Properties in Salt Lake City Kolkata

The land parcels will be used to develop residential townships under Public Private Partnership.

To provide quality affordable housing to the people in the state, the West Bengal Housing Board, under state urban development department, comes up with housing schemes from time to time. The housing board provides units under four category- economically weaker sections, lower income groups, middle income groups and higher income groups. Under the Nijashree scheme, each block consisting of 16 flats will be built, each having 1BHK of 378 sq ft and 2HK flats of 559 sq ft. The units will be allotted through a lottery in the respective district/sub-division

Municipal corporations across the country have realised the power of technology for tackling civic problems. For instance, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) recently became the first municipal corporation to use space technology to address issues such as encroachment of lakes, illegal dumping of garbage, pothole menace, etc. by liaising with ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation). The three municipal corporations of Delhi introduced a mobile application to enable users to find locations of public toilets nearby, police stations, metro stations, etc.

The Maharashtra government has sanctioned the Mumbai Development Control and Promotion Regulations 2034. The new plan is expected to open up over 3,700 hectares of land in the city’s no-development zone and salt-pan land. This large tract of land is likely to be used for developing residential real estate in the affordable category. According to the plan, nearly 10 lakh affordable houses will be constructed by 2034. It was earlier this year that the DCPR 2034 was passed by the government.

On December 6, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had issued orders to ban construction activities up to 75 metres from the boundary of stormwater drains (SWDs), also referred to as rajakaluves. Aimed at preserving the Bellandur and Agara lakes that have become highly polluted, the decision by NGT implies serious trouble for those structures that have been built, following the old buffer zone rules. As per earlier NGT regulations, a buffer area of 50 metres for primary stormwater drains, 35 metres for secondary ones and buffer area of 25 metres for tertiary drains has been allowed. Karanataka government will file an appeal, seeking review of the recent ruling.