11TH MAY 2019 NEWS

CITY NEWS

Praveen Pardeshi is BMC chief as Mehta named chief secy

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 11 MAY 2019

Praveen Pardeshi was appointed the new BMC commissioner. Pardeshi is currently the additional chief secretary to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.

Ajoy Mehta is new chief secretary of Maharashtra; Praveen Pardeshi now BMC boss

Publication: DNA Date : 11 MAY 2019

In a major bureaucratic shake-up, the State appointed current civic chief, Ajoy Mehta, as the new chief secretary of Maharashtra. Mehta, of IAS' 1984 batch, takes over from UPS Madan,

Redevelopment deal over Bandra West slum underway: Sources

Publication: DNA Date : 11 MAY 2019

While the real estate market is witnessing a slowdown, sources say a lucrative deal in Bandra, is in the process of being finalised.

Mumbai breathes cleanest air of 2019

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 11 MAY 2019

The System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), which records the data, categorises AQI levels for PM2.5 in the 0-50 range as good; 51-100 as satisfactory; 101-200 as moderate; 201-300 as poor; 301-400 as very poor and above 400 as severe.

RERA NEWS

Set realistic deadlines to hand over homes, MahaRERA tells builders

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 11 MAY 2019

According to the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, developers have to specify the possession date as any delay invites penal action, which is one of the reasons why developers look to push back deadlines.

13TH MAY 2019 NEWS

CITY NEWS

Mumbai: Coastal Road trees toll goes up to near 1000

Publication: MID-DAY Date : 13 MAY 2019

While project documents said only a total of 500 trees will be cut, information obtained via RTI shows that permissions have already been given to chop 937 trees between Colaba and Worli

Colaba-Bandra-Seepz line: A 170-m Metro tunnel that will go right under Mithi river

Publication: THE INDIAN EXPRESS Date : 13 MAY 2019

As work continues on India’s first completely underground Metro Rail line, the section between the Dharavi and Bandra Kurla Complex stations

REALTY NEWS

Redevelopment on 33 acre land in heart of Mumbai may get stuck

Publication: DNA Date : 13 MAY 2019

The federation decided to call off the tender for redevelopment that was awarded to Keystone Realtors (Rustomjee), citing delay in the work as reason