Construction
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 »
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 »
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 »
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has asked the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), at a discussion in the Assembly on Monday, to provide a report in connection with the increase in cost in construction of low-cost flats for poor. The cost of flats being constructed in different parts of the city had been generating a lot of [...] Continue Reading »
The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday stopped issuing new licenses to developers in Gurgaon, because of the depleting groundwater situation, which has come as a relief to the residents in the area as they have been facing severe water crisis. Most of the Gurgaon is dependent on groundwater and more than 60 MGD [...] Continue Reading »
In an expected reaction, industry body Assocham on Tuesday said the realty sector and investments in Haryana will be hit following the High Court order directing the state government not to issue permits for construction unless builders give in writing that groundwater will not be drawn by them. The body asserted that the order could [...] Continue Reading »
The Special Lokayukta Court on July 17 accused the Lokayukta police for not taking any action related to violation of rules by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). A complaint was filed by ex-councillor Lakshminarayana against the authority stating that BDA allowed conversion of land for residential purpose which was actually meant for maintaining a nursery. [...] Continue Reading »
The Punjab and Haryana high court has barred the state government and other agencies from issuing fresh licenses for any construction activity in Gurgaon unless builders gave an undertaking to not draw underground water. Raising concerns about the depleting groundwater level in Gurgaon, the bench asked the state officials to give details of how many [...] Continue Reading »
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) said that the market watchdog, SEBI, should categorize housing finance companies (HFCs) as a separate sector from Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) to attract more fund flows. It suggested SEBI not to club HFCs with NBFCs for the purposes of sectoral limits proposed for investments by [...] Continue Reading »
Do you know that rising construction activity and commercial establishments contribute in high pollution levels? No proper check has been done on pollution levels in Hyderabad city by the concerned authorities. Thousands of buildings are under construction spreading intolerable noise. Careless handling of building materials and lack of safety measures has been very annoying to [...] Continue Reading »
