19TH MAY 2019 NEWS

MCHI NEWS

Redevelopment of over 5,000 societies in Navi Mumbai stuck

Publication: DNA Date : 19 MAY 2019

Redevelopment of about 5,000 housing societies in Navi Mumbai is stuck due to non-clarity and non-feasibility of redevelopment policy.

CITY NEWS

Mumbai: 499 buildings declared dangerous

Publication: DNA Date : 19 MAY 2019

The number of dilapidated buildings in the city has reduced by 19 per cent than the last year but the credit does not go to any major campaign from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) against the dangerous building.

Theme park at Racecourse plan creates roadblock for lease renewal of 76 plots

Publication: HINDUSTAN TIMES Date : 19 MAY 2019

Despite the state government’s recent directive on how to renew leases for 160 ‘Schedule W’ plots — those co-owned by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the state

Airport expansion plan on runway as state rejigs slum rehab formula

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 19 MAY 2019

Mumbai: The space-starved city airport’s decade-long wait for expansion seems set to end, with the state stepping in with a slum resettlement formula to free 211 acres for aeronautical and commercial development.

Govt identifies 8 plots on airport’s west end to house slum-dwellers

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 19 MAY 2019

Mumbai: The state government has zeroed in on eight land parcels, totalling around 65 acres, on the airport’s western periphery for rehabilitating slum-dwellers living on airport’s land.

20TH MAY 2019 NEWS

CITY NEWS

Developers owe MHADA over Rs 100 crore as rent

Publication: DNA Date : 15 MAY 2019

Several developers owe the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) over Rs 100 crore as rent for using its transit accommodation.

BMC clears bldg file in a jiffy, tongues wag

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 20 MAY 2019

Mumbai: On May 10, the BMC’s building proposal department created a record of sorts. It cleared a plan for construction of a 70 metre-tall commercial building on Linking Road at Khar in less than 24 hours.

No fire NOC, yet BMC clears Khar building proposal in record time

Publication: TIMES OF INDIA Date : 20 MAY 2019

Mumbai: The BMC’s decision to clear a proposal for a highrise commercial building in Khar within 24 hours—the file moved from a sub-engineer’s desk to the commissioner over six stages

REALTY NEWS

Property tax: No payment through BMC’s portal & CFCs, residents in the lurch

Publication: THE INDIAN EXPRESS Date : 20 MAY 2019

Property tax is BMC’s biggest source of income after octroi was abolished and GST was implemented. In 2018-19 civic body has collected about Rs 5,000 crore from property tax.