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In a move that promises to provide a breather to farmhouse owners in the Capital, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) plans to extend the date to regularise these till June next year. The farmhouse regularisation policy was notified last year and the deadline ends on September 20, 2014. Only 45 farmhouses have been regularised in [...] Continue Reading »
At a meeting held in New Delhi on Tuesday, the Union Urban Development Ministry and Delhi government decided to work out an action plan, with new guidelines, for the regularization of all illegal colonies in the city. The task will be accomplished over the next few months, ahead of the assembly polls in Delhi. The [...] Continue Reading »
Aiming to solve the problem of regularisation of unauthorised colonies in the national capital city, the Centre will prepare a draft policy on it in the next 15 days. A concept paper will be prepared within 15 days after which Delhi government, in consultation with the Union Urban Development Ministry, would prepare an action plan [...] Continue Reading »
The focus of the smart cities project should be made to enhance the quality of urban life through an integrated approach to the urban planning and the execution apart from ensuring the ‘inclusivity’. This was stated by the Minister of Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation M Venkaiah Naidu stated on Tuesday. Naidu [...] Continue Reading »
The country’s urbanisation is being kept in mind by the Southern states of India and the Union Territories. The urban population of India has increased by around 27.80 percent from the total population in 2001 to around 31.10 percent in the year 2011. The information was provided by Urban Development Minister, M Venkaiah Naidu during [...] Continue Reading »
An action plan for the beautification of Delhi has been prepared by the Union Urban Development Ministry, which has asked different stakeholders to come up with short- and long-term programmes that can help beautify India’s capital city. It was at a recently-held high-level meeting of various civic officials that Union Urban Development Secretary, Dr Sudhir [...] Continue Reading »
The Aam Admi Party has gone ahead and filed a complaint along with the police against the critical issue of slum redevelopment. They have accused the Union Urban Development Ministry and the DDA to sell land all the land at inexpensive prices to a private developer in one of the posh areas of New Delhi. [...] Continue Reading »
The prominent cities and towns along the Ganges will get a new lease of life. The ministry of urban development is focusing on the renewal scheme and is busy preparing a blueprint for the same. UPA’s Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) will be over written by this new scheme. Rs 1.75 lakh crore is expected [...] Continue Reading »
M Venkaiah Naidu who happens to be the Union Minister for Housing and Urban Property Al levitation has declared that the biggest priority of his ministry would be to establish 100 cities in the country which are smart and safe. The other priority would be housing which will be accomplished by the year 2020. Public [...] Continue Reading »
The objection for construction of the apartment building in the vicinity of the Rashtrapati Bhawan has been withdrawn last year by the Central government. The change of land use, which was necessary for real estate major DLF to construct the building has also approved by the the Union urban development ministry. Earlier there were reservations [...] Continue Reading »
