14TH TO 17TH APRIL 2018

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14TH APRIL 2018 NEWS

CITY NEWS

     

‘2,000 truckload of debris dumped at wetlands near Mumbai’

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 14 APRIL 2018
Destruction taking place at Ulhas estuary, before Thane creek, says a member of the high court constituted wetland grievance redressal committee
     

Online system makes getting construction permits in Mumbai easier

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 14 APRIL 2018
Property card, which proves that the builder owns the land, is one of the first and mandatory documents to be submitted to BMC while applying for a construction permit.

15TH APRIL 2018 NEWS

RERA  NEWS

     

‘Flat buyers are more confident because of RERA’

Publication: THE INDIAN EXPRESS Date : 15 APRIL 2018
The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA), which completes a year at the end of the month, has emerged as a frontrunner in successfully implementing the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act
     

No ReRa help for redevelopment

Publication: THE ASIAN AGE Date : 15 APRIL 2018
The state govt has announced that redevelopment will be brought under the jurisdiction of ReRa, but it has not been implemented yet.

MMRDA NEWS

     

MMRDA pulls up contractor for delaying flyover construction between Mumbai's BKC and Bandra-Worli Sea Link

Publication: DNA Date : 15 APRIL 2018
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has slapped a notice on Simplex Infrastructures,

CITY NEWS

     

Maharashtra to seek extension of deadline to submit coastal maps’ draft to MoEF

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 15 APRIL 2018
Upholding an order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) principal bench from November 2017, the Apex Court passed an order earlier this week that the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA)  
     

With 360° view technology, Mumbai civic body finds 1 lakh illegal alterations

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 15 APRIL 2018
To tighten the noose around people flouting construction norms, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has switched to technology to check illegal alterations.  

16TH APRIL 2018 NEWS

PMAY NEWS

     

Landowners could become hot property to raise PMAY homes

Publication: DNA Date : 16 APRIL 2018
The state housing authority, which is scouting for land to execute the Prime Minister’s flagship scheme of providing affordable homes to the urban poor, is thinking of approaching private landowners and cut them a deal in exchange for plots to raise houses.

MAHARERA NEWS

     

Speak up Mumbai | MahaRERA: Making every square foot count

Publication: DNA Date : 16 APRIL 2018
Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Maha RERA) was the first of its kind vigilance authority launched by the Maharashtra government to regulate real estate.
     

Residential property languish as RERA fails to increase confidence

Publication: LIVE MINT Date : 16 APRIL 2018
RERA perhaps it needs more teeth at the central level to hasten the process of recovery

CITY NEWS

     

Miscreants cut trees, dump debris at Borivli national park in Mumbai; citizens alert authorities

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 16 APRIL 2018
Alert residents living around Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Borivli have filed complaints with forest department about unidentified people dumping garbage and felling trees near the Borivli end  

REALTY NEWS

     

Real Estate: Is increase in circle rates bad news for home buyers?

Publication: LIVE MINT Date : 16 APRIL 2018
If you are planning to buy a house in Gurgaon, you may first need to assess a critical criteria. Recently, the Haryana government raised circle rates in Gurgaon.

17TH APRIL 2018 NEWS

PARKING POLICY NEWS

     

Move to allow FSI incentives for parking lots on leased land in Mumbai

Publication: THE INDIAN EXPRESS Date : 17 APRIL 2018
Builders of such plots can avail additional buildable space of up to 50 per cent of the built-up parking space, capped at a total buildable area of up to four times the plot size for leasehold plots in the island city, and three times the plot size for such plots in the suburbs of Mumbai.
     

DNA EXCLUSIVE | Uniform FSI for builders under BMC's revised parking policy

Publication: DNA Date : 17 APRIL 2018
The parking scene in Mumbai, a fallout of the city's ever-growing vehicle population, may become less chaotic in the coming years.

INFRA NEWS

     

Finally, work on touted Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue to begin after monsoons

Publication: DNA Date : 17 APRIL 2018
The construction work for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's equestrian statue in the Arabian Sea will begin after the monsoons.
     

Construction of Metro 2A: MMRDA, BMC talk on relaxing redevelopment plan terms

Publication: THE INDIAN EXPRESS Date : 17 APRIL 2018
The MMRDA is in discussion with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to relax certain “hardships” for the redevelopment of a housing society in Jogeshwari after it approached the Bombay High Court against eviction.

CITY NEWS

     

Mumbai national park warns construction sites against dumping debris

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 17 APRIL 2018
A day after HT reported that citizens had filed complaints regarding illegal debris dumping and tree felling along the periphery of Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP),
     

Fearing eviction, Mumbai Port Trust tenants seek 'proper' rehabilitation

Publication: DNA Date : 17 APRIL 2018
Nearly 25 associations of more than 2,300 leased properties on Mumbai Port Trust land came together on Monday to form an action committee to seek proper rehabilitation and accommodation

REALTY NEWS

     

South Mumbai flats are shrinking and how!

Publication: DNA Date : 17 APRIL 2018
South Mumbai has always been known for flats having very large area. However, that is set to change soon. It is now adopting to the ways of the suburbs, where a normal 1 BHK

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