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Ghaziabad Delays Map Approvals After Revising Building Bylaws

GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has put its online map approval system on hold until September to update it in line with the new UP Building Construction and Development Bylaws, 2025. During this interval, all building map approvals will be carried out manually, which could increase processing times from the usual two days to nearly a month. Officials acknowledge that this change may inconvenience consumers and lead to a temporary dip in GDA’s revenue. On average, GDA processes around 170 map approval requests each month and grants approval to approximately 140 of them, generating around Rs 34 crores in…

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Ahmedabad’s Hi-Tech Air Monitoring Fails to Penalize Builders

AHMEDABAD: The city’s civic body is intensifying efforts to enhance complaint resolution while enforcing anti-pollution measures at construction sites, which continue to contribute to air quality issues. Advances in monitoring technologies have not fully mitigated these violations. As of 2023, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has required construction sites larger than 10,000 square meters to install air quality sensors. Currently, 100 sites are equipped with online monitoring systems that issue warnings when pollution levels exceed acceptable thresholds. Yet, no developer has faced fines based on sensor readings in the past year, indicating ongoing challenges in enforcement despite advanced technology. A…

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Tamil Nadu revises property valuation methods

CHENNAI: To improve transparency and fairness in property transactions, the state government has revised the stamp rule framework, introducing the concept of “composite value” for apartments and flats while allowing more flexible guideline value revisions. The new regulations, which take effect from June 23, represent a significant change in property valuation practices in Tamil Nadu. The reforms enable the valuation committee to update guideline values at any time during the year, rather than being restricted to a specific month. “Previously, revisions were limited to October. If a decision was made in April to adjust values, we had to wait. Now,…

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Residents Seek FSI Clarity Post Pune-Khadki Merger Approval

PUNE: Residents and civic activists are seeking clarity on future floor space index (FSI) regulations in Pune and the Khadki cantonment areas after the state government’s approval to merge them into the Pune Municipal Corporation limits. The cantonment boards have proposed a maximum FSI of 1 for the merged areas, which is an increase from the current 0.5 FSI in the cantonment regions but lower than the PMC’s range of 1.1 to 3. The boards stressed that any removal from their jurisdiction should not allow for unrestricted FSI. PMC Commissioner Naval Kishore Ram stated in an interview with TOI, “FSI…

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HC Orders Residents to Vacate 18-Floor Building in 2 Weeks

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has labeled residents of the top 18 floors of the 34-storey Willingdon Heights building in Tardeo as “selfish” for ignoring the need for an occupation certificate (OC). The court has ordered these occupants to vacate their flats within two weeks. A bench led by Justices Girish Kulkarni and Arif Doctor criticized the residents for their “brazen illegality” in occupying flats without the necessary OC. The court instructed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to take action if the order is not followed, stating that these affluent residents are knowingly violating building regulations while evading legal consequences.…

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NGT Launches Probe into Illegal Sand Mining in Dhenkanal

CUTTACK: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has mandated an investigation into alleged illegal sand mining at a quarry located along the Brahmani River in Dhenkanal district. This directive arose during a Friday hearing regarding a petition from a Talcher-based NGO, alleging that 11.80 acres of sand was being mined illegally at Gunadei village under Odapada tehsil, in violation of various environmental regulations. The petitioners’ legal representatives, Sankar Prasad Pani and Ashutosh Padhy (participating virtually), asserted the project was breaching the Sustainable Sand Mining Management Guidelines, 2016, established by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. The NGT’s east…

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Bonacaud Housing Revamp in Thiruvananthapuram by December

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Law and Industries Minister P Rajeeve has announced that the renovation of the dilapidated housing units linked to the defunct estate in Bonacaud will be completed by December. He mentioned that the workers will receive their renovated homes as a New Year gift. While inaugurating the renovation project, Rajeeve asserted that the government is committed to reopening the tea estate. The renovation encompasses 43 housing units that will benefit 186 families, costing Rs 4 crore, with Rs 2 crore contributed by the plantation department and Rs 2 crore from the labour department’s Plantation Workers Relief Fund. The District Construction…

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Kochi Starts Building New Homes for Shanthipuram Residents

KOCHI: Housing reconstruction has officially commenced in the Shanthipuram Colony, located in the 44th division of Kochi corporation, Karanakodam. The project aims to build new homes for 197 families, funded by Life Mission and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. The current houses are dilapidated and insecure. “One of the long-term objectives of the municipality is to provide residents with safe and secure homes, as outlined in our budget. Under the guidance of the Azadi Group’s Architecture Engineering College, plans have been created for apartment complexes containing eight units each, across three cents,” stated Mayor M. Anilkumar. “The estimated cost to…

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Indiramma Housing Project Delayed Due to Centre’s Warning to Telangana

HYDERABAD: Hopes for swift central funding for the initial phase of the Revanth Reddy government’s ambitious Indiramma housing scheme in rural areas faced a setback. The Union Housing Ministry communicated to the state that the submitted proposals do not meet the required norms. The state government submitted a list of housing beneficiaries to secure funds under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural) scheme. Under PMAY (Rural), the ministry allocates ₹72,000 per housing unit, while the state government must cover the remaining cost. In its correspondence, the Union ministry instructed officials to upload live facial authentication using Aadhaar for each beneficiary…

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Housing Societies Face NA Tax Dilemma Without State Resolution

PUNE: Nearly ten months after the state cabinet announced the abolition of the non-agricultural (NA) tax for urban housing societies, confusion continues due to the lack of a formal government resolution (GR). The management of housing societies across the state is uncertain whether to keep paying the tax until official guidelines are issued. The cabinet, led by Eknath Shinde, approved the removal of the NA tax in October 2024, just before the state assembly elections, aiming to relieve residents in urban areas like Pune and Mumbai who have been paying both property tax and NA tax. Housing societies have since…