Delhi
Compared to the last year’s Diwali celebrations in Delhi, this year’s Diwali has increased the waste by about 1,200 tonnes with heaps of crackers, wrappers and sweet boxes. About 1,000-1,200 metric tonnes of Diwali waste was generated this year according to municipal corporations. Last year’s Diwali eve had generated about 5,785 tonnes of waste and on [...] Continue Reading »
As per the Master Plan Delhi 2021 guidelines, the North Municipal Corporation is all set to impose a note on regularising unauthorised commercial property constructions. This move by the corporation will be aligned with the decision to implement the conversion process of the commercial properties in markets. However the note by the officials also stated that they will not consider [...] Continue Reading »
Dengue continues to take its toll on Delhi as thirty-eight more people have tested positive for dengue in the capital. With the fresh cases, the total number of people detected with the mosquito-borne disease this season reaches 1,326. All the 38 cases were reported from three municipal corporations. Five children were among those who have [...] Continue Reading »
The municipal corporations are finding it difficult to check structural safety of buildings as only less than 5% of property owners applying for completion certificates. The civic agencies are planning to convince the people of the country to incur the completion certificate. S.S. Yadav, commissioner, East Delhi Municipal Corporation said that in Hyderabad the owners [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Indirapuram housing society lodged an FIR against a developer claiming that the developer had not paid the electricity bill, due to which around 250 families in the society had to face a power blackout for over 12 hours. Similarly, residents of Eastern Heights Society in Nyay Khand-III also said that the developer [...] Continue Reading »
Despite the higher interest rates and economic slowdown, housing prices remained firm followed by limited supply, according to a Nomura report. The supply has also been limited for fewer projects in key markets like Mumbai, Delhi and other dues to the government approval delays. A recent report by the Reserve Bank stated that the house prices [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi’s skyline seemed to be changing soon. The cooperative housing societies in Delhi have shown keen interest in Delhi Development Authority (DDA)’s notification for higher floor area ratio (FAR) for existing group-housing societies. Since the additional FAR can be availed only for new constructions, cooperative societies are exploring possibilities of knocking down old constructions. The [...] Continue Reading »
Plans for buildings in the villages of Delhi got approved is set to get easier with the South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s (SDMC) decision to remove the necessity of producing any ownership proof. This move by the SDMC is expected to benefit lakhs of people living in the village who do not have an identification of [...] Continue Reading »
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s (SDMC) drive against the property tax defaulters is showing a positive result, as the civic body collected almost double of the tax collected by North counterpart. With the collection of almost Rs 672 crore till October 5, the South Corporation is way ahead of North Delhi Municipal Corporation which has [...] Continue Reading »
Delegation of Delhi farmers has met Union Rural Development minister Jairam Ramesh to convey their disappointment on the systematic watering down of a draft of the Land Acquisition Bill by the Group of Ministers. More than 300 special economic zones have come up on the fertile land of the farmers and they are not been [...] Continue Reading »
