Illegal
Recently several cities in India are taking action against illegally constructed buildings. In Hyderabad also after a gap of around 20 days, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation or the GHMC has taken strict decision to make a renewal in the crackdown procedure of unauthorized buildings that have been constructed in the city. The Greater Hyderabad [...] Continue Reading »
More than 3,000 flat owners would be benefitted if the state government says “yes” to the Kanpur Development Authority’s proposal to compound illegal structures. To legalize the illegal construction, the state government has asked the authority to prepare a compounding policy. According to sources more than 3,000 buildings have been raised against the sanctioned map in the [...] Continue Reading »
Around 94 properties under the jurisdiction of South and North Delhi that had flouted norms have been demolished by the civic authorities. Around 19 properties in Panchsheel Vihar, Masjid Moth, Chirag Delhi, Nag Complex and Neb Sarai are demolished by the South corporation, while North civic body sent its bulldozers to 75 properties in City, [...] Continue Reading »
The South Corporation and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) have engaged in a dispute over the fate of farmhouses in the city. Both the agencies are fighting to establish their authority over the properties that will bring Rs 600-1,000 crore into the treasury as convergence fee. The dispute started when DDA passed a proposal to bring [...] Continue Reading »
In order to transfer ownership to a new buyer, a home buyer in Maharashtra had to do before selling a newly-purchased flat was to obtain a no objection certificate (NOC) from the developer. This process gave an opportunity to the developers to extract a large sum as ‘ transfer fee’ from the clueless buyer lieu of a no objection [...] Continue Reading »
In the wake of rising urbanistaion, the state revenue department is planning a policy to regulate urbanization and create special squads to keep illegal construction under control. When asked question related to illegal constructions, revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat told that a comprehensive policy will be announced in the next three months. He said the proposal [...] Continue Reading »
In 2007, the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) had cautioned Gurgaon that if it continuously uses groundwater at high extent, then the resource would be exhausted by 2017. But the Haryana government overlooked the warning and continued issuing licences to real estate companies which abruptly exploited the resource. According to experts, Gurgaon has been drawing [...] Continue Reading »
The properties of two separatists in Srinagar were sealed by the Jammu & Kashmir police for allegedly acquiring them using hawala money and by funding revolutionary activities. Hurriyat leader Ghulam Mohammad Khan’s house at Channapora in Srinagar and two acre land and the house of Abdul Razaq Lone and his son, Abdul Hamid in Sopore are [...] Continue Reading »
A three-storeyed building which was under-construction collapsed at M K Layout in Garudacharpalya 4th Main Road on Wednesday morning. A contractor, Mohan Nayar, was buried alive in the disaster while three children, who were playing in the basement area, luckily escaped. It is suspected that some more persons may have been trapped under the debris. [...] Continue Reading »
The Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (VUDA) had auctioned 21 plots in the year 2001, out of the land which was reserved for construction of a community centre. The auction was challenged in the High Court by the then president of the Sri Balaji Park Residents Welfare Association. The court called the act of VUDA as [...] Continue Reading »
