The Department of Urban Development, Goa on 19th May 2022, has published the Model Goa Municipal Plastic Waste Management Byelaws, 2022 which shall apply to every waste generator, manufacturer, producer, importer and brand owner operating within the jurisdiction of the council in the State of Goa. As per the byelaw …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Rainwater Harvesting, 03/12/2015. Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) has issued advisory to Chief Secretaries / Administrators of all the States / Union Territories and Ministry of Urban Development to take necessary measures for adopting rainwater harvesting / artificial recharge in all the Government buildings. …
This draft solar policy released by Delhi government's advisory body Delhi Dialogue Commission (DDC) recommends generation of 1,000 MW solar power for the national capital by 2020. It is proposed to double it to 2 GW during the next five years (by 2025) Delhi Power Minister released a Delhi Solar …
As Nepal reels under devastating earthquake, experts today warned that Indian cities like Delhi could suffer heavy casualties even in case of moderate tremors while pointing out the lapses in the building regulations of the country. Noting that the condition and quality of Indian building stock is "poor", Centre for …
Poor condition and quality of buildings in India contribute to the large number of deaths and destruction during earthquakes, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has pointed out. “Lack of regulations for construction and monitoring of buildings makes a huge proportion of them unsafe. The large number of deaths …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on rooftop rainwater harvesting, 16/03/2015. Also includes details of Statutes/ Rules/ Regulations etc in various States/ UTs relating to Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting.
Ahead of launching its ambitious ‘smart cities’ scheme, the Centre on Tuesday pushed for easing the norms for construction in urban areas by substantially reducing the number of approvals and no-objections required for taking up new projects. At a meeting of Ministers and Secretaries of seven Ministries convened by the …
The Building Bye-Laws shall apply to the building activity in the State/Urban Center/Town for which they are framed. Except hereinafter or otherwise provided, these Bye-Laws shall apply to all development, redevelopment, erection and/or re-erection of a building etc. as well as to the design, construction of, or reconstruction and additions …
The state cabinet gave its nod to the “Bihar Building Byelaws 2014” to regulate construction activities in the state, paving the way for clearance of maps of multi-storied structures pending for the past two years. Sharing the details of the state’s first building byelaws, cabinet secretariat department’s principal secretary B. …
In exercise of powers conferred by Section 57 of the Delhi Development Act, 1957, the Delhi Development Authority with the previous approval of the Central Government, hereby makes the following regulations in pursuance to Notification No. S.O. 2894(E) dated 23rd September, 2013. These regulations shall be called Regulations for Incentivizing …
Unified Building Bye-laws for National Capital Territory of Delhi are applicable since 1983. Since then, a number of amendments/modifications, both in the Development Control Regulations (DCRs) and Building Bye-laws have been made and are in operation. The Master Plan for Delhi 2021 was notified on 7th February, 2007 and subsequently, …
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India chastised regulatory bodies of twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack for their failure to enforce building norms and directed them to take action against violators. Although Section 91 of the Odisha Development Act provided that the development authorities had the power to demolish …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of J. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/10/2013 on Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/649_2013(MApp)_24oct2013_final_order.pdf
BHUBANESWAR: Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA), the enforcing agency for building norms, violated the regulation itself by approving plan for a highrise residential complex on the outskirts of the city though there is no approach road to the location. TOI is in possession of documents that reveal this. The agency approved …
New Delhi : A proposed amendment for allowing high rise buildings has been introduced in the Master Plan Delhi-2021 during the review process of the document. Buildings higher than 15 m and without stilt and those higher than 17 m with stilt in all land use zones will be considered …
BBMP receiving around 20 complaints a month; many buildings have extra storeys. The violation of building byelaws seems to be rampant in the City as the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is registering about 15 to 20 complaints from citizens every month. The BBMP Building Byelaws, 2003, seem to exist …
These bye-laws and regulations may be called the Puducherry Building Bye-laws and Zoning Regulations (Amendment), 2013. The provisions of these bye-laws and regulations shall apply to the planning area declared vide:- (i) G.O. Ms. No. 79/84/F6, dated 17th August 1984, notified in Gazette No. 35, dated 28th August 1984, (ii) …
The study: ‘Bridging the Urban Housing Shortage in India’, a joint effort of NAREDCO and KPMG in India, discusses at length on the rising trend of urbanisation in India and the looming urban housing shortage. It further deliberates on the constraints faced by real estate developers in their bid to …
This report containing the observations arising out of performance audit on "compliance with environmental laws in Lucknow city" has been prepared for the submission to the Governor of Uttar Pradesh under Article 151 (2) of the Constitution. The cases mentioned in the report are among those which came to notice …
A decade has gone since the first line of metro started in Delhi in 2002. Despite its expansion across the city in the past 10 years neither pollution nor congestion levels have gone down as claimed by its advocates. An analysis of the revenue generated by the Delhi Metro Rail …
These Rules may be called ‘The Andhra Pradesh Building Rules - 2012’. They shall apply to the building activities in the areas falling in; Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), All Urban Development Authorities, All Municipal Corporations, All Municipalities, All Nagar Panchayats, Gram Panchayat areas covered in Master Plans /General Town …