Construction
The Hiranandani Group is to construct low-cost affordable houses in Powai. The Bombay high court restrained the Hiranandani group from starting any construction in Powai. The Powai project has been under much controversy so far. Following a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging large scale violations by Hiranandani in building flats instead of affordable houses in [...] Continue Reading »
The government has modified the Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Bill–2012 to pass it. The bill seeks to regularize unauthorised construction of houses on government land in areas other than cities and towns. The modification came after facing pressure from the opposition. Opposition members had raised objection to a clause that provided for regularization of buildings [...] Continue Reading »
The Bombay high court has directed the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to clarify its stand on the excess allotment of floor space index (FSI) to Hotel Sea Rock. The civic body is being directed by the court after an FSI of 5.5 has been permitted in the reconstruction of Hotel Sea Rock at Bandra when [...] Continue Reading »
Taking a good initiative, Confederation of Real Estate and Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) has come forward to contribute its support to Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) against malaria. CREDAI has agreed to provide vehicles fitted with GPS. Each vehicle with six personnel will visit construction sites and monitor it for conditions that allow mosquito larvae [...] Continue Reading »
Many real estate projects in Mumbai‘s western suburbs have been halted in recent times due to the sluggish demand and new Development Control Rules (DCR). Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently came up with a list of delayed projects in Mumbai and the western suburbs accounted for 202 of the 326 stalled projects in the city. [...] Continue Reading »
The Zirakpur Municipal Corporation was directed not to sanction for construction of illegal colonies in the area by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Counsel for Zirakpur MC stated that the plans for unauthorised colonies were being sanctioned as directed by the Punjab government. However, HC puts stop on any further construction of unauthorized colonies [...] Continue Reading »
Local planning authority has sealed a six-storeyed residential apartment for violating various building norms. As per the master plan of the city, the building was being constructed on the land which has been classified as an industrial zone. Building construction was under way when officials arrived at the spot. They ordered the workers to stop [...] Continue Reading »
As traffic problem ails Bhopal, over 10 commercial complexes in the busy New Market allegedly have constructed shops in the basement reserved for parking, thus making the shops illegal. It has been pointed out as a contributing factor to clog the busy roads as visitors are forced to park their vehicles out on the road. [...] Continue Reading »
Any builders who undertake projects of five flats and more in Carambolim in Goa is to face demands charted out by locals which are passed by the Carambolim panchayat. In the gram sabha, members considered issues related to the construction activity in the village taking into account garbage disposal, water and power supply. Several members [...] Continue Reading »
The Bombay high court has restricted developer Vasant Sagar Properties Pvt. Ltd from carrying out any construction work beyond five floors. The builder had proposed to build a 13-storey residential building in Marine Drive, which violates the height limit of 28 meters. However, the builder said that all rules were being followed for construction and [...] Continue Reading »
