Construction
Pune: A 46-year old developer of Pune, Kumar Properties, has come up with its first luxury project named ‘Sienna’ at Hadapsar, Pune. the developer has planned to launch many luxury residential projects under its Privie brand. Spreading across four acres of land in a prime location, Sienna offers 3BHK and 4BHK apartments in Pune. It [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi-NCR: A total of 5.2 lakh residential units are under construction in Delhi-NCR of which around 1.4 lakh are lying unsold owing to weak demand, states a recent report by property consultant Knight Frank. Around 31 percent fall has been observed in the new home launches in NCR at 33,500 units during the second half [...] Continue Reading »
Chandigarh: Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has planned to stop giving upper time limit to allottees for completing minimum construction on residential and commercial plots. Earlier, it was directed that the allottee has to complete the minimum construction within two years from the date of possession of the plots. A HUDA spokesperson said that now [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started a survey in every ward to identify buildings which have been constructed on top of water pipelines in the city. Recently, a major water pipeline under a building in Govandi has bursted which took life of a resident leading the civic body to go on with this move. Now, two [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government seem not to be bothered about the issue of illegal buildings as no measures have been taken to implement a March 2009 order to set up special civic police stations and special courts across 22 municipal corporations to regulate unauthorized construction. Over 70 people lost their lives in a recent incident [...] Continue Reading »
Jaipur: The civic authorities of Jaipur are not bothered to inspect the quality of construction materials used by private developers in their projects, though they are given that responsibility, as per the building norms. The number of residential apartments in Jaipur is increasing rapidly. At present, there are around 20,000 apartments that are in construction [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi: The Delhi government has recently cleared a layout plan of East Azad Nagar in order to regularise illegal settlement. Just one day before the collapse of an illegal building in Thane that killed 74 persons, the Delhi government had cleared the layout plan of this colony. The last time when Delhi’s illegal colonies were [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi: The central government has given approvals to four road projects worth Rs 4,620 crore in Assam and Madhya Pradesh for the widening of National Highways. Three of the four projects are in Assam for widening of stretches of National Highway 37 under Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in North Eastern Region (SARDP-NE). The [...] Continue Reading »
As per a new construction technology, panels made of gypsum reinforced with glass fibre can be used as load-bearing walls replacing brick in a multi-storied building. They can also be used as floor/roof in place of reinforced cement concrete (RCC) slab and these slabs are earthquake resistant too. Rapidwall Building Systems, Australia, has developed a [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has announced an elevated corridor along 45 km stretch of Old Mahabalipuram Road, IT corridor in Chennai. It is expected to ease traffic and will provide a smooth ride to many IT professionals. In this regard, a detailed project report (DPR) will be prepared by government. Around Rs [...] Continue Reading »
