In a move aimed at making land acquisition easier for public projects besides ending dubious land ownership, the government will soon start issuing a 14-digit unique land parcel identification number in six states. A decision to this effect was taken at a recently held meeting between top state government officials and officials of the department […]
NEW DELHI: Environment minister Gopal Rai on Monday announced five key measures that every construction and demolition site in the capital will have to follow to tackle dust pollution. Any violation will result in fines. Rai, who also announced a plan to micro-manage Delhi’s 13 pollution hotspots, said that while Delhi’s government drive against dust […]
GURUGRAM: There are 82 housing societies in Gurugram and Faridabad that are dependent on diesel generator sets for electricity, the state power distribution utility has informed the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) through a survey report. The revelation comes just four days before the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) kicks in across NCR, […]
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has directed the city government’s Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board to implement its orders with regard to registration and membership renewal of labourers and warned that it will take a strict view of non-compliance of its directions. A bench of justices Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar said […]
GURUGRAM: The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has allowed “revenue roads” to become part of two housing societies that are split into two halves because the pathways cut through them. In return, the private developers will have to give the civic body another land parcel of equal value. The proposal, which was passed in the […]
GREATER NOIDA: With the proposed Jewar airport having boosted the prospects of the region, the race to grab industrial plots along Yamuna Expressway is getting intense with each passing day. YEIDA has managed to give out 700 plots to the takers this time, through a draw of lots held for the four schemes that were […]
NEW DELHI: The ‘Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas’ (SVAMITVA) scheme will bring “historical changes” in the villages across the country, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday at the launch of the yojana which aims to provide the ‘record of rights’ to village household owners in rural areas and […]
GHAZIABAD: A high-voltage drama was witnessed in Shanti Nagar on Saturday as residents refused to vacate their houses when Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) officials went to the area to demolish 11 illegal structures. Police had a tough time evicting the occupants from the houses and had to literally drag them out. GMC commissioner Mahendra Singh […]
GURUGRAM: A land exchange proposal for two private developers to lay revenue roads will be discussed in the MCG House meeting scheduled for October 12. While Vatika Limited has sought exchange of 3.28 acres of land in Sihi village, Era Resorts has submitted a proposal seeking exchange of 551.5 square yards of land in Ghata […]
GURUGRAM: The enforcement team of the department of town and country planning (DTCP) carried out an inspection on Wednesday after receiving repeated complaints from the residents of DLF-1 on rampant violations of building norms. During the inspection, the DTCP team spotted several violations of occupation certificate and NGT norms. The team also visited the buildings, […]
NEW DELHI: Japanese technology firm NTT Data has leased about 100,000 square feet (sq ft) of office space at Brookefield’s Candor TechScpace in Gurugram, in one of the biggest such deals in the financial and tech hub since the lockdown. “The company was looking for office space in north India for some time now and […]
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal Friday rejected a plea filed by Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) seeking review of its order that commercial buildings cannot be developed on sites available for waste management, saying there was no merit in the application. The tribunal also observed that waste management in the national […]
