11TH & 12TH MARCH 2017

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11TH MARCH 2017 NEWS

CONSTRUCTION PERMITS NEWS

     

Faster permits? Only bribe helps: Builders

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 11 MARCH 2017 PAGE: 01
Mumbai: A public announcement by the Union urban development ministry , proclaiming that construction permits have become easier now has riled city builders, who claimed corruption, in fact, has hit the roof.
     

 INFRA NEWS

     

Bombay high court asks if green nod was taken for Metro 3 stations in south Mumbai

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 11 MARCH 2017 PAGE: 08
Do you have environmental clearances to build Metro stations at Hutatma Chowk, Churchgate and Cuffe Parade, the Bombay high court asked the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) on Friday.
     

HC tells Metro III to show green clearances for 3 stations in SoBo

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 11 MARCH 2017 PAGE: 12
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Friday directed Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) to show if it had clearances from the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) for proposed Metro III stations of Hutatma Chowk, Churchgate and Cuffe Parade.
     

Mumbai Metro 3: MMRCL directed to submit environmental clearance records

Publication: THE INDIAN EXPRESS Date : 11 MARCH 2017 Page: 04
The petitioners said that an independent committee should be appointed to look into the activities of the MMRCL and the BMC’s Tree Authority, as they don’t trust these departments.
     

Mumbai: Little interest in private sector to build airport infrastructure

Publication: THE INDIAN EXPRESS Date : 11 MARCH 2017 Page: 05
According to ICRA, this poor interest in building airport infrastructure comes at a time when existing capacity is bursting at the seams.
     

Development Plan road materialises after 47 years

Publication: DNA Date : 11 MARCH 2017 Page: 05
Having remained on paper for 47 years after it was marked in the city's development plan, a planned road has finally been constructed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in Andheri East to connect NS Phadke Marg to Andheri-Kurla Road.

 OTHER CITY NEWS

     

Mumbai waste management plan: BMC runs into hurdles over acquisition of Taloja, Airoli plots

Publication: THE INDIAN EXPRESS Date : 11 MARCH 2017 Page: 053
For the Taloja plot, officials from the SWM department said only 39 hectares of government land was handed over in December.

 CITY NEWS

     

Prabhadevi bldg can't use Wadia house pool: HC

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 11 MARCH 2017 PAGE: 09
Mumbai: A bid by residents of the posh Beach Towers in Prabhadevi to access a seafront swimming pool and garden of the Wadia family home Beach House, owned by Bombay Dyeing, failed in the Bombay high court.
     

47 yrs on, Andheri gets back road after bldg wall is razed

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 11 MARCH 2017 PAGE: 04
Mumbai: The civic body traced a 47-year-old building file, which was missing, to demolish a society's compound wall and join two sections of the 60ft road in Andheri east.
     

A defamation case against a flat-seeker?

Publication: AFTERNOON Date : 11 MARCH 2017 PAGE: 08
A flat seeker, who booked a flat in a housing complex Ekta Parksville in Virar West, is allegedly running from pillar to the post to get possession of the flat and states that the developers have filed a defamation suit against him.

REALTY NEWS

     

Huge delays in clearance process of MoEF, monitoring of projects poor: CAG

Publication: DNA Date : 11 MARCH 2017
Laying bare the poor standards of environmental protection, a new report from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found the Union Environment Ministry severely wanting in monitoring violations of green norms
     

TIME RIPE FOR END USERS

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 11 MARCH 2017 PAGE: 08
WITH REAL ESTATE PRICES EXPECTED TO FALL FURTHER, REALTY EXPERTS ARE OF THE OPINION THAT IT IS A FAVOURABLE TIME FOR END USERS

12TH MARCH 2017 NEWS

CITY NEWS

     

OCs, CCs no more needed to form housing societies

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 12 MARCH 2017 PAGE: 01
Mumbai:For thousands of Mumbaikars living in apartments where maintenance has taken a hit as their housing societies have not been formed and are still unregistered, here is a ray of hope.

INFRA NEWS

     

At Rs 22L a month, Metro gets specialist to transplant trees

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 12 MARCH 2017
Facing the heat from citizens over the indiscriminate cutting of trees for the Rs 23,000 crore Metro III project, an arborist has been appointed for a tree preservation management plan.

REALTY NEWS

     

SBI forms subsidiary to manage group's real estate

Publication: BUSINESS STANDARD Date : 12 MARCH 2017
The country’s largest lender, State Bank of India, has formed a subsidiary to manage group’s real estate and premises.
 

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