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Shalini Nair
The writer is a gender studies PhD scholar at the University of Sussex, UK
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No easing of green rules for realty: govt panelSubscriber Only
November 16, 2009 05:26 IST
A central committee set up to review proposed amendments to the Environment Impact Assessment notification of 2006 has struck down a proposal to dilute norms to benefit the real estate sector.
Mon, Nov 16, 2009Housing for CISF: airport agency wants building rights enhancedSubscriber Only
November 03, 2009 23:55 IST
Mumbai International Airport Pvt. Ltd has requested the state government to grant a Floor Space Index of 4...
Tue, Nov 03, 2009
Development does count but slums come first,says Chandivli MLASubscriber Only
November 03, 2009 23:45 IST
Each time the development-versus-slums debate plays out in his constituency,three-time MLA and minister Naseem Khan has sided with the latter.
Tue, Nov 03, 2009Arm us like slum authority: metropolitan developerSubscriber Only
October 30, 2009 23:34 IST
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has requested the state government to grant it powers and relaxations on par with the Slum Rehabilitation Authority to expedite its rental housing projects.
Fri, Oct 30, 2009Fliers can check in at Metro station,zip to airportSubscriber Only
October 29, 2009 00:57 IST
London,Shanghai and several other international cities have had it for long; closer home,Delhi will have one before the Commonwealth Games. Next,Mumbai will follow with a dedicated Metro service to its international airport.
Thu, Oct 29, 2009Housing,slum rehabilitation top this MLAs priority listSubscriber Only
October 29, 2009 00:54 IST
During his Mithibai College years,Krishna Hegde won a spate of inter-collegiate fashion shows while dabbling in his familys garments business.
Thu, Oct 29, 2009Mumbai vote pattern followed LS trendsSubscriber Only
October 26, 2009 03:27 IST
The voting pattern in an overwhelming majority of Mumbais 36 Assembly seats has thrown up an interesting fact.
Mon, Oct 26, 2009Larger flats to replace chawlsSubscriber Only
October 22, 2009 02:01 IST
The citys archetypal low-cost housing model,its BDD chawls,are set to give way to larger apartments that will be built under either of the two recent redevelopment policies of the state government...
Thu, Oct 22, 2009
Five acres near racecourse first cluster being developedSubscriber Only
October 20, 2009 23:21 IST
A proposal by Dynamix Balwas Group at Turf Estate in Mahalaxmi has become the first to get government clearance under the cluster development policy.
Tue, Oct 20, 2009Among MLAs in fray,Sarvankar tops crime gradesSubscriber Only
October 13, 2009 23:59 IST
Half the citys 27 recontesting MLAs have criminal charges against them. Mumbai Votes,an online resource that tracks elected representatives,has counted 13 with such cases.
Tue, Oct 13, 2009In Bandra West,rivals target each others votebanksSubscriber Only
September 29, 2009 23:35 IST
In Bandra West,the Assembly poll candidates know that they can ignore neither the active residents groups nor the sizeable majority of slum residents.
Tue, Sep 29, 2009What FSI hike around Metro stations will mean: pilot study near NanavatiSubscriber Only
September 25, 2009 01:18 IST
The proposed Metro station near Nanavati Hospital,part of a typically high-traffic-density route,has been chosen for a pilot study on the implications of granting additional built-up rights on land along the Metro routes.
Fri, Sep 25, 2009Realty check: jacking up property rates bad for salesSubscriber Only
September 22, 2009 23:58 IST
Developers who have been hiking rates of apartments hoping to cash in on the demand have lost out as far as sale in the second quarter of 2009 is concerne to those who held on to reasonable prices.
Tue, Sep 22, 2009
City heritage list to include 900 more structuresSubscriber Only
September 16, 2009 01:10 IST
In a fresh lease of life for the citys architectural history,the state government has initiated the much-delayed move to notify a revised heritage list for Mumbai.
Wed, Sep 16, 2009Slums first,heritage later: Grade III no longer untouchableSubscriber Only
September 11, 2009 01:04 IST
Heritage structures listed as Grade-III can now be redeveloped if a slum scheme demands it,following a dilution of the norms for preservation of less prominent heritage buildings and precincts.
Fri, Sep 11, 2009Skywalks give way to heritage-friendly walkways in new designsSubscriber Only
September 08, 2009 01:28 IST
Two months after plans for four skywalks in the vicinity of heritage structures in South Mumbai were scrapped,the Practicing Engineers Architects,and Town Planners Association has submitted an alternative design,proposing roofless,elevated walkways instead.
Tue, Sep 08, 2009Rs 334 cr will turn Beggars Home into swanky,sprawling complexSubscriber Only
August 31, 2009 01:56 IST
The 39-acre expanse where the Beggars Home is located in Chembur is the latest in a series of government properties being handed over for redevelopment to private developers in the run-up to the Assembly elections.
Mon, Aug 31, 2009Paper jam in new housing rulesSubscriber Only
August 27, 2009 01:17 IST
Housing societies will have to do a lot of paperwork,some of it allegedly unnecessary,before they get a conveyance deed along with redevelopment rights,rights to open spaces or exploit any additional construction rights.
Thu, Aug 27, 2009
Big builders for swanky Bandra govt colonySubscriber Only
August 25, 2009 01:33 IST
In what could be the largest building redevelopment plan in Mumbai,the state government has finalised bids for its ambitious project on the 95.80-acre Bandra Government Colony...
Tue, Aug 25, 2009Ban parking under flyovers: state to planning authoritiesSubscriber Only
August 21, 2009 01:56 IST
Motorists who line up their vehicles below flyovers can no longer do so. The state urban development department on Thursday issued orders to all planning authorities in the state to ban parking below flyovers with immediate effect.
Fri, Aug 21, 2009Taj Group proposes to rebuild Searock Hotel to 140 m,40 storeysSubscriber Only
August 20, 2009 01:32 IST
The Taj Group has proposed to rebuild Searock Hotel at Bandra Bandstand and make it two-and-a-half times taller.
Thu, Aug 20, 2009Finlay: fresh tendering a blow to NTC plansSubscriber Only
August 20, 2009 01:30 IST
The National Textile Corporations decision to put Finlay Mills to tender for the fourth time is likely to set back its plans to launch the second phase of its auctions...
Thu, Aug 20, 2009HC lists 43 flaws in construction of Judicial Academy,govt orders probeSubscriber Only
August 18, 2009 01:57 IST
Responding to a letter from the registrar general (Personnel and Protocol),Bombay High Court, the state government has ordered an inquiry into sub-standard construction work in the Maharashtra Judicial Academy building at Uttan inaugurated by President Pratibha Patil on June 27.
Tue, Aug 18, 2009This is what you will see soon on an island off Marine DriveSubscriber Only
August 11, 2009 03:43 IST
Apparently keen to finalise the ambitious project to install a giant Shivaji statue in the sea off Marine Drive in Mumbai before Assembly elections....
Tue, Aug 11, 2009BDD chawls redevelopment: Cabinet nod soonSubscriber Only
August 11, 2009 00:29 IST
In one of the many pre-election sops being doled out by the state government,the cabinet is soon likely to approve a proposal to redevelop pockets of Bombay Development Directorate chawls spread over a total area of 92 acres in the island city.
Tue, Aug 11, 2009Journalism of Courage
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