14TH JUNE 2017

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 MCHI NEWS

     

Devendra Fadnavis relays a firm no for extension of RERA registration

Publication: DNA Date : 14 JUNE 2017
On Tuesday, many builders hit the panic button after a builder body, MCHI’s Navi Mumbai unit, sent out an email informing them about Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s decision to not extend registration under MahaRERA.

 GST NEWS

     

GST roll out from July 1, don't be misled by delay rumours: Government

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 14 JUNE 2017
NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday emphasised that Good and Services Tax+ will be rolled out from July 1 and preparations are in full swing for its smooth implementation, as it sought to dispel rumours of a possible deferment.
     

Govt says GST rollout on track, scotches delay rumours

Publication: MINT Date : 14 JUNE 2017
Final decision on GST rollout from 1 July likely after next GST Council meeting on 18 June

 DGCA NEWS

     

Metro 3: BKC mangroves to be cut

Publication: DNA Date : 14 JUNE 2017
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday allowed an application moved by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRCL) Limited, seeking to cut mangroves at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) area, to build the Metro line-3 station there.
     

Act against 45 buildings in flight path, DGCA told

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 14 JUNE 2017
Mumbai:   The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to forthwith take action against 45 buildings which are inside the approach funnel at Mumbai airport to reduce their height.
     

Demolish or reduce height of 35 buildings around Mumbai airport, says high court

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 14 JUNE 2017
The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to demolish or reduce the height of 35 buildings violating height norms around the airport, within three months.

 INFRA NEWS

     

MUMBAI UPROOTED - Aarey to lose 3,184 trees for car shed, admits Metro corp

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 14 JUNE 2017
The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) has now revealed in an official document that more than 3,000 trees will be felled inside Aarey Colony to build a car shed.
     

S'pore tree expert says not working for Metro, MMRCL claims another one is

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 14 JUNE 2017
Mumbai:   Singaporean arborist Simon Leong has refuted claims by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation that it had appointed him to oversee a tree management plan for the Colaba-SEEPZ Metro III project.
     

Bombay high court allows metro rail to cut 108 mangrove trees for BKC station

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 14 JUNE 2017
The Bombay high court on Tuesday permitted the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) to clear 108 mangroves to construct a station at the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) under the Metro-3 project.

 CITY NEWS

     

Two civic staffers warned over Juhu beach clean-up

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 14 JUNE 2017
Mumbai:   Two civic staffers in charge of supervising the cleaning of Juhu beach have been served a warning notice by BMC for non-performance of work.
     

Residents get a say in maintaining Juhu, and Versova beaches

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 14 JUNE 2017
From framing tenders for selection of contractors to day-to-day supervision Municipal Commissioner promises that a single contractor will be appointed on the basis of the tenders framed by residents for the upkeep of both beaches
     

Maharashtra revises clubs’ lease rates

Publication: THE ASIAN AGE Date : 14 JUNE 2017
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government, in a bid to collect more revenue, revised the lease rates of clubs and gymkhanas in Mumbai and suburban areas as per ready reckoner rates in a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
     

Mapping expenditure: 80% Smart City funds for just 2.7% of city area

Publication: THE INDIAN EXPRESS Date : 14 JUNE 2017
Eighty per cent of the proposed central government investment in its flagship Smart City mission will flow to well-developed pockets that account for only 2.7 per cent

REALTY NEWS

     

Minor mineral: Faster green nods fail to slow down illegal sand mining

Publication: THE INDIAN EXPRESS Date : 14 JUNE 2017
The Centre has constituted a committee to understand the existing system of sand mining in various states and prepare a guideline which addresses all concerns of this sector.
     

‘Locked up’ land enough for housing

Publication: THE ASIAN AGE Date : 14 JUNE 2017
Mumbai: India should use excess land held by government agencies to meet its goal of providing housing for all by 2022, experts and activists said, as the country struggles with rising conflicts over land for industry, infrastructure and its citizens.
 

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