land acquisition
On 23rd February 2015, farmers from riverbank villages in Andhra Pradesh joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Anna Hazare to protest against the amendments to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. There were 5,000 and more Krishna riverside farmers who wanted more compensation for their [...] Continue Reading »
The tender for the first phase of a new bus stand that is to be constructed in Mapusa was floated. The bus stand is to be built on a 20,000 square metre of land on the southern side and adjacent to the existing KTC bus stand. First Phase of Construction: The first phase of construction [...] Continue Reading »
The main problem facing by the PWD department in Delhi is the shortage of spaces for further construction and for those that are already under progress within the congested cityscape. The secretary of urban development, Delh has asked the Department to consider the proposal of developing a 50km elevated road in the city. This is [...] Continue Reading »
At a time when issues over land acquisition have stalled several infrastructure projects across the country, the UP government has included certain provisions to its Integrated Township Scheme, which are expected to benefit both developers and farmers. According to the new policy, real estate developers can partner farmers to develop projects under this scheme. They [...] Continue Reading »
Giving an impetus on increase in industrialization process State Government has asked officials to simplify the land acquisition process so that the private investors could get land easily without any hassle. The need of the hour is to simplify the land acquisition process for industrial units and for that all the development authorities should develop [...] Continue Reading »
Greaves Cotton Ltd, an engine and infrastructure equipment maker is in talks with multiple entities to sell its construction equipment manufacturing plants. It will sell all three assets at its Gummidipoondi, Tamil Nadu facility, Narayan Barasia, chief financial officer of Greaves Cotton, said in a telephone interview on Tuesday. On Monday, the company had said [...] Continue Reading »
Despite the obvious difficulties of acquiring land for the new capital via land pooling, the AP government seems reluctant about utilizing the readily available forestland in Krishna district. According to a report sent by the district administration, a large extent of degraded forest land is available at different locations. About 2,200 acres is available in [...] Continue Reading »
Hundreds of flat buyers under the banner of Noida Extension Flat Owners Welfare Association (NEFOWA) assembled on Sunday at Greater Noida West to protest against the one of the major issues raised by NEFOWA is the additional ‘land acquisition charges’ that builders are allegedly adding to the final settlement bills before handing over the flats. [...] Continue Reading »
The Noida and Greater Noida authorities have come to decision that they will be buying land directly from farmers for any planned development, including group housing projects. While this will provide help to the farmers get a higher rate of compensation and faster cut down litigation that has slowed down the real estate sector, it [...] Continue Reading »
The Union government apparently has efforts underway to set up an all-powerful specialized agency which will shoulder the responsibility of planning resettlement as well as rehabilitation of families displaced by land acquisition. According to unidentified sources familiar with the matter, the new board to be set up by the government to chart out resettlement and [...] Continue Reading »
