Giving the first official indication of the likely fares on the government’s ambitious Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, Achal Khare, the managing director of the National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL), told reporters that … READ FULL STORY
A separate office for cooperative housing societies will be set up, to expedite issues related to registration, deemed conveyance, redevelopment, land ownership and the like, Maharashtra’s cooperation minister, Subhash Deshmukh announced on April 9, … READ FULL STORY
A Supreme Court bench of justices J Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul, on April 2, 2018, issued notices to the CBI and the Maharashtra government and sought their replies in four weeks, on a … READ FULL STORY
In a statement issued on April 2, 2018, Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, citing the Bakshi Committee report on denotification of land, asked the Maharashtra government to remove industries minister Subhash Desai. Patil said … READ FULL STORY
Ready Reckoner (RR) rates indicate the value of land or residential and commercial properties of an area, determined by the state government and are published annually. RR rates vary as per the area under … READ FULL STORY
The Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) and the Housing Department of Maharashtra failed to shift slum-dwellers from the airport land in Mumbai, even ten years after a private builder was given the job of building … READ FULL STORY
Maharashtra’s minister of state for urban development, Ranjit Patil, on March 28, 2018, informed the legislative council that a proposal for uniform development control rules (DCR) for eight municipal corporations under the Mumbai Metropolitan … READ FULL STORY
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, on March 28, 2018, said that an inquiry found that there was no ‘conflict of interest’ in industries minister Subhash Desai’s decision on de-notification of industrial lands. Former additional … READ FULL STORY
Almost 80 per cent work of designing of the bridges, viaducts and tunnels, on the country’s first bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, has been completed by engineers based in Delhi, Mumbai and Japan, … READ FULL STORY
The Bombay High Court, on March 26, 2018, asked the Maharashtra government to consider allotting two plots in the suburbs, originally reserved for a cancer hospital and a public housing project, to rehabilitate over … READ FULL STORY
With a focus on speedy implementation of various infrastructure projects in the megapolis, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, on March 22, 2018, approved the Rs 12,156.95-crore budget presented by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development … READ FULL STORY
Seeking to allay fears that the Maharashtra government planned to allow developments at the Mahim Nature Park (MNP) in Mumbai, minister of state for housing Ravindra Waikar said, “The government will keep intact the … READ FULL STORY
The redeveloped buildings of MHADA and the civic body in Mumbai, would be brought on a single digital platform by linking the documents to Aadhaar, so that information on their sale and purchase could … READ FULL STORY
