300-Acre Project In Dombivli, First And Biggest Under New Policy, & 200-Acre Pune Plan Get Nod

Nodal agency concerned about flooding due to changing the course of Ulwe River

Pune: Concerned citizens, organisations and environmentalists want political parties to come out with an agenda for environment protection in their Lok Sabha election manifesto.

The Green Pune Movement has objected to the scrapping of the biodiversity park (BDP) proposal, as it will open up the hilltops and slopes for construction. The group wants parties to clear their stand on BDPs.

The high-rise committee, which gives the final nod to all high-rises in the city, made it mandatory to seek a noobjection certificate from the panel for buildings above 70 metres tall, or about 20

Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Thursday said the revised cluster redevelopment policy for Mumbai would be announced on Monday during the ongoing Winter Session of the state legislature.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed to increase the cost of parking by a whopping 300 per cent in the most popular areas of the city.

Dividing the city into three zones, the civic administration has proposed a Rs 60 per hour charge for parking lots in "most popular" areas such as Fort, Nariman Point, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Colaba among others. The existing parking fee for such lots is Rs 20 per hour. According to civic data, there are about 62 such parking lots in the city.

All decks for the Navi Mumbai airport are now clear with the Maharashtra government offering a slew of benefits to those affected by the project and were opposed to their land being acquired as they were not happy with the rehabilitation package.

Builders Use SRA Rule To Bypass BMC, Boost FSI

Mumbai: An upcoming luxury tower on a very narrow plot in upscale Khar (west) could soon give Mumbai’s builders an idea of how to obtain higher floor space index (FSI) by going around the civic body’s regulations and approaching the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA).

Govt To Soon Release Code For Green Structures

After dangling a carrot in front of developers and citizens to promote environment-friendly buildings, the state government seems to have yanked it away for now.

Pune: It is common knowledge that the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has failed to fully execute the 1987 Development Plan (DP) in the past 25 years.