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On Wednesday the Urban Development Minister has approved a proposal set in front of them by them by the Delhi Development Authority to increase the floor area ratio abbreviated as FAR. Simplifying this point, we get to the conclusion that this means the amount of building area with respect to the plot area has been [...] Continue Reading »
Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu states his plans of wooing global investors for tapping opportunities in the urban sector of India that holds potential worth 140 billion dollars. This is in view of the upcoming Smart Cities that have been planned to be developed by the Centre in the coming years. At the inauguration of [...] Continue Reading »
According to a senior official of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), the deadline for the submission of applications for the Authority’s Housing Scheme 2014 may be extended. The DDA had launched the Housing Scheme 2014 on September 1. The scheme was initially scheduled to end on September 30, but that deadline was extended till October [...] Continue Reading »
Narela could be the next major housing hub in the capital with DDA focusing its resources on developing over 20,000 flats here over the next 2-3 years. The Authority has listed more than 6,500 flats of the total of 25,000 flats offered in its current scheme in Narela. Now, in a presentation made to the [...] Continue Reading »
With the fresh elections in Delhi emerging as a big possibility, the BJP legislators are eyeing unauthorised colonies as a potential vote bank. Last Monday, several numbers of BJP MLAs and councillors held a meeting with the officials of the urban development department and the municipal corporations. The delegation demanded that residents whose colony falls [...] Continue Reading »
Representatives of NEFOWA (Noida Extension Flat Owners Welfare Association) met Uttar Pradesh urban development minister Azam Khan on Monday and presented him a list of complaints about upcoming real estate projects in Greater Noida and Noida. NEFOWA president Abhishek Kumar said members had a detailed discussion with Khan. He added this was the first time [...] Continue Reading »
The urban development minister‘s plan of keeping Delhi Metro fares down by generating revenue through property development could be a non-starter. More than a decade after starting services, Delhi Metro has generated a little over Rs 900 crore against a target of over Rs 2,500 crore. More than Rs 700 crore of that revenue was [...] Continue Reading »
The central government which is being led by NDA is in process of allotting a 7000 sq metre plot in Lutyen’s Delhi to Gujarat for the construction of another bhavan (guesthouse), a demand that had been rejected earlier by the UPA regime. Soon after taking over as the Gujarat Chief Minister, Anandiben Patel had written [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi government is all set to improve the connectivity and infrastructure of the national capital. Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will develop public plazas, food courts and shopping areas within the catchment areas of most of the 65 Metro stations. This will be a part of the phase three of the project. DDA will also develop [...] Continue Reading »
For the first time, the West Bengal government has prepared a state Urban Development Policy. This was done after they got a nod from the Cabinet Standing Committee on Infrastructure. The state’s Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim stated that such a policy was a strong requirement to cope with the growing urbanisation. Hakim announced the [...] Continue Reading »
