Infrastructure
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 »
Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway has collected around Rs.854 crore through toll tax since January 2008 till December 31, 2012. The amount collected has almost covered a huge portion of its initial construction investment of Rs. 1,240 crore. There were three toll plazas which are located at Delhi border (Sirhaul), Kherki Daula and Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) [...] Continue Reading »
Uttar Pradesh government has approved the two proposed routes of the Metro rail project in Noida. The two routes will be built as elevated corridors – a 3.9-km route between Kalindi Kunj and Botanical Garden and a 6.7-km City Centre-Sector 62 link. The total expense estimated for the project is around Rs 2,660 crore. The [...] 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 »
In a move to develop the infrastructure of the state, Uttar Pradesh CM, Akhilesh Yadav is planning to set up an infrastructure development fund from parts of profits from Noida, Greater Noida, GDA, LDA and other agencies. He also assured that the farmers’ interest will be protected. The CM announced this move at the inaugural [...] Continue Reading »
The first corridor in phase three of Delhi Metro – the Central Secretariat-Mandi House corridor via Janpath – will be operational by March next year. Delhi Metro is working on constructing a 3 km long underground pass to avoid the heavy traffic at Rajiv Chowk station. The chief of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said that, [...] Continue Reading »
Lucknow: In order to encourage mixed land use in the draft prepared for state urban housing and habitat policy 2013, the housing and urban planning department has recommended multi-centered pattern of urban growth along highways. Land pooling scheme is also suggested in case of compact area selected in consultation with landowners for urban development. Considering [...] Continue Reading »
