Encroachments
A demolition drive was carried out by the Noida Authority on Wednesday to remove encroachments in the way of the Faridabad-Noida-Ghaziabad (FNG) corridor, so that work on the corridor can be accelerated. The demolition drive was conducted by an anti-encroachment team from Noida’s Sector 139 area. The drive resulted in the flattening of approximately 8,000 [...] Continue Reading »
Shortage of funds has made it difficult to start with the conservation process of 16 unprotected monuments. With no government instated in Delhi currently, officials say clearances for Phase II of the project—conceived by Delhi government’s archaeological department and Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (Intach)—could take several months. Meanwhile, there have been [...] Continue Reading »
In the wake of land mafia and other influential people grabbing vast stretches of government land in prime locations in the city, the state government has finally woken up to assess the exact volume of land encroached and now want to take steps to free the properties. In a recent meeting of city management group [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai- Juhu residents allege that the airport authorities are cutting lot of trees without taking approval from the respected authorities. However the authorities denied the allegations saying that they have cut only the unwanted bushes and shrubs. According to them, they have cleaned the bushes so that the slum dwellers do not indulge themselves in [...] Continue Reading »
Lessees and occupants of Maharashtra state government land will have to display certificates, declaring that their properties were granted by the government. A notice board has to be displayed on the building premises or on compound walls, visible to the public from now on. State government officials say that this will help the government to [...] Continue Reading »
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) to remove encroachments from Sector 17. The court has ordered Huda to develop a market place at the encroached site for the convenience of residents in the locality. 550 families dwelling in the area had been building pressure on Huda to [...] Continue Reading »
With the Supreme Court’s order to demolish illegal constructions in Pune, there were about 44,000 sq ft which were cleared against encroachments in separate operations initiated by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Pimpri Chinchwad New Township Development Authority (PCNTDA). There were about three structures demolished by the PMC of about 19,500 sq ft in Hadapsar. Since [...] Continue Reading »
Noida Authority has demolished several unauthorised constructions spreading across 25,000 square metre land in two villages along the Greater Noida Expressway. Constructions worth Rs 500 crore have been demolished in Shahdara and Nalgarha villages. While unauthorised construction on 10,000 square metre land in Shahdara village has been demolished, unauthorised construction on a 15,000 square metre [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been able to reclaim the Lagoon Road after 30 years. In a major demolition drive, officials of P-north ward office have razed over 100 illegal shanties, 30 commercial structures and at least 12 illegal garages to clear Lagoon Road in Malwani area in Malad (West). Encroachment has been rampant [...] Continue Reading »
Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), Nagpur, is forced to scrap many schemes designed to offer for slum-dwellers. The reason being lack of demand as most of the target population has not shown any interest so far in most of the projects. The major problem seems to be the size of flats being built under SRA, which [...] Continue Reading »
