Illegal Construction
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the three municipal corporations to formulate an action plan and offer suggestions for dealing with unauthorised constructions, especially buildings identified as illegal, in consultation with other agencies dealing with urban development and water and power supply. The commissioners of the corporations – East, South and North – appeared [...] Continue Reading »
The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has decided to stop the approval of conditional building plan with immediate effect to check the illegal construction of buildings under its jurisdiction, according to Housing and Urban Development Minister Pushpendra Singh Deo. Singh Deo said the BDA took this decision at its Board meeting in view of large-scale complaints [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharshi Dayanand University Teachers’ Association (MDUTA) has alleged that the state government got a bypass road and railway over bridge constructed through the university campus to favour a private builder whose township is located nearby. The road from the Delhi bypass towards Jhajjar was initially proposed to be constructed along a private township located [...] Continue Reading »
There seems to be no place for the poor in the Millennium City in Gurgaon though they have played an important role in its development. Apparently the authorities are trying to lessen the number of slums and provide affordable housing to the people from the economically weaker sections (EWS) of the society by continuously making [...] Continue Reading »
In Shimla now any kind of illegal construction could land a person in jail as the Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) has made amendments in the pre existing Act so that it can help to regulate the construction activity that is frequently undergoing in the tourist town. Since the past years the unplanned growth in Shimla [...] Continue Reading »
On Thursday, the Delhi High Court directed the Delhi government to file an affidavit on matters of illegal constructions in the Sainik Firms. All important details and bits of information have been stated in the affidavit concerning all the meetings held since the 3rd of February regarding this cause. The Delhi government council Zubeda Begum [...] Continue Reading »
Towards the illegal construction of farmhouses and concrete structures going on unabated along the Yamuna and Hindon riverbeds in the district, the development authorities of Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway seem to have turned a blind eye. The sale of unauthorized farmhouses along the two rivers continues with the authorities taking no concrete action [...] Continue Reading »
Recent order by the Allahabad High Court for the demolition of unauthorized construction in Noida could prove to be a tip of the iceberg as rampant illegal construction is being carried out in other Sectors too as claimed by the farmers’ body of the region. They said unauthorised structures have been raised by several builders [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi High Court had ordered Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to seal and demolish the unauthorized construction. The HC bench of Justice Manmohan pointed out that they are taking serious note of this issue. He also said that there should not be further unauthorized construction when the order of sealing and destroying has been [...] Continue Reading »
The Uttarakhand high court, on the illegal construction of the 13th floor of the palatial Swami Kailashanand Mission Trust building near Lakshaman Jhula in Rishikesh, has sought the state government’s response. The chief secretary has been directed by a single bench of Justice Alok Singh to personally scrutinize the matter and file an affidavit along [...] Continue Reading »
