Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
SURAT: There is uncertainty over return on investment in 11,000 Low Income Group (LIG) and Economically Weaker Section (EWS) houses being built by Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) in the city. The SMC has only received 9,200 applications from prospective buyers for the houses until the last date for the submission …
Activists Say Hutments Should Be Removed From Wetlands Dahisar, the last suburb within Mumbai limits on the western track, primarily needs a comprehensive slum rehabilitation plan to protect its mangroves, free public space and allow affordable housing. Developers and home buyers are rushing to make R-North ward their address, its …
At a time when Indore Development Authority (IDA) is finding it difficult to find takers for its affordable houses, its board on Wednesday promised to construct another 30,000 affordable houses in next five years without even identifying land for the project. After a day-long board meeting IDA Chairman Shankar Lalwani …
As a part of on going campaign of making Surat 'Zero Slum' city, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has started construction of 2,500 houses at 11 places in the city. Construction for another 2,000 homes of 1 BHK in economically weaker section (EWS) and low-income group (LIG) category would begin …
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government eventually came out with an affordable housing policy on Thursday. The policy that has come in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections was one of the promises made by the state BJP before the last assembly polls. The government plans to build 22 lakh …
After a gap of four years, the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) is coming out with a general housing scheme in the southern belt of the city. An exercise to identify the land in Sectors 53 and 54 has already been carried out by housing board. Under the scheme, three-bedroom, two-bedroom …
Chief minister Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday approved a proposal to let 82 licence holders to carry out sand (bajri) mining in the state in accordance with an interim order of the Supreme Court. The licencees will now be able to engage in sand mining till February next year once the …
In a bid to boost affordable housing in UP the state government has effected amendments in the policy for construction of houses under the economically weaker section (EWS) and Lower Income Group (LIG) category. The state housing department has not only raised the annual income bar for the EWS and …
To prove that it is serious about implementing its poll promise of affordable urban housing, Gujarat government plans to start construction of around 75,000 houses by its para institutions across the state before the forthcoming Lok Sabha (LS) polls. "We are actually eyeing beginning the construction of one lakh houses, …
Now, builders will be required to reserve 20 per cent land for affordable housing only in projects on over 4,000-sq m plots. Nearly two years after Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan unveiled a new plan to boost affordable housing stock in the state, his government has watered down its main provisions. …
The Haryana Urban Local Bodies Department has so far spent about Rs 4,100 crore since 2005 on strengthening of roads and construction of parks in urban areas falling under various Municipalities of the state. A spokesman of the department said with a view to make the state slum free in …
Company looking to either buy its own land or enter into joint venture with land owners in state Even as it nears the launch of its first affordable housing project in Gujarat at Halol near Vadodara, Kolkata-based real estate player Ashiana Housing Limited is already planning to expand its presence …
101 firms show interest in ‘realtor-friendly’ policy; max applications for Gurgaon projects The much-touted Affordable Housing Policy-2013, launched by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on August 6, is set to make housing out of aam aadmi’s reach across the state, especially in major cities. With the housing policy fixing …
Ushering in a policy of affordable housing in Gurgaon and other prime areas of the state, the Haryana government plans to build 1.25 lakh flats under the first phase. The size and price of these flats will be decided by the government and allotment will be done through draw of …
An ambitious scheme of the Union government of making cities slum-free has run into trouble in Indore. Though the civic body claims to have spent over Rs 28 crore under the scheme, slum dwellers say mandatory procedures while chalking out details of the scheme for Indore were not followed. Rajiv …
Mumbai witnessed the launch of nearly 18,000 housing units between January and June, an increase of 30% compared to the same period in 2012, said a quarterly report by global property consultants Cushman and Wakefield. Thirty per cent of the new launches were in Andheri, Bandra, Malad and Goregaon followed …
Urban local bodies across the state are now demanding faster turn-key systems and construction technologies to deliver affordable houses in bulk and in a time-bound manner over the next five years. A seminar on 'New Construction technology for affordable housing' was organized at the Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA). The seminar …
The Haryana Government has notified a comprehensive "Affordable Housing Policy 2013" to facilitate creation of additional affordable housing stock in the urban areas of the state. Stating this here today, a spokesperson of the Town and Country Planning Department said the policy was intended to encourage the planning and completion …
The World Bank has signed an agreement with the Indian government to provide a USD 100 million loan to help low-income families secure housing loans. "The Loan and Project Agreements for World Bank (IDA) assistance of USD 100 million for low-income housing finance project were signed between Government of India/National …
UP Housing and Development Board is launching more than 3,000 flats in Lucknow on Independence Day under its two schemes—Awadh Vihar Yojna on Sultanpur Road and Vrindavan Yojna on Rae Bareli Road. These include 3BHK, 2BHK, 3BHK+Study and 2BHK+Study type flats. The board had earlier announced it would offer new …
