Toll exemption for small vehicles and state transport buses, offered by a few state governments, is emerging as one of the major risks for road developers, particularly working on the state-led build operate transfer … READ FULL STORY
Land acquisition for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project is facing opposition from farmers in Gujarat, with villagers not allowing the joint measurement survey to take place in many places. Farmer leaders are demanding that … READ FULL STORY
Ponds, ambulances, solar street lights and doctors, are some of the demands that villagers in Maharashtra’s Palghar district want met, before they give their nod to the government’s ambitious bullet train project, say officials. … READ FULL STORY
The compensation provide to farmers, whose land will be acquired for the Ahmedabad–Mumbai Bullet Train project, will be ‘much more than what they are expecting’, implementing agency National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited’s (NHSRCL’s), … READ FULL STORY
Nearly 12,066 acres of surplus land of the Railways, are now up for grabs. The national transporter has written to 13 states, asking them to either buy or exchange these land parcels, for developmental … READ FULL STORY
In a letter to prime minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Ahmed Patel, on May 2, 2018, said farmers’ representatives had complained that rules and procedures under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in … READ FULL STORY
Real estate developer Sobha Limited has forayed into the Gujarat market, with an investment of over Rs 500 crores towards residential development in the Gujarat International Finance Tec City (GIFT City). Sobha will develop … READ FULL STORY
According to the developers of a new satellite early warning system for the world’s 5,00,000 dams, shrinking reservoirs in India, Morocco, Iraq and Spain, could spark the next ‘day zero’ water crisis, The Guardian … READ FULL STORY
We often hear people say that ‘There was a time, when our city was full of greenery, the climate was cool and there was no water scarcity or flooding problem. Now, things have completely … READ FULL STORY
In a bid to remove discrepancies and bring a greater transparency and improve ease of doing business for construction activities, Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani has approved the new common General Development Control Regulations … READ FULL STORY
The Gujarat government, on March 7, 2018, informed the state’s legislative assembly that a 6.5-km-long stretch of the metro rail project in Ahmedabad, would become functional by the end of 2018. The 6.5-km-long stretch, … READ FULL STORY
The centre has given its nod for the construction of over 1.86 lakh more affordable houses for the urban poor under its urban housing scheme, taking the total number of houses to over 39.25 … READ FULL STORY
The internet is the most preferred medium for home search in India With over 462 million internet users, India is the second-largest online market in the world. 20 million Indians search for homes online, … READ FULL STORY
