Mumbai Municipal commissioner
Last Thursday the high court in Bombay was told that the municipal commissioner Sitaram Kunte have not been taking right decisions on the proposals for redevelopment of the cessed buildings whose proposed heights are more than 24 metres in the Dadar and Matunga region despite the court’s order. The law and enforcement department has been [...] Continue Reading »
In the early days, buildings were sold by carpet areas. In the 1960s, buildings began to be sold by built-up area (BUA), which includes walls and some passages, but excludes lifts, staircases, common passages, flowerbeds and other non-living spaces. The built-up area counted in the floor space index (FSI) was between 10% and 20% more [...] 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 »
