Urban development
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has been sitting on more than 5000 flats lying vacant in the city. Residents of Delhi may be waiting for Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to offer new flats, but there are about 5,970 flats lying vacant in the city. These vacant flats are in various categories, including high income group [...] Continue Reading »
If the parliamentary panel’s recommendations be implemented, the projects that are built on 100 square meters of area or more would be brought under the purview of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2013. In its report on the Bill, the Standing Committee on Urban Development said that the small projects, where the area [...] Continue Reading »
The Union minister for urban development (UD), Kamal Nath, accorded an in-principle approval for the Pune metro project on Wednesday, helping the project move a step further towards realization. The project is planned to cover a 31.51 km stretch along two corridors—PCMC building to Swargate and Vanaz to Ramwadi. The approval will enable the state to fast track [...] Continue Reading »
Lucknow: In order to encourage mixed land use in the draft prepared for state urban housing and habitat policy 2013, the housing and urban planning department has recommended multi-centered pattern of urban growth along highways. Land pooling scheme is also suggested in case of compact area selected in consultation with landowners for urban development. Considering [...] Continue Reading »
Bhubaneswar- Odisha developers are suspicious with the state government’s plan of developing one lakh affordable houses in 10 years. The government had initiated ‘scheme for affordable urban housing in Odisha-2012′ which directs developers to reserve 15 percent built-up space for developing residential units for economically weaker section (EWS) and lower income group (LIG). But the [...] Continue Reading »
Gurgaon- In order to establish the Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (HRERA) for regulation and planned development of the realty sector, the Haryana Town and Country Planning Department has invited suggestions on The Haryana Real Estate (Regulation and Development Bill-2013). The Authority would regulate properties of over 1000 square meters or projects consisting over 12 [...] Continue Reading »
Good news for the commuters and motorists who travel from Rajajinagar,Vijayanagar and Basaveshwaranagar. The civic body is going to begin the work of Okalipuram eight lane project which was initiated in November 2008 by urban development minister S Suresh Kumar. After four years, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has given the contract to Simplex Infrastructure and Jagadish [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- The CAG’s performance audit of JNNURM was tabled covering the mission period of 2005-2011 on Thursday. A report based on the assessments which were conducted between April to November 2011 through test-check of records of ministries such as urban development, housing and urban poverty alleviation followed by various agencies of 25 states and five union territories was [...] Continue Reading »
Himachal Pradesh has halted plans of over 60 builders and developers to sell flats and cottages in the state. The developers whose projects are in limbo include DLF, Janta Land Promoter Ltd, Omax Construction Pvt Ltd, Optima Construction Pvt Ltd, Amar Nath Aggarwal Builders Pvt Ltd and Surya Builders. Most of these developers’ projects are [...] Continue Reading »
In a recent development, Crime Investigation Department (CID), has been approached to probe allegations of corruption against the city’s municipal corporation in allotment of garbage-collection contracts to private parties. Around 75 per cent of the garbage is being cleared by private contractors, the remaining by municipality employees. As per the allegation, made during the ongoing [...] Continue Reading »
