Social activists have moved court to scrap the Lavasa township project near Pune. The public interest petition filed in the Bombay High Court says the project does not have the mandatory environmental clearance from the Union environment ministry, and hence is liable to be cancelled.

KOLKATA, 1 Nov: In a move that could harm both the revenue generation of the government and the prospect of tourism industry, the state forest department has issued a ban on construction of new resorts within and around one kilometre periphery of the seven wildlife sanctuaries in north Bengal.

The initiative has been taken to avoid any kind of man-animal conflict in the areas and so that the wi

The buying and selling of the flats in buildings standing on notified private forest lands in Mumbai and Thane is going on uninterruptedly.

The fate of nearly 5 lakh families in 15,000 buildings with several thousand apartments in Borivli, Mulund, Nahur and Thane is hanging in balance for the past few years as the case is being heard in the Supreme Court.

Though the lower court has suggested

AHMEDABAD: In order to promote the planned development on coastal areas of the state, the Gujarat government may come up with a special scheme to encourage builders to develop integrated townships near the seashore.

While addressing a gathering at the inauguration ceremony of the Godrej township on SG Road, chief minister Narendra Modi said that coastal development through townships is still in

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the Government is planning to develop environment-friendly townships in the coastal region of the State and promised special schemes for the developers who would participate in the initiative.

Seeking viable solutions to make India slum-free, Government today invited banks, other financial institutions and the real estate sector to use its interest subsidy scheme for construction of affordable houses for urban poor.

The view from the deck of the three-bedroom apartment does not boast of much except a labyrinth of under-construction buildings which seem to be rocketing skyward. The frenzied construction is in stark contrast to the quiet of the sparsely populated streets outside.

High economic growth coupled with rapid urbanization and a rising middle class have created considerable demand for housing and housing finance in South Asia. More than 14% of low-income families in the region have no home. While housing and housing finance markets have grown at a rate of 30%, it is the upper-income families that benefitted the most.

This study is a survey of the different types of tools and implements used for building operations in the Yoruba Indigenous Architecture of Nigeria. The tools include

MUMBAI: The state government and City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco), which are developing the international airport at Navi Mumbai, have firmly refused to allow residential buildings near the site.

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