Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
In a move that may bring relief to developers, the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation has decided to keep commercial offices and shops/malls out of the purview of the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Bill. The Bill, in the making for about five years now, will only regulate …
NEW DELHI: Delhi's forest department has filed a police complaint against "unknown persons" for building three roads cutting across the Rajokri forest in the southern Ridge area. The police saw these roads last week during patrolling and had a trench dug at the entrance of one to prevent people from …
Faced with environmental hurdles in pushing vertical growth in the state, the Kerala government last month amended its municipal building rules to change the very definition of 'high-rise' buildings to get around the stringent new requirements for a green nod. Kerala and some other states have strongly opposed the union …
New Delhi: The environment ministry is likely to ease green norms for the real estate sector, giving a boost to developers wanting to construct high-rise buildings. The relaxation is expected to allow builders to put up higher buildings on smaller roads and lanes in cities. In February 2012, the environment …
MARGAO: The ongoing agitation against housing projects across Salcete has forced many a panchayat body to either return construction files of the builders or reject the projects bowing to the wishes of the villagers. If Curtorim panchayat rejected the construction file of a housing project late last year, the Majorda-Utorda-Calata …
New Delhi: The Delhi high court has asked the South corporation not to go ahead with its plan for constructing a multilevel parking-cum-commercial complex in Defence Colony and maintain status quo. It has also asked the corporation to find out which agency owns the land on which the construction has …
New Delhi: With the Kasturba Gandhi Marg multilevel parking project stuck with the National Monument Authority for nearly one-and-half-years, the New Delhi Municipal Council is deliberating over scrapping the project. According to sources in the NDMC, if the project is not given approval from the heritage body, then the process …
It will be sent to the Union Cabinet for approval soon Property developers will no longer be able to lure buyers with advertisements making tall claims and with blown-up pictures of fancy living spaces. In fact they will no longer be able to publicise their projects unless they have all …
Accelerating work on its ambitious 3,300-km-long dedicated freight corridors project, which is being constructed on the eastern and western flanks of the country at the cost of R90,000 crore, the railways has shortlisted two consortiums led by major Japanese infrastructure firms to develop a major portion of the western freight …
Construction work has come to a standstill in the Greater Noida region after a court order made it mandatory to get environmental clearance (EC) even on plots that are less than 20,000 square metres. State officials say that as getting clearance is a lengthy process, developers have stopped work due …
Over 3.5 lakh families below the poverty line (BPL) and, or, from the economically weaker sections (EWS) in Haryana are likely to avail the state government’s assistance for construction of houses under its new housing policy — Priyadarshini Awaas Yojna, stated a top state official. On the line of ‘ …
New State-Level Housing Regulatory Authority Soon Gandhinagar: TheGujarat government is expected to announce an affordable housing policy during the forthcoming budget session of the assembly. Officials of the state’s urban development department, revenue department and finance department are burning the midnight oil to give final shape to the ambitious plan, …
Mumbai: Mangroves in the city are in peril. Green cover in Mahul, Chembur has come under threat after toxins were dumped there last week. The incident was reported behind a Slum Rehabilitation Authority building (SRA) in Mahul where trucks have reportedly been discarding oil residue on the mangroves. Locals said …
Mumbai: Bureaucrats, senior officials and even visitors are knocking at the door of a leading developer to protest against the unprecedented air and noise pollution in the wake of the ongoing Rs 138-crore Mantralaya repair and reconstruction work. A senior official from chief minister Prithviraj Chavan’s office on Monday confirmed …
Noida: Adopting a stern outlook on wastage of groundwater by packaged water companies, the National Green Tribunal has sought details of all such factories operating in the Noida-Greater Noida region. Aclarification has been sought asto whether such industries have the consent of the authorities of the twin cities and the …
Jaipur: The state government is mulling to impose fresh charges on developers for laying water pipelines in new residential colonies, housing societies and highrise buildings. The idea was proposed during a meeting of the Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED) and the Urban Development and Housing (UDH) on Wednesday. Keeping …
Noida: Decreasing groundwater levels have forced the Noida Authority to pass an order making it mandatory for all developers to get a ‘no objection certificate’ (NOC) from the Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA) to get their building plans sanctioned. Noida CEO Rama Raman confirmed that the notification was made after a …
The ambitious project will provide infrastructure facilities at a cost of Rs 2,100 crore The State Cabinet on Thursday gave its nod to implement a project aimed at decongesting Bangalore City by developing eight small towns around it at a cost of Rs 2,100 crore - a move seen as …
Noida: The task force, set up by Noida Authority to stop extraction of groundwater by builders, inspected several sites of private developers on Sunday and found a project in Sector 93B flouting the National Green Tribunal’s order. Late in the evening, the task force dismantled the borewell used by the …
People carrying out construction scarring hills with material of dismantled buildings The green cover in the McLeodganj area of Dharamsala is being threatened by illegal dumping of solid waste along hill slopes. People carrying out construction are scarring the hills with the material of dismantled buildings. Many such constructions are …
