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Over 350 families living in Vikram Nagar and Valmiki Colony were asked to produce ID cards. Those who didn’t carry any had to call their family members to establish their identity. Vehicle owners had to sport special stickers on their vehicles to access and exit the parking lots. Bansi Lal, a 67-year-old trader from Kotla [...] Continue Reading »
BDA’s announcement on compensation has brought cheer among lakhs of farmers, the site-desiring middle-class Bangaloreans are a worried lot – as that dream BDA site may now be out of reach. The proposed record hike in the price of BDA sites is bound to come as a blow to the middle-class Bangalorean. Behind this dramatic [...] Continue Reading »
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) commissioner appealed to the people not to purchase unauthorised constructions. He said building plans would be made available at all citizen service centres soon. On footpath encroachments, commissioner said removal of encroachments would be taken up in the first week of every month for the next four to five [...] Continue Reading »
Last laid in 1994, the stretch of 60 Feet Road in Annanur near Avadi, Chennai has remained without a tar top for several years. “A day’s rain is enough to make it a slushy nightmare,” said V Gopalan, secretary of the resident welfare association. Even if the municipality agrees to relay the road, it will [...] Continue Reading »
The BMC this monsoon faced a public outcry due to the shoddy state of the roads that have been pockmarked with potholes and bad surfaces. Shoddy pothole repairs were also repeatedly carried out. The corporation currently has a shortage of around 80 engineers in the roads department, which has a cadre of 400 to 450 [...] Continue Reading »
Locals and various RWAs had staged a huge demonstration against the road-widening project in Sankey Road. Later, Malleswaram Residents’ Welfare Association member Dr Meenakshi Bharat and five others moved the high court against the project. The petitioners contended that the widening of the road would only increase the rate of accidents and pedestrians and students [...] Continue Reading »
The USP of a property in Dharavi is that it can be used either for residential or commercial gains. The owner can make a good sum if he uses it for commercial purposes. If, instead, he diverts the property for residential purposes, he will charge a high rent to compensate for the loss of income [...] Continue Reading »
For many, Independence is like a point in history. The words ‘freedom’ and ‘liberty’ need to be revisited. The constitution provides us with a rule of law and an ideal that we need to strive to achieve our goals.It’s not only saluting the national flag and giving speeches but also taking the Constitution’s ideals forward. [...] Continue Reading »
The senior town planner (STP) has asked the district town planning department and the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) to deploy officials for conducting surveys and submitting reports on the violation of construction norms in buildings having flats for the economically weaker section (EWS) at the earliest. The STP has written to nine developers — [...] Continue Reading »
A court-appointed monitoring committee which met on July 15 had recommended disconnection of amenities and cancellation of trade licenses in Chennai. It decided to look into the possibilities of sealing unauthorized portions to take up demolition. It also recommended the formation of a special task force with different local body officials to take action against [...] Continue Reading »
