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The civic administration in Mumbai admitted saying that they had penalized the tender contractors and that the administration has put down the terms and conditions of the current tender. To uphold this, contractors are encouraging plants more than five in number to take over the tender contract. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has collected nearly 1.2 [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has a collaboration with one of the international firm to improve the city road conditions in Mumbai. The civic officials in Mumbai reported saying that one of the Swiss firm by name SGS has come forward to plan the proper construction of Mumbai roads. This firm is said to be responsible [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has introduced new property based tax system that would hit the vacant ownership as well as self-occupied properties in the Mumbai city. This property tax exemption holds good both for owner as well as the tenants of the new buildings in both residential and commercial segments. The property tax percentage is said [...] Continue Reading »
The Bombay High Court pronounced a split verdict on an appeal with Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The Civic Body under the jurisdiction of Maharashtra Rent Control Act was empowered reassess properties on the basis of steep market rents payable by individual occupants exempted under the rent law. The battle began when the civic body reassessed [...] Continue Reading »
Water meter reading project which was discontinued in April has been resumed by the BMC. They have already started installing the meters. 90% of the meters that were installed earlier were non-functional and the civic body had been charging consumers on the basis of last consumption. According to the hydraulics department, around 51,500 water meters [...] Continue Reading »
Bombay High Court on Monday while asking Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to ensure that precautions are taken by developers during construction of high rises referred to a recent incident when a coconut tree in a municipal garden killed a top official of a private equity firm. “Trees are falling in your gardens. People are dying,” remarked [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now promised to repair 164 pock-marked locations in the next four days. Fifty-three of these patches are in the island city, 85 in the western suburbs and 26 in the eastern suburbs. Since the onset of the monsoon, the civic administration has been facing flak over pathetic condition of roads. [...] Continue Reading »
Subodh Kumar’s new Development Control Rules (DCR) proposals will allow developers to build an extra 25% above the sanctioned FSI in a residential project, for which they will be charged 100% premium. For commercial buildings, the BMC will allow 15% additional built-up area and charge a similarly hefty premium. In a joint statement issued exclusively [...] Continue Reading »
BMC’s plan to levy a 100% premium on some areas like flower bed, parking and balconies appeared to have been made under the premise that developers were indulging in commercial exploitation. Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) recommended a maximum of 25% premium on compensatory FSI and that “this area should not be inclusive of [...] Continue Reading »
The new development control (DC) rules-to allow developers to build 25% over the permissible Floor Space Index (FSI) in return for a 100% premium to be paid to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-were passed unanimously by the civic body on Wednesday, the last day for filing objections and suggestions on the DC rulesnotified by the [...] Continue Reading »
