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 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 …
If the long wait for environmental clearance for their flats wasn't bad enough, nearly 30,000 homebuyers in Noida now face significant cost escalations when they register these properties. The Uttar Pradesh stamps and registration department has said it will collect stamp duty for registry of flats at prevailing rates after …
PUNE: The city's real estate community wants finance minister Arun Jaitley to present a budget that will create a strong foundation for achieving the "home-for-all" goal of the Narendra Modi government. The realtors want the 2015-16 Union Budget to trigger a movement for creation of affordable housing by devising a …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Gajanan Balaram Patil Vs City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) dated 23/02/2015 regarding construction project in Sector 36 (Plot No.2) and 37, at Kharghar, Navi-Mumbai, district Raigad carried out by CIDCO. The Applicant has stated that …
Though there is a fair understanding of the ways in which India's population is changing as well as of the social and economic implications of these changes, little attention has so far been paid to its possible environmental impact. This article attempts to understand how the changing demographic trends have …
Demand for homes in the city showed a significant decline last year, prompting developers to hold back new launches, global real estate consultants Knight Frank has said in its report released on Wednesday. Moreover, there are 67,557 unsold units in the city, but that does not mean that developers will …
While hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on accessibility to affordable housing for Lower Income Group (LIG), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and other needy citizens, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked all the government agencies to file their response in the matter. The petitioner, Consumer Online Foundation, which is …
