Order of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Samsuddin Jainulabiddin Shaikh & Others Vs The State of Gujarat & Others dated 06/05/2025. A petition was filed by 58 people who are residing near Chandola lake, Ahmedabad. The petitioners have constructed hutments along the periphery of Chandola lake. …
The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank would jointly provide $400 million to rain-ravaged Uttarakhand to redevelop basic amenities like housing, agriculture, education and healthcare facilities besides reconstructing the damaged roads. The decision was taken here yesterday at a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar after the two …
Builders Use SRA Rule To Bypass BMC, Boost FSI Mumbai: An upcoming luxury tower on a very narrow plot in upscale Khar (west) could soon give Mumbai’s builders an idea of how to obtain higher floor space index (FSI) by going around the civic body’s regulations and approaching the Slum …
Mumbai: A mega slum rehabilitation scheme in one of Mumbai’s poshest neighbour hoods at Cuffe Parade has come under the scanner of the Bombay high court. “Is the Maharashtra government keen on rehabilitating and redeveloping the area?” a division bench of Justice S C Dharmadhikari and Justice S B Shukre …
The authorities destroyed nearly 1,600 acres of crop land, forests, orchards and water bodies in Kaliganj under Gazipur district for creating Purbachal New Town, a government housing project, about 16 km from the capital. Flanked by the rivers, Balu and Sitalakhya, the township is partially curved out of Rupganj upazila …
The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) authorities are violating laws and deviating from the original plans of the Purbachal housing project as they have been filling wetlands, lowlands as deep as 15 feet and felling trees in the area in Gazipur, environmentalists and experts said yesterday. “The original plan for Purbachal …
The Tripura government has demanded relaxation of forest and environment clearance norms for developmental activities in northeastern states. Finance and PWD minister Badal Choudhury told TOI on Sunday that most project proposals for roads and other infrastructure in the region are held up in Delhi pending environmental clearance. "I've asked …
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday allocated Rs 1,260 crore for constructing 60,000 green houses with solar powered lights for the poor in rural areas during the current financial year. She hiked the unit cost for each house from Rs 1.80 lakh to Rs 2.10 lakh, considering the increase in …
The Tamil Nadu government has allocated Rs 1,260 crore for the construction of 60,000 solar-powered green houses under phase three of a programme meant to provide houses to underprivileged people. According to an official release, chief minister J Jayalalithaa has allocated the sum for the current fiscal year. The programme …
The paper provides a review of the literature that links housing, housing finance, and economic development. The housing sector may support poverty reduction and inclusive growth in two general ways. First, housing construction contributes to economic output, creates employment, and generates a demand for materials and related services. Second, improved …
If the state government has its way, permission will not be given for the construction of apartments if it doesn't specify its water source. The government may soon come out with a condition for housing project promoters to specify source of water. Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said the No-Objection …
The Uttar Pradesh government has cleared housing projects and townships in Greater Noida West, formerly named Noida Extension, without considering key environmental parameters and the rich wildlife of the area, which has now all but vanished, concerned environmentalists here say. "The state's environment directorate has completely failed in discharging its …
The state government has notified a policy for the grant of licences for group housing colonies in high-density zones. An official spokesman of the Town and Country Planning Department said here today, high-density residential zones had 1,000 persons per hectare (PPH) or more. He clarified that the policy dated December …
Administrator gives approval, UT Administration invites objections from residents The Chandigarh Administration has finally prepared the draft master plan for Chandigarh, 2031. After the approval of UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil, the Administration has now invited objections from the public. City residents can file objections within 30 days. The draft …
Says it doesn’t want a Uttarakhand-like tragedy in J&K; Observing that it does not want a “situation parallel to Uttarakhand” in Jammu and Kashmir, in which so many lives have been lost, the J&K; High Court has asked the state government to act swiftly against the conversion of agricultural land …
The company has acquired about 52 acre of land in Bhiwadi where 4,000 units will be developed in phases Realty firm Ashiana Housing today said it will invest about Rs 800 crore over the next seven years to develop a housing project at Bhiwadi in Rajasthan. The company said it …
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath agree that Delhi must be decongested Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit may not agree entirely on whether Delhi should grow vertically, but on Monday both concurred that the city needs to be …
After announcing Rs 336 crore to rebuild 82 roads and 27 bridges in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand, the rural development ministry has offered to build 14,000 additional houses under Indira Awas Yojana. The ministry has also offered to help upgrade roads not covered under its rural roads scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Gram …
To get additional Rs 10,000 cr through Central assistance: Ahluwalia The Planning Commission on Wednesday approved a whopping Rs 47,000-crore plan size for Karnataka for the year 2013-14, up by 11.8 per cent from the previous fiscal. Planning Commission Deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia, who held a meeting with Chief …
Priyanka Kulkarni, 27, a communications manager with a Pune real estate firm that sells luxury homes, and her husband Mayank, an IT professional, have been looking to buy a house in the city for the past six months. A 1,000 sq ft home in many of the upcoming residential properties …
The projects would be finalised and sent for central approval by month-end The Uttar Pradesh government is preparing a blueprint for 'slum-free cities' in 21 urban centres under the centrally-sponsored Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY). The projects estimated at Rs 1,000 crore would be finalised and sent for central approval by …
