building bylaws
Landowners in Greater Noida will be hit hard if the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) changes its building bylaws. A new proposal, likely to be approved in the next board meeting, will make it mandatory for plot owners to build approved structures on their plots within five years of allotment, failing which could lead [...] Continue Reading »
The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) that has passed 33 building plans during a special camp which was held at its Patparganj headquarters in East Delhi. The East Delhi Municipal Corporation during a special camp that started on the 21st of July and is organized on every Monday for sanctioning of building plans and regularizing [...] Continue Reading »
The building bylaws of 1983 have no provision for the structural safety and stability of existing buildings. More perturbing is the data from the Susceptibility Atlas of India (2007), which shows that out of 33.8 lakh buildings, over 31 lakh are at medium risk during an earthquake and 1.46 lakh are at high risk. On [...] Continue Reading »
A division bench expressed satisfaction over the government’s new model of raising an army of “ward officers” to keep a tab on the constructions of their respective wards within the limits; almost a year after the PIL against illegal constructions in the city was filed in the Patna high court. A bench of Justice Navin [...] Continue Reading »
Taking into account the recurrent problem of illegal constructions and violations in zoning regulations and building bylaws within the limits of Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG), the state government has decided to levy a ‘composition fee’ for all the illegal constructions and variations from the sanctioned building plans. As per the officials, this is meant [...] Continue Reading »
The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has sealed 170 flats at Ghaziabad under the Amrapali Village Apartments in Nyay Khand-II, Indirapuram for violating building bylaws. The authority has found that the builder illegally constructing two towers with 68 and 102 flats inside its already existing Amrapali Village housing complex in Indirapuram. An inspection team has found [...] Continue Reading »
