Haryana government
On Tuesday, the Haryana government debated on a proposal to increase licence fee for housing projects. The proposal is to hike the licence fee by 100 percent for group housing projects; with the additional amount raised from developers to be eventually passed on to the buyers. Under the proposal, the ‘per acre’ licence fee for [...] Continue Reading »
An official release issued here said. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the state Cabinet here today, It said The Central government has given in principle approval for the project. It said the Badarpur-Faridabad Metro line upto YMCA chowk is likely to be completed by September 2014. A sum of [...] Continue Reading »
The official said the detailed project report (DPR) for the extension will be ready in another six months, a senior official of the Haryana government said. Once the DPR is ready, the Haryana government will approach the Centre for project approval. It will run alongside the northern and the southern peripheral roads, which are around [...] Continue Reading »
While taking back nearly 1,400 acres of land allotted for developing one of the country’s biggest special economic zones (SEZs) under the public-private partnership or PPP model the Punjab and Haryana High Court has questioned the Haryana government for taking no action against Reliance Industries BSE -0.26 % Ltd ( RILBSE -0.26 %) The state [...] Continue Reading »
The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) has asked Haryana government to address environmental concerns raised by various quarters in the state’s sub-regional plan, with the aim of preventing construction activities in Aravalis including Mangarbani forest. To demarcate the Mangarbani grove as a ‘no-construction zone’ and to limit construction to 0.5 per cent in the [...] Continue Reading »
The government is looking to shield Mangarbani sacred grove from any real estate development in the guise of recreational activities. The area is likely to be marked as ‘no construction zone’. The state government is committed to drop contentious provision of more construction in natural conservation zones (NCZs) such as Aravalis as it is under [...] Continue Reading »
Two meetings were to be held in March and April but were postponed due to intervention of PMO. The NCR Planning Board meeting is planned on Friday. Haryana government and the ministry of environment and forests are holding the first meeting on April 29 to work out the modalities for preparing the geo-reference of “forest [...] Continue Reading »
Allegations of anti-competitive practices against realty firm Ambience and the Haryana government on the development of a residential project in the city have been rejected by fair trade watchdog. The Competition Commission of India disposed of all three complaints against Ambience and the government filed by Moran Plantation, Mili Marketing and Parasramka Holdings, in an [...] Continue Reading »
The four-laning of 105-km stretch of National Highway-73 from Yamunanagar to Panchkula has been approved by The State Wildlife Board (SWLB). The NH-73 of 19.21-km, falls in the Khol Ki Ratan Wildlife Sanctuary and within the eco-sensitive zone (ECZ) of the sanctuary. As one of the two toll plazas falls in the ECZ of the [...] Continue Reading »
Even amidst stiff opposition from within the NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) and cautious notes from environment activists, the government went ahead to allow the construction beyond 0.5% and has given nod to tourism activities in nature conservation zones (NCZs). This was notably done only to accommodate the demand of Haryana government. It can be seen [...] Continue Reading »
