The department of town and country planning (DTCP) in Gurugram has asked IIT Roorkee to conduct the structural audit of five group housing projects in the city, where residents had complained of structural defects in residential towers, after getting the approval from higher authorities in Chandigarh. DTCP officials on Monday said they have written to […]
The district administration on Monday sealed the office of realty firm Radicon Vedantam in Greater Noida’s Sector 16 C for failing to pay 4 crore to homebuyers despite repeated notices. The administration is likely to seal offices of other realty firms on Tuesday for defaulting payment of homebuyers. “Today (Monday), we have sealed the office […]
In the past one month, the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has reinvited bids for at least six projects due to various reasons, but primarily because the costs quoted by the contractors were very high, said officials in the know of the matter on Monday. Some of the projects for which tenders have been reinvited […]
Officials of Edifice Engineering, the private firm engaged by Supertech to carry out the demolition of two 32-storey buildings situated at Emerald Court project in Noida, said on Tuesday that they will use shock tubes filled with explosives to conduct a test blast at the site. The officials also said that around 300 workers are […]
The North Delhi Municipal Corporation has issued notices to several group housing societies in Rohini, asking them to pay user charges for garbage collection, identifying the condominiums as “bulk waste producers”. The move, however, has drawn sharp criticism by the residents groups who have described the measure as unfair. Delhi Solid Waste Management Bye-Laws 2018 […]
Gurugram deputy commissioner Nishant Yadav received a complaint from a Sector 7 resident who alleged that a senior official of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) and two local politicians transferred the ownership rights of government shops to common citizens and regularised illegal buildings that were earlier sealed by the civic body. Yadav has directed […]
The Greater Noida authority on Monday held a meeting with the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to discuss the issues pertaining to the linking of 93 urban villages in the city with the main sewerage system. The meeting was held after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on January 4 asked the agencies concerned to […]
The residents of the Chintels Paradiso condominium on Friday informed the department of town and country planning (DTCP) that they were not satisfied with the department’s proposal regarding the shifting of occupants of Towers E,F,G and H. The residents also said that they will hold a protest in a day or two to demand better […]
The Noida authority on Friday said that it has expedited work on several infrastructure projects, including the Parthala flyover and the 5.5-kilometre-long Bhangel elevated road. A day after winning the Noida assembly seat, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Pankaj Singh also conducted an inspection of the two infrastructure projects, along with the Noida authority additional […]
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has urged the Gurugram district administration to keep an eye on the construction activities by private builders near Dhunela village in Sohna. The agency is concerned about a large water body in the area that has lost its capacity to hold water during monsoon. NHAI fears that it […]
Union housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said the development control regulations for 1,731 unauthorised colonies in Delhi will be relaxed to get more people to benefit from the PM-UDAY scheme, which was launched in 2019 to give ownership rights to residents of these colonies. The revised norms will allow a […]
The officials of the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) said that they have also issued a public notice in this regard and urged the industrial units to convert to cleaner fuel. The directions were issued by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on February 4, and said that the earlier restriction, which was […]
