urban development department
The urban development department of Nagpur has proposed to reserve 20 percent of private apartments for the low cost affordable housing program. The builders of the city have opposed the proposal saying that it is government’s responsibility to provide affordable accommodation for the economic weaker section (EWS) of the state. The builders also said that [...] Continue Reading »
Two buildings across the cities of Gujarat have been legalized under the new impact fee norms in the past two months. The impact fee is too high and there is no clarity on issues related to parking space. That is the reasons the owners of the apartments in Ahmedabad are not showing any interest in [...] Continue Reading »
The state government has decided to reduce the impact fee rates after witnessing a poor response from the owners of the properties of Gandhinagar. The government also plans to simplify the process to regularize unauthorized constructions under the Act. The decisions were taken at a high-level meeting between state Urban Development Department officials and municipal [...] Continue Reading »
The Standing committee of urban development department and other officers decided to construct elevated metro in Pune. In a meeting of post holders of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), MLAs and party leaders of Pune, the decision was taken in favor of the elevated track. The standing committee chairman said in a conference that “A [...] Continue Reading »
Salt lake in Kolkata which was inaugurated five decades back are yet to receive many civic amenities. The amenities which was promised two years back are yet to be fulfilled. Already a list of issues have been submitted by the corporators to the state urban development department but all in vain. Some of the issues [...] Continue Reading »
In Delhi, maximum of the properties have failed to construct in the minimum built-up area conditions. Around 73 colonies in walled city have failed to cope up the same and now the provisional certificates will be cancelled by urban development department of the state government. This report was traced by Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD); [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi lokayukta is on high alert filing report on irregularities found in regularization certificates for unauthorized colonies in the city. The regularization list reveals 125 such colonies lacking provisional regularization certificates. According to the orders passed by lokayukta, Delhi government has started issuing notices to all the unauthorized colonies, who have violated the mandatory eligibility [...] Continue Reading »
The setting up of the Maharashtra Municipal Property Tax Board (MMPTB) was a condition of the 13th Finance Commission for releasing a Rs 1,100-crore grant to the state. The MMPTB will be expected to audit tax assessments by municipalities, recommend action in the event of incorrect valuation, settle property tax disputes and design procedures to [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi government promised the regularization dream to lakhs of people residing in 1639 unauthorized colonies awaiting legalization. Urban development minister Raj Kumar Chauhan says he wants atleast 50 more localities to be regularized. The government is in the process of finalizing the tentative boundaries of 69 more colonies. If MCD standing committee’s approves these [...] Continue Reading »
The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in October 2010 with the French company Suez Environment to supply 24×7 water in one of the four zones under the municipal corporation at a cost of Rs 6.3 crore. The proposal was sent to the state government for approval and later to [...] Continue Reading »
