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Citizen groups and other bodies scrutinizing the BMC maps have so far found 550 errors in classifying the city’s open spaces. Many open space plots have been wrongly recorded as being used for some other purpose or marked as ‘vacant land’. There are also instances where partially constructed plots have been shown as open spaces. [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to frame a new policy to keep noise pollution to minimal at construction sites. With increasing construction of properties in Mumbai, noise pollution is also on a rise. The number of complaints related to noise pollution is increasing day by day. A policy is needed to keep a check [...] Continue Reading »
From now onwards, the tenants staying in building owned by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have to pay for the repair works carried out in their properties. Around 53000 tenants who live in 9897 BMC owned buildings have to shell out money for the same. Earlier, the municipal corporation used to fund for all the major [...] Continue Reading »
Bombay High Court has recently directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to raze the illegal structures which have been rebuilt again. This came into light after a housing society in Santa Cruz filed a petition against an unauthorized construction in front of a division bench. Hearing the case, the two Judges involved reminded the civic [...] Continue Reading »
A new policy is in the making by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) regarding new cellphone towers in Mumbai. According to the draft policy, the new cellphone towers to be built on the terraces have to be out of bound for residents of apartments in Mumbai. The policy has been formulated following the guidelines and instructions [...] Continue Reading »
Can the civic body make a new development plan without asking the slum dwellers? Though Mumbai city comprises of 70 percent slum dwellers, the civic body has established its new plan without consulting them. Till now the development plan has not done anything for the urban poor. The development plan has not made any housing [...] Continue Reading »
Several citizens have complained about the illegal hoardings which was put up by various political parties in Mumbai. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started to take actions against the hoardings after they received complaints from the citizens. BMC chief, Sitaram Kunte ordered employees to crack down the illegal hoardings. The hoardings, whoch include the death anniversary of [...] Continue Reading »
To increase the redevelopment work of the damaged buildings, the BMC has come up with an improved market policy to make it productive for developers. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will certainly levy less quality on the sale component of the project and for fungible FSI the estate department will not charge anything. The development plan department will charge [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to levy tax on tanker companies which draw water from private wells. The civic body has already sent a proposal regarding rampant drawing of water from wells for commercial purpose to the state government for permission. The BMC does not have the power to take those wells as [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai- Sandhu Palace, the tallest tower on Pali Hill, which is supposed to be the most expensive controversial residential building of Bandra, is up for sale. In October, Sandhu Developers, has put the property for sale at a price of $147 million, or around Rs 800 crore. More than Rs 60,000 per sq ft, was being [...] Continue Reading »
