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 Union Cabinet approved on Wednesday the launch of the “Housing for All by 2022” programme for the rehabilitation of slum-dwellers and promotion of affordable housing for the urban poor. The target is to provide nearly 20 million houses over seven years. The programme is a key promise in the …
The Cabinet is likely to approve increase in interest subsidy for the poor so that people from economically weaker section in urban areas can own a house under the government's “Housing for All“ scheme. Sources said this would help reduce the interest burden on the poor by about 1% per …
Mumbai was the first Indian city to introduce free in-situ housing for slum residents in 1998. The NDA government’s proposed ‘Housing For All’ mission will pave way for private developers to leverage public land in order to redevelop slums in-situ. The proposed policy of using land as a resource will …
Over 500 residential projects are stuck in the corridors of Mantralaya. The reason? Since April 2015, there has been not a single environment clearance committee meeting. As a result, the development of Mumbai city and its periphery has come to a standstill. Environment minister Ramdas Kadam clarified that clearance committee …
In Malawi, increasing demand for housing has put tremendous pressure on the building material sector, resulting in deforestation, rising costs and poor quality construction. Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln technology offers a resource efficient and financially viable option for the production of quality bricks.
Move aimed at ensuring no beneficiary can avail of free or concessional housing more than once. The state government has directed the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) to create an Aadhaar card-based database of all slum-dwellers who have been rehabilitated in new houses, and ensure the information is readily available on …
The Maharashtra government has in its draft of the new housing policy proposed foreign direct investment (FDI) for the development of special townships. Grant of additional floor space index (FSI), especially to encourage affordable housing and creation of land bank are among the proposed measures. The policy is currently being …
There is nothing one can do, except approaching a court Imagine buying a house by liquidating crucial investments and taking a huge loan. When it’s time for you to move in, the government declares it illegal. This is exactly what happened with buyers in two separate cases in Noida. In …
Chief minister Oommen Chandy has announced that the state government would start a housing project for the endosulfan affected people in Kasaragod district and also a rehabilitation village would be set up for the affected people. Inaugurating the mass contact programme in the district on Thursday, he said the 100 …
Asks DUSIB To Focus On In Situ Rehabilitation; To Be Tried First In 15 Slums In Sultanpuri And Hari Nagar The much debated and repeatedly amended slum re habilitation policy is back on the drawing board again, with chief minister Arvind Kejriwal decid ing to go for in situ rehabilitation …
For nearly 1 lakh homebuyers in Noida, the biggest hurdle in the way of getting possession of flats could be gone this week or the next. Union minister and Gautam Budh Nagar MP Mahesh Sharma on Wednesday said the Centre had finalized the no-construction zone around Okhla Bird Sanctu ary …
The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) on Wednesday issued a fresh notification, stating all formalities that developers need to complete before they apply for completion certificates. The GDA has made it mandatory for developers to install rainwater harvesting systems in their group housing projects, getting clearance certificates from the fire department, …
Assam, Tripura and Gujarat show a positive trend in slum vulnerability, indicating a worsening in the condition of the slums in these states Slum dwellers in Chandigarh, Bihar, Odisha and Chhattisgarh were worse off than those in Sikkim, Himachal, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Goa in 2011, estimates a government-appointed …
BUY land, advised Mark Twain; they’re not making it any more. In fact, land is not really scarce: the entire population of America could fit into Texas with more than an acre for each household to enjoy. What drives prices skyward is a collision between rampant demand and limited supply …
THE history of economics has been, among other things, a story of learning to care less about land. The physiocrats of 18th-century France saw it as the primary guarantor of wealth. Adam Smith included it alongside labour and capital as one of the three factors of production that combined to …
If you are one of those whose pockets do not agree with the inflated price tags of a dream house, then this should be music to your ears. In the last one-and-half years the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has allowed 31,599 affordable housing units, to be constructed by private players. …
CHOACHI, Colombia (AFP) -- The highlands around the Colombian capital are scattered with small buildings that look like out-of-place igloos but are in fact innovative houses made from the tires that litter the country's roads. The woman behind the project is Alexandra Posada, a 35-year-old environmental activist who sports a …
An intriguing inverted glass pot housing plants that grow as the temperature within changes, in a 12-minute long video, seems to cry out loud in an attempt to draw attention to the rapidly degrading environment. Amidst Delhi topping the charts as the city with the most polluted air, Khoj residency …
This report presents data about natural disasters impacts (human and economic) at world scale for the last 20 years. The analyses focus on trends and patterns of impacts and how these varies regarding the income level or the geographical location. Based on the analyses, conclusions and action points were drawn …
