Town Planning Department
Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has introduced a new penalty provision to boost its collection of property tax. This penalty is simple interest of 2 per cent on property tax for half a year, if the tax has not been paid by the end of the first quarter of that year. What this essentially means [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi- As instructed by the Director of Local Bodies, owing to shortage of funds by government regarding payment for layout plans for regularised colonies, the three municipal corporations of Delhi had held meetings with representatives of residents’ welfare associations (RWA). But the Commissioners of all three corporations could not make any move in this regard. [...] Continue Reading »
Ahmedabad- Residential real estate sector of Ahmedabad has observed a fall of 18 percent in the number of new schemes that were launched in 2012, reveals data by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). While the number of plans approved in residential segment has dropped down significantly, the number of plans approved by the AMC in commercial [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has violated the Karnataka High Court’s order by granting permission to construct nine commercial complexes in Malleswaram. An interim order passed in January, HC said, it will not be giving permission to reconstruct or redevelop residential areas near private homes in areas like Jayanagar, Malleswaram, Richmond Town and Vasanthnagar. [...] Continue Reading »
The Nashik Municipal Corporation ( NMC) recently held a meeting to keep track of civic works being carried out in the city. During the recent meeting, NMC realized that there are around 900 files that is to be cleared by the town planning department. The reasons were traced out to be plenty, however it is [...] Continue Reading »
Flouting civic norms seems to have become normal nowadays! Similar has been noticed at one of the new construction underway at Gupta House in Civil Lines. Here, the Gupta Metallics and Power Ltd have occupied the place wherein the civic body had sanctioned it for parking space. Now this structure is seizable! Reason is that [...] Continue Reading »
The developer and architecture in Thane was booked fraud case for altering residential building proposal plans without giving prior notice to the town planning department. The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has denied the plan as the residential building was first granted for 19-storey tower which later on was changed to 29-storey tower. The town planning [...] Continue Reading »
Land encroachments in city limits of Kochi will now be monitored. A special team has been appointed by the Kochi government to check upon land encroachments to trace unauthorized land acquisition by private parties in Thiruvananthapuram. The town planning department will be headed by an assistant engineer along with four other members. The team will prepare a detailed report [...] Continue Reading »
Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has traced 50,000 illegal constructions which demands immediate implementation of new construction laws. Once the residents complete the impact fee payments, the regularization of the illegal construction that has been raised before March 28th, 2011 is said to be commencing at the earliest. A senior officer with the town planning department [...] Continue Reading »
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) must not allow builders to sell 20% of the total area of the property till they meet necessary norms and procure the occupancy certificate. Such a policy will help curb violations. Not even 5% of builders procure building commencement and completion certificates. This is a gross violation. Those buying [...] Continue Reading »
