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The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) Trust has given its approval to start engineering, procurement and construction contracts worth Rs 6,414 crore for the Bidkin Industrial Area in Maharashtra, the DMIC said in a … READ FULL STORY
About 60% of the population of the country will live in cities by 2050, as India’s rate of urbanisation is ‘dramatic’, stated minister of state for urban development Rao Inderjit Singh. As per the … READ FULL STORY
The Haryana government, has approved the Haryana Building Code, 2016, which allows additional Floor Area Ratio (FAR) on payment of charges as approved by it, from time to time. A spokesman of the Haryana … READ FULL STORY
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has said that it is confident of starting work on the Metro-7 corridor, from Andheri (E) to Dahisar (E), after the monsoons. “Metro corridors will be the … READ FULL STORY
The Supreme Court, on July 22, 2016, asked the centre to take possession and secure the 31-storeyed controversial Adarsh apartments in Mumbai and issued notices to various stakeholders, on pleas challenging the Bombay High … READ FULL STORY
Over 40% of the houses allotted by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), under its Housing Scheme 2014, have been surrendered or cancelled with some allottees complaining about the size of the flats and locality, … READ FULL STORY
The Tamil Nadu government, on July 21, 2016, announced that the passenger services in the first underground stretch of Chennai Metro, will commence by the end of this year. The state’s finance minister, O … READ FULL STORY
With the aim to make Kolkata a low-carbon city, companies from the United Kingdom specialising in urban design and planning, met West Bengal government and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) officials, for collaboration in the … READ FULL STORY
Telangana’s municipal administration and urban development minister KT Rama Rao recently inaugurated two packages of the Hyderabad Outer Ring Road (ORR) between Shamirpet and Ghatkesar, being implemented through an ‘official development assistance’ from the … READ FULL STORY
The Delhi government has approved the fourth phase of the Delhi Metro, a mega project that will take the mass rapid transit to the outer areas of the national capital. After the completion of … READ FULL STORY
Provident Housing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Puravankara Group, has partnered with Tata Projects, for construction of its 20-acre Kenworth housing project in Hyderabad. Ashish Puravankara, managing director, Puravankara Projects Ltd commented that “The overwhelming … READ FULL STORY
In a step to make the city free of congestion, Thane has come up with a citywide hybrid simulation model for managing vehicular traffic. Under the system, the entire traffic network of the city … READ FULL STORY
Office space absorption increased by 46%, to over 10.2 million sq ft in the second quarter of 2016 on improved demand from corporates, according to property consultant CBRE. The National Capital Region (Delhi, Gurgaon … READ FULL STORY
