Delhi
The Delhi high court was hearing petitions against DDA filed by applicants who alleged that 25,000 people applied for middle-income , low-income and janta (poor) category plots in the Rohini Residential Scheme, 1981, but are still awaiting allotment due to delay by the authority. The bench, which was not satisfied with the submissions of the [...] Continue Reading »
Many Delhi Development Authority (DDA) flat owners, who have been trying hard for many years to get the norms for installing lifts changed are now happy. DDA has now changed the norms and lifts can now be installed in its flats if the majority of flat owners in a building with six to eight houses [...] Continue Reading »
The Retailers’ Association of India along with the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India and Multiplex Association of India had moved the Bombay high court against the service tax on renting of commercial property.The main argument that the developers made was that tax department was misinterpreting the entry of taxable service “in relation [...] Continue Reading »
Social group People’s Action wants the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) to be made stronger with better infrastructure, otherwise development work will be affected as its staff keeps shifting from one department to another. So it asked for a Residents’ Ward Committee (RWC) for Gurgaon on the lines of Delhi to improve civic governance and [...] Continue Reading »
In Mumbai, Rs 10.08 crore was spent on a 4-BHK apartment with an area of 2,771 sqft on Senapati Bapat Marg. This 33rd-floor apartment is housed in an under-construction residential tower touted to be among the most sought-after properties in the area. This works out to a per sq ft price of Rs 36,400, which [...] Continue Reading »
Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), earlier this year had deployed 525 portable pumps and 14 high-discharged mobile diesel pumpsets in all its zones. Not only this, control rooms in all zones were made operational 24×7 to attend to waterlogging complaints. But all this could not prevent the chaos that Delhiites faced after Tuesday’s rains. Forty [...] Continue Reading »
The under-construction building which collapsed recently in Shalimar Bagh, Ghaziabad was built by the construction firm, Kranti Associates. Police is invetigating the case and came to conclusion that- builder’s elder son had not only ordered his workers “to use substandard cement, but also did not allow sufficient curing of the cement to save on electricity” [...] Continue Reading »
Delhiites’ demand to get power companies’ accounts audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) gained momentum on the second day of the public hearing on tariff petitions, as more Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) thronged the hearing to lay stress on their objections. But the discoms are not willing to budge. BSES has said that [...] Continue Reading »
Today real-estate projects in Gujarat have the highest quantum of super-built-up-area (SBUA) in the country, even more than some of the Tier-I cities like Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore. Developers in the state employ the maximum SBUA, which stands at 50% of the carpet area (defined as the actual area the buyer uses) of both residential [...] Continue Reading »
In the last 13 days,the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)’s south zone has taken sealing and demolition action against 99 properties, of which close to 75-80 were constructed on agricultural land. Intensifying its drive against unauthorized construction and encroachment, MCD demolished 10 properties on Monday, including one in Chattarpur Enclave which was razed to the [...] Continue Reading »
