Delhi NCR
The builder held for inferior construction. The Economic Offences Wing of the crime branch arrested the builder, Avdesh Mittal, on Friday after investigations showed that the concrete used in construction of a five-storeyed building in the M Block market road in Greater Kailash-I was of poor quality and the structure can collapse in case of [...] Continue Reading »
Intensifying its drive against illegal construction in the city, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) carried out demolition in Defence Colony, Sarita Vihar and Sangam Vihar. MCD officials say that massive illegal construction was found in these areas. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has now started carrying out demolition in the upmarket areas of [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi Development Authority has sent a proposal to the Union urban development ministry that four towers be sealed to account for the increased FAR and the allotment process start for the rest of the flats. The urgency for allotment is also because DDA officials feel that if left unoccupied and uncared for, the flats may [...] Continue Reading »
Tech hub Bangalore tops the list in a new Morgan Stanley report on how India’s booming cities cope with problems from infrastructure to job creation. By 2030 India’s cities will be home to about 590 million people – nearly twice the population of the United States today. Its findings are based on a City Vibrancy [...] Continue Reading »
The Supreme Court today maintained its stay on a Delhi High Court order that sought to restrain the Centre from recovering service tax on renting property for commercial use. A bench comprising Justices Mukundakam Sharma and A R Dave said that the apex court’s interim order of January 13 will continue till further orders. The [...] Continue Reading »
The property tax department of the MCD will keep open the department on all Saturdays except second during February and March this year so that tax payers could file their self-assessment returns and deposit property tax without any hassles. Delhi Property owners got one more day in a week to pay their property tax. Mr [...] Continue Reading »
Residents welfare associations cannot be blamed for security lapses because of carelessness of security guards in a colony The South Delhi district forum said that if a resident receives injury due to the laxity of a security guard then it does not amount to “deficiency in service” on the part of the association which receives [...] Continue Reading »
IT-enabled parking management system eliminate human intervention and a solution to overcome control of parking lots by mafias, leakage of revenue and encroachment on non-parking areas in the Capital. The Delhi Government on Tuesday constituted a core group under the Chief Secretary to study the proposals on having an IT-enabled parking management system in Delhi [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) has asked hotels with more than 100 rooms, underground shopping complexes, buildings above 50 metres in height, district centres, oil and natural gas installations and outdoor stadium with more than 50,000 seating capacity to appoint fire safety officers under Section 29 of Delhi Fire Service Act. The building owners have [...] Continue Reading »
MCD is launching a new initiative – resident ward committee – under which RWAs will assist councillors in deciding expenditure for development work in their wards With an aim to connect better with residents of Delhi, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is launching a new initiative – Resident Ward Committee – under which RWAs [...] Continue Reading »
