unauthorized buildings
The Municipal Corporation and locals are showing zero-tolerance to unauthorized buildings and chawls post the collapse of an illegal building at Shil Road in Mumbra. The last year incident was shocking. High rise towers used to come up frequently and the needy would occupy them as they were sold at the rate of a tenement [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The monitoring committee of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) appointed by the Madras High Court has sought more clarity and judicial sanction from the state government before regularizing buildings that came up before July 1, 2007 A new set of guidelines was announced by the government early this month, under Section 113-C of [...] Continue Reading »
The demolition drive in Pimpri Chinchwad is significant as it has continued despite stiff opposition. A whopping 1.1 lakh constructions were found to be unauthorised and its owners have been sent notices by the civic administration in the last four months. To start with, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has decided to raze constructions [...] Continue Reading »
The corporators in Pimpri-Chinchwad have demanded that the penalty being charged by the property tax department from citizens for unauthorised constructions after January 2008 be reduced. The PCMC property tax department has started sending notices to the owners of the unauthorised constructions directing them to pay a penalty equivalent to the property tax of the [...] Continue Reading »
In a bid to increase revenue as well as to address the issue of illegal building, the Kochi Corporation is planning to allot building numbers to all unauthorized buildings and then impose penalty three times the normal tax on the owners. Both residential and commercial buildings constructed without prior approval from the civic body would [...] Continue Reading »
The unauthorized buildings continue to mushroom in Ahmedabad. Even though the deadline for regularizing unauthorized buildings has expired, the spread of these buildings is increasing in a rapid pace. This clearly shows that Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has failed badly to take respective steps to pause the spread and growth of unauthorized buildings. Even after [...] Continue Reading »
With the national capital still racing to be a part of being one of the international cities, some of the parts in the city are yet to get basic amenities. One of such locations is Shakarpur municipal constituency in East Delhi which faces problems like inadequate parking space and illegal construction. Also there are problems [...] Continue Reading »
Due to the lack of fire safety measures in certain buildings at T N Nagar Chennai are called of for sealing drive. The Tamil Nadu government has justified sealing drive for the buildings lacking fire safety measures. An affidavit has been submitted for the hearing cases both for and against the demolition of commercial buildings [...] Continue Reading »
There is back to back news covered about the building collapse at walled city Delhi. Recently Chandni Mahal building was collapsed and seven people were killed. Soon after this few days ago a residential building was collapsed due to the weak foundations laid. Reasons are plenty in concern with these incidents! However, the trial court [...] Continue Reading »
Lokh sabha recently passed a Bill stating that it would grant a grace time of three more years for all the unauthorized and illegal buildings in Delhi. The walled city was on high alert carrying on back to back demolition drive. The NCT of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Bill 2011 has taken responsibility of preventing [...] Continue Reading »
