New Delhi
A day after Anna Hazare was taken to Tihar jail complex, the NCR witnessed protests, sloganeering, human chains, candlelight vigils and strikes undertaken by people from all professions and strata of society. The effect of Anna Hazare’s mass movement was felt in Gurgaon for the second consecutive day on Wednesday. Over 100 supporters of Anna [...] Continue Reading »
India’s largest developer DLF had said that it plans to sell developed assets, including IT parks and its hotels business as well as hotel plots to raise Rs 7,000 crore over the next two years. The company reported that the money from the sale of non-core assets was Rs 165 crore in April-June quarter. The [...] Continue Reading »
Over 350 families living in Vikram Nagar and Valmiki Colony were asked to produce ID cards. Those who didn’t carry any had to call their family members to establish their identity. Vehicle owners had to sport special stickers on their vehicles to access and exit the parking lots. Bansi Lal, a 67-year-old trader from Kotla [...] Continue Reading »
Owners of 140 flats of a co-operative group housing society in east Delhi’s Indraprastha Extension are facing a demolition threat. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) issued a show-cause notice to Saraswati Group Housing Society Ltd on August 5, stating that the supporting pillars of parking space of the 140 flats would be demolished, which [...] Continue Reading »
Many Delhi Development Authority (DDA) flat owners, who have been trying hard for many years to get the norms for installing lifts changed are now happy. DDA has now changed the norms and lifts can now be installed in its flats if the majority of flat owners in a building with six to eight houses [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi government promised the regularization dream to lakhs of people residing in 1639 unauthorized colonies awaiting legalization. Urban development minister Raj Kumar Chauhan says he wants atleast 50 more localities to be regularized. The government is in the process of finalizing the tentative boundaries of 69 more colonies. If MCD standing committee’s approves these [...] Continue Reading »
In Lajpat Nagar III, New Delhi, the pipelines are very old and were laid nearly 25 years back. Over a period of time they have rusted and sewage water gets mixed with drinking water which is supplied to the area. While residents have been complaining to the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) but they claim till [...] 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 »
Land acquisition in Sahberi and Patwari, where over 30,000 apartments and plots were sold, has been declared illegal by courts. The Allahahad High Court is due to hear cases regarding more villages this week, but the fate of nearly 70,000 apartments in Noida Extension is uncertain. Demands for higher compensation have spread to neighbouring areas [...] Continue Reading »
Many flats which were built in the Commonwealth Game (CWG) Village have exceeded their sanctioned floor area ratio (FAR) after construction. The Centre will give its nod to flats only after developers pay the penalty for extra construction apart from FAR. Those flats which have exceeded by 5% of the sanctioned FAR are compoundable and [...] Continue Reading »
