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The district bar association of Gurgaon has proposed to finance the construction of 125 portable cabins as its facing shortage of over 800 lawyers’ chambers. The cabins will be built on the second floor of blocks A and B after the high court building committee’s approval. Satbir Singh Tanwar, association president said each cabin will [...] Continue Reading »
As suggested by the Centre, major states agreed to the plan of restructuring loan for power distribution companies (discoms) worth Rs 1.2 lakh crore, including revision of tariffs and roping in the private sector. The state government will take over half the short term outstanding loan after discoms issue bonds to lenders. The maturity of [...] Continue Reading »
Various Citizen Groups and transport experts have urged the government and local bodies to take interest in the proposed commuter rail service. In a discussion held among the citizen groups it was decided to make the local bodies a part of the discussion so that the project can be implemented soon. The proposal is to [...] Continue Reading »
In the current scenario, home buyers in India have little say in the interest rates on their loans. But products with flexible interest due can prove to be a big innovation in coming days as banks such as SBI, Citibank, Standard Chartered, HSBC, among others, are offering loans with flexible interest payable. The flexi or [...] Continue Reading »
While residents of Mumbai are reeling under water cuts and inequitable distribution of water, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has conceded that equal water supply in all areas cannot be realized until the water audit is complete. The BMC officials have stated each area’s exact demand is pre requisite to ensure equal supply to all [...] Continue Reading »
It is decided that no new constructions would take place in the area where the remains of the Akbarabadi Masjid found as the government’s Shahjahanabad Redevelopment Board was working on the development of the area. In the meeting held to discuss the alleged remains of the mosque, government officials agreed that a study should be [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court has asked the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to file an affidavit on the plan of action concerning the reconstruction of 1,640 flats for economically weaker sections (EWS) at Ejipura after a public interest litigation petition filed by allottees of flats. The petition stated that the original allottees of the flats [...] Continue Reading »
As the water stock in the lakes of the city is far from being sufficient, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is considering cloud seeding in catchment areas in the coming month as an option. Cloud seeding involves spreading either dry ice or silver iodide aerosols on clouds to stimulate rainfall. The civic body states that if [...] Continue Reading »
In the light of recent studies revealing that almost a third of groundwater aquifers are semi-critical, critical and over-exploited and 60 per cent of the groundwater blocks could turn critical by 2025, the government has come up with plans to change groundwater management rules. The government aims to pass a framework law under Article 252 [...] Continue Reading »
After having received complaints regarding undue delays in getting khata, plan sanction, violation of zoning regulations and bureaucracy in the BBMP from the builders, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)has offered builders under CREDAI (Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association- Karnataka), to work with the municipal agency towards a “slum-free city”. The invitation is laid [...] Continue Reading »
