Unauthorized construction
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will penalise unauthorized constructions or extensions at twice the property tax levied on the entire illegal area. An amendment was made in April 2010, to section 152(a) of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 to accommodate the new structure for calculation of property tax. The announcement was made by Municipal [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government seem not to be bothered about the issue of illegal buildings as no measures have been taken to implement a March 2009 order to set up special civic police stations and special courts across 22 municipal corporations to regulate unauthorized construction. Over 70 people lost their lives in a recent incident [...] Continue Reading »
Bhubaneswar: The Accountant General of Odisha has directed the state housing and urban development department to review all irregular building plan approvals or buildings constructed in deviation from approved building plans. Amar Patnaik, AG (general and social sector) has asked Injeti Srinivas, principal secretary (housing & urban development), Odisha, to take action on unauthorized construction [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi- Along with speeding up the work on the delayed Faridabad-Noida-Ghaziabad (FNG) corridor project, the anti-encroachment plan has also been taken up in to action by the Noida Authority. This drive will be effective from December 6 on the proposed highway. Due to the increase of the unauthorized constructions and infringements, the authorities have taken up the anti-encroachment drive in September to curb them. [...] Continue Reading »
The Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) has registered a case against the real estate company DLF, a former administrator of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), and a former Commissioner of the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). The First Information Report (FIR) registered states that a former commissioner of the BDA, the then administrator of the [...] Continue Reading »
The Zirakpur Municipal Corporation was directed not to sanction for construction of illegal colonies in the area by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Counsel for Zirakpur MC stated that the plans for unauthorised colonies were being sanctioned as directed by the Punjab government. However, HC puts stop on any further construction of unauthorized colonies [...] Continue Reading »
With the help of local police, the Building Departments of North and East Delhi Municipal Corporations have demolished 67 properties due to unauthorized construction. Nine buildings were demolished in Shahdara (South) Zone’s Raghubarpura, Shakarpur, Jheel, Kalyan Puri and Vishwas Nagar. Fifty properties faced action in areas like Paharganj, Sadar Bazar, Gulabi Bagh, Shastri Nagar, Nabi [...] Continue Reading »
Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered to stop all construction work for projects in Mohali, mainly in the Patiala Ki Rao area. This order has stopped all construction activity in the Nada, Nayagaon, Karoran village. The High Court has also directed the district administration Mohali to submit a status report about illegal construction made [...] Continue Reading »
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation has decided to demolish any illegal construction in the municipal area. As an initiative, the municipality has issued a notice to the owners of the illegal structures and have been warning them to remove the encroachments. A five storey building at Laxmi Bhuvan Square will be removed by the anti-encroachment squad [...] Continue Reading »
The government of Maharashtra released an order to probe into the allegation of unauthorized construction made by the extension of Mukesh Ambani’s Home. The allegation raised about the extension work for the beautification of the house, which includes a lawn, boundary wall, a staircase and a security cabin all in public setback plot. The officer [...] Continue Reading »
