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Due to the collapse of an electricity grid, around eight states in North India had a major power blackout on Monday. It took more than half a day for the authorities to fully restore supply to Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chandigarh. It is considered that, the [...] Continue Reading »
The government is to take final decision on whether a lookalike of the Parliament building to be constructed near it. The decision will be based on the recommendations of a top parliamentary panel comprising Urban development minister Kamal Nath, parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Bansal, some prominent parliamentarians and leaders of opposition. The move gathered momentum [...] Continue Reading »
Any builders who undertake projects of five flats and more in Carambolim in Goa is to face demands charted out by locals which are passed by the Carambolim panchayat. In the gram sabha, members considered issues related to the construction activity in the village taking into account garbage disposal, water and power supply. Several members [...] Continue Reading »
The San Finance Corporation (SFC), which has Rajya Sabha member Ajay Sancheti (BJP) as a partner, has financed nearly one-tenth of the 103 flats of the scam-hit Adarsh cooperative housing society. Abhay Sancheti, another partner of the firm told the two-member judicial panel looking into Adarsh’s irregularities, that it ‘granted loans to 10 people’ who [...] Continue Reading »
In yet another instance of negligence on the part of pool owners, a person named Pankaj Dahim drowned in a swimming pool in Rajarajeshwarinagar. It was not an isolated incident but an addition in the series of pool accidents over the last few years. The incident exposed the callous attitude of the pool owners in [...] Continue Reading »
The Gujarat High Court has asked Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) chief to inspect all 908 high rise buildings in the city for fire safety equipment, and submit a report before the court. According to statistics, there are 1232 high-rise buildings in the city and out of these, 907 do not have fire safety no objection certificate (NOC) from the fire department. [...] Continue Reading »
Karnataka High Court rapped Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, for its inaction against illegal constructions and saying that BBMP. A Division Bench headed by Justice D V Shylendra Kumar was hearing Public interest litigation (PIL) against former Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda accused of illegally constructing a commercial complex in a residential layout. The PIL [...] Continue Reading »
Taller the structure, the more attention and visitors it attracts and Gujarat is all set for this. The state urban development department has confirmed the development of a policy, which is in the pipeline, that will allow tall buildings to come up in Ahmedabad city. A source in the department said buildings up to 40 [...] Continue Reading »
The opposition has demanded explanation from public works minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who is beleaguered by accusations of nepotism and corruption. The opposition parties have called for an inquiry into into the alleged Maharashtra Sadan re-development scam. The row started after Bhujbal made a statement in reply to allegations made by the BJP. The minister has been [...] Continue Reading »
A construction worker died and other two co-workers suffered injuries in a wall-collapse incident at an under-construction commercial complex near 80 Feet Road, Indiranagar. Mohammad Ashrab Ali, 19 died, while Ali Zaheer-ul, 30, and Yasin Ahmed, 25 injured, were shifted to a nearby private hospital for treatment. The incident took place on vacant land near Tangaiah [...] Continue Reading »
