Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act
BMC is coming up with a new mechanism to find out and demolish the illegal constructions or the changes that have been done in a building or apartment in Mumbai by making a special team of officials who will be responsible for eradicating such structures. This motion will be public from May onwards where at least [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra Government has decided to give the developers in Mumbai an opportunity to use 100 percent of basement area in an upcoming building for parking facility. This initiative has been taken by the state in an attempt to avoid the parking woes caused by the occupancy of roadside spaces by cars. Currently, only 50 [...] Continue Reading »
Oshiwara residents organisation has approached the Bombay high court demanding the allotment of two plots, one of which is the only open space in the area. Both the plots are reserved as one for a playground and a the other, a municipal school. The division bench of chief justice Mohit Shah and Justice Niteen Jamdar [...] Continue Reading »
Maharashtra state would bring a policy to re-develop dangerous and illegal constructions in the state said Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in a debate in the Legislative Assembly. There were 1,106 dangerous and 57 severely dangerous buildings in Thane and majority of these buildings are illegal structures, said Chavan. As per the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning [...] Continue Reading »
The Bombay high court had, on February 3, directed the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) to act against all unauthorized constructions in the municipal limits within six months. The administration however had sought an extension of a year. The deadline ended on August 3. The high court, after hearing on PCMC’s appeal filed on July [...] Continue Reading »
