illegal buildings
Most realtors prefer to buy wetlands near canals which can easily be encroached. As the real estate boom spreads to the outskirts, the invaluable wetlands and farmlands of Kochi are transforming into up lands for ‘basements’ for skyrises. Corporate lobbies and real estate giants are eyeing this fertile land and competing with each other to [...] Continue Reading »
As land and house prices soar in Bhubaneswar, cases of cheating by realtors are also on the rise.The Orissa chapter of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (Credai) launched a grievance redressal cell to help solve the problems of customers. The association believes this grievance cell would help to provide a fair [...] Continue Reading »
Registration of property transactions has witnessed a steep decline in the capital. In nearly all districts, the sub registrar offices have seen the number of registrations come down sharply. New norms in registration of property transactions is the reason for decline in the number of registrations. The state government has made it mandatory to produce [...] Continue Reading »
In perhaps a first, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a notice to the architect of an 11-storeyed building in Juhu, asking him to explain why he allowed his client to carry out construction beyond the approved commencement certificate plans. This is the same building to which the BMC had sanctioned 386 parking lots [...] Continue Reading »
The builder held for inferior construction. The Economic Offences Wing of the crime branch arrested the builder, Avdesh Mittal, on Friday after investigations showed that the concrete used in construction of a five-storeyed building in the M Block market road in Greater Kailash-I was of poor quality and the structure can collapse in case of [...] Continue Reading »
Intensifying its drive against illegal construction in the city, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) carried out demolition in Defence Colony, Sarita Vihar and Sangam Vihar. MCD officials say that massive illegal construction was found in these areas. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has now started carrying out demolition in the upmarket areas of [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to make things difficult for developers who procure building concessions and then misuse the space by selling it to flat buyers. Municipal commissioner Subodh Kumar has already started clearing projects by putting restrictions that clamp down on these violations. Today, most builders blatantly sell the flower bed area although [...] Continue Reading »
The Mumbai civil court has ordered the demolition of an under-construction building in Borivli (W). The judge has ordered Himanshu Shah of Noopur Developers to pull down the structure within four months from the date of the decree. The case dates back to August 2009, when 43 members of wings A and B of Megh [...] Continue Reading »
The practice of constructing illegal structures on public plots by obtaining stay orders sought from the city and civil court has only become rampant over the years. The BMC has requested the state government to bar civil courts in encroachment cases. If the proposal to amend the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (MMC) Act is passed, only [...] Continue Reading »
The BMC likely to generate a revenue of over Rs 70 crore by providing change of user certificate to as many as 700 illegal nursing homes across Mumbai. The deadline for the renewal is March 31, 2011. The BMC’s drive to regularize illegal nursing homes in the city has turned into a major windfall for [...] Continue Reading »
