Green Living
The housing societies built for the lower-income group (LIG) under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) are all set to go green. On 14th December 2019, the Rajkot Municipal Corporation started a pilot project with the set up of solar-wind hybrid windmills at one of the projects on the Sant Kabir Road, known as Smart [...] Continue Reading »
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is possible to make rainwater harvesting compulsory for all buildings occupied and driven by institutions. It is the first of its kind move proposed by the Rainwater Harvesting Committee. A couple of days ago, the committee carried a meeting at the NMC head office which was organized by Mayor Sandip Joshi after [...] Continue Reading »
The National Green Tribunal slapped a short penalty of Rs 10 crore on a Faridabad builder for violating environmental norms that causing pollution for the city. The penalty was imposed after observing that the “environment is priceless. The green panel ordered the Haryana government and the state pollution control board to ban the project supporter – Smart Housing Pvt [...] Continue Reading »
With the National Green Tribunal (NGT) having banned construction work in the ecologically sensitive zone within the 10km periphery of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary, uncertainty surrounds the affected realty projects in Noida; and realty buyers and investors in the mentioned region are incurring losses on their investments. The NGT’s order to stall construction in the [...] Continue Reading »
The Modi government should take up tough measures to make sure that green technology is being used in matters of construction and realty space according to experts. This is primarily because of the massive and quick urbanisation the country is about to face. According to the CBRE South Asia Chairman and Managing Director Anshuman Magazine, [...] Continue Reading »
As India embraces urbanisation and confidently walks the talk of development, the new government’s next step should be to introduce stringent measures in favour of the use of green technology in the construction and realty space, say experts. CBRE South Asia Chairman and Managing Director, Anshuman Magazine says the construction and property markets are set [...] Continue Reading »
Green buildings are not only helpful in reducing the cost of your maintenance but will also make sure that you enjoy a better lifestyle in the long run. When Nair Manoj Kumar shifted to his new apartment at Ghatkopar in Mumbai, he didn’t know what a green building really was. He didn’t even have to [...] Continue Reading »
The government turns toward SC to buy 6 months time to establish an independent environment regulator which will check the projects requiring the green clearance and apply conditions for approval and impose fine on defaulters. The government also concluded that it requires minimum 6 months to complete the process. The ministry of environment and forests [...] Continue Reading »
Over the past seven years streets and flyovers silently invaded into the city’s green cover, intensifying the prickly heat. Since 2007, around 8,500 trees were brought down across the city for various construction and infrastructure projects, including widening of roads. Environmentalists alleged that the extensive tree-felling over the years contributed to the rise in average [...] Continue Reading »
GreenCo rating system’s objective is to create a structure to describe and consider how Green the company is and emphasize the way forward on how to turn Greener. Out of the total of 37 registered companies, 14 companies have been GreenCo rated currently. More than 70 companies are working on this rating system, apart from [...] Continue Reading »
