the [...] Continue Reading »
No process of land acquisition will take place in Rewari till judicial commission submits its report to the Haryana government regarding the violence occurred on July 22. The violence occurred in a protest led by farmers against the land acquisition process. The judicial probe will be headed by a retired Justice of Punjab and Haryana [...] Continue Reading »
The construction work by tourism department at Buddha Theme Park and Lotus Park at Sarnath had not progressed since the last seven months. An international Buddhist conclave is to be held in Sarnath on September 29 and 30 with Buddhist scholars, devotees, tourists and other delegates arriving to the city. The only construction found at the [...] Continue Reading »
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has asked the Delhi High Court to stop any constructions at the site where remains of a mosque was discovered. The ASI also told the court that the Delhi Police is responsible for the site protection. High court has already stopped the construction work and directed the civic authority [...] Continue Reading »
The Builders’ Association of India (BAI) has suggested setting up an independent regulator for the cement industry following recent developments. D L Desai of BAI trustee said that the regulator should have quasi-judicial authority. He said that Competition Commission of India’s penalty of Rs 6,300 crore on 11 cement companies last month for violating provisions [...] Continue Reading »
Taking an initiative; the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) gained the right to levy a premium on transfer of its leasehold plots. The state legislative assembly approved a bill to modify the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (MMC) Act. The step is considered important that will impact redevelopment of over 41,000 properties in Mumbai. The bill provides levy [...] Continue Reading »
