In October 2017, businessman Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group, announced a strategic partnership between his company and Hyperloop, named Hyperloop One. The first three corridors selected for the Hyperloop One transportation … READ FULL STORY
The Congress party has alleged that the Shiv Sena and the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) administration are responsible for ‘irregularities’ in the publication of Urban Renewal Plans (URPs), for cluster development in the city. … READ FULL STORY
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, on May 21, 2018, directed the town planning authority, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), to speed up the pace of work and complete projects within the timelines. Fadnavis, … READ FULL STORY
The Maharashtra government is planning to amend the law and provide for the termination of contracts with private builders, if they do not complete the projects of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority … READ FULL STORY
The Maharashtra government is mulling a public-private partnership (PPP) policy, under which it plans to acquire land parcels in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and develop low-cost homes, giving further impetus to its affordable … READ FULL STORY
Singapore’s minister-in-charge of trade relations S Iswaran and Maharashtra’s chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, while chairing the inaugural Maharashtra-Singapore Joint Committee meeting on May 16, 2018 in Mumbai, signed a framework agreement, to facilitate Singapore … READ FULL STORY
Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, on May 11, 2018, announced that the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) would be the planning authority, for all future government housing schemes in Mumbai and its surrounding … 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
After a year-long delay, the final draft of the Greater Mumbai Development Plan (DP) 2034, recently saw the light of day. The highlights were the amendments in the development control regulations (DCR) in terms … READ FULL STORY
Maharashtra finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, on May 9, 2018, said that the state government would write to the Union Labour Ministry, asking for the centre to include forest labourers as construction workers. “If forest … READ FULL STORY
Mumbai cannot afford to have salt pans and no-development zones, which are the last remaining open spaces in the city, fall prey to the builder lobby, former member of parliament and Mumbai Congress president … 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
The Maharashtra government has issued a Government Resolution (GR), streamlining the rules for the sale or transfer by other means, of flats in cooperative housing societies built on government-allotted lands. As per the GR … READ FULL STORY
