Prithviraj Chavan
In the run-up to the elections, the Prithviraj Chavan government in Maharashtra has been busily allotting more floor space index (FSI) to real estate projects. The Urban Development Department accounted for the second highest number of files cleared by the Chief Minister’s Office across 49 departments between June and September this year. A total of [...] Continue Reading »
When 65-year-old Ranjana Kamble, who has lived for over two decades in a tiny shanty in Dharavi’s Shatabdi Nagar, moves into a brand new ‘1 BHK’ flat in a multi-storey building in the coming weeks, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will no doubt want to present the relocation as a feather in the cap of [...] Continue Reading »
There is some good news for the tenants in Maharashtra as the Maharashtra government has been able to bring some clarity over the property and tenancy rights. They have done it by strengthening the revenue administration in a responsible and time-bound manner. Land disputes are common in a fast-growing economy; however some governance is needed in [...] Continue Reading »
A source says that RDSO is likely to issue ‘speed certificate’ to Mumbai Metro. The RDSO concluded that this will provide the path for the operator Reliance Infra obtaining safety certificate. A source added that the process of issuing the certificate for the Mumbai Metro is almost completed. The trial report is nearly ready and [...] Continue Reading »
A complaint was filed in the Bombay high court by a Thane resident claiming that two civic bodies had authorized cluster redevelopment in their areas without doing any impact evaluation study of the scheme. On March 19 hearing will be done on the PIL filed by Dattatray Daund. Daund alleged that impact assessment study should [...] Continue Reading »
If a notice of motion likely to be taken up during Tuesday’s civic general body meeting is accepted, Redevelopment of properties in suburban Mumbai will receive a major fillip. There is a proposal for raising the cap on floor space index (FSI), which can be utilised for such projects by paying a premium amount to [...] Continue Reading »
Ruling DF government is yet to decide on which proposal it should accept for redevelopment of old structures deadlock. NAVI MUMBAI: As the ruling DF government is yet to decide on which proposal it should accept for redevelopment of old structures deadlock over finalizing the FSI for decaying buildings in Navi Mumbai continues. City and [...] Continue Reading »
Maharashtra, Congress-NCP government has already gone into the election mode. On Friday the traditional vote bank, the government will bring in bill, in a serious bid to despair slum dwellers with a proposal to regularize nearly 400,000 illegal slums in Mumbai and rest of Maharashtra. The government proposes to extend the earlier cut off date [...] Continue Reading »
The state government has asked for a legal opinion whether a review petition against the recent Supreme Court order of removing the “private forest” tag attached to huge swathes of land across the state, should be filed. The ruling has brought relief to at least five lakh residents and builders linked to hundreds of acres [...] Continue Reading »
Sahar elevated road corridor and Terminal 2 of the Mumbai international airport was opened for the public on Feb 11. Sahar elevated road is a 2.2 km stretch connecting Western Express Highway (WEH) with the new Terminal 2 of the International Airport. It was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. He pointed out that [...] Continue Reading »
