Demolition
After residents and activists in Bhubaneswar protested against the construction of the illegal dike built on the path of the Gangua nullah, the state government moved into action and razed the illegal approach road to a bridge constructed over the Gangua nullah. Earlier locals belonging to ward No. 54 and 56 under the Bhubaneswar Municipal [...] Continue Reading »
Some twenty-five buildings were sealed by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) in Chennai recently. The sealing came after the Madras high court ordered for demolition as they are illegal structures. These twenty-five buildings are located in T-Nagar and were among the 64 illegal structures which were identified in 2007 for pull-down. It should be [...] Continue Reading »
It has come to notice that there are a huge number of illegal establishments in the Chandini Chowk of Delhi.The revealings emerged after Naval Kishore, a resident of Chandni Chowk has filed a Public Interest Litigation at the High Court of Delhi that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has not paid any heed to [...] Continue Reading »
In a move to do away with the illegal hoardings in Pune the civic administration had initiated a demolition drive. In five days the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation had brought down some six hundred hoardings. Additional commissioner of PCMC, Mr Prakash Kadam, has urged the citizens to not to set up such advertisements. The civic [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai Corporation has identified seven illegal buildings on Wednesday in the commercial districts of Mannady and Sowcarpet.The demolition work will be continued in the neighboring districts on Thursday. Most of the buildings received plan permits for less floors but continued to construct more floors than sanctioned. Madras high court-appointed monitoring committee will be scheduled to [...] Continue Reading »
Owners of 140 flats of a co-operative group housing society in east Delhi’s Indraprastha Extension are facing a demolition threat. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) issued a show-cause notice to Saraswati Group Housing Society Ltd on August 5, stating that the supporting pillars of parking space of the 140 flats would be demolished, which [...] Continue Reading »
We all know that builders do violate a few big and small Floor Space Index (FSI) norms. But due this, home buyers have to suffer. Similar situation happened when there was a CID inquiry being conducted into alleged violations of FSI norms in the apartments on Palm Beach Road, Mumbai. Some residents seem to know [...] Continue Reading »
In 2007, CMDA and corporation officials conducted a survey of commercial multistoried buildings on North Usman Road, South Usman Road, Ranganathan Street, GN Chetty Road, Thyagaraya Road and Venkatanarayana Road in T Nagar, Chennai and found that 64 had violated norms and didn’t file applications under any regularisation scheme. “Many of them had an FSI [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP Bangalore began the demolition drive at Mantri Mall on Sampige Road as early as 8 am and razed the 4-metre stretch of encroaching ramp using JCB bulldozers. In the process, a six-foot fence with decorative lamps was flattened. BBMP Commissioner Siddaiah said “We had repeated discussions on this issue and had informed them [...] Continue Reading »
