Constructions
Away from the glass and steel spires of Gurgaon, a vast, dusty and virtually barren tract of land is at the centre of a row that threatens to derail not only the flourishing real estate sector, but also seal the fate of thousands of residential flats. The Supreme Court has ordered the Haryana government and [...] Continue Reading »
Despite an increase in vacancies and low business and investor sentiment, the office rent in various micro markets in Mumbai are still increasing. The main reason for increase in office space rental is that there is a lack of quality supply in superior locations. However, there is a basic scarcity of available good-quality, right-sized Grade [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Shalimar Township on AB road, one of the largest townships in Indore are facing trouble due to the construction of BRTS corridor. The 1000 plus vehicle owners of the township demand that there should be crossing on the lane as abrupt end to the service lane on either side of the entry to [...] Continue Reading »
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 »
