Kundan Spaces

When the plan gets implemented, all stations would have elevated decks to give more space to passengers. These decks would have ticket-booking offices, foot-over-bridges and skywalks, leading to the platforms. At present, only the Andheri and the Goregaon stations have elevated decks.

The Supreme Court has allowed the Sahara Group to choose any parcel of its properties in the Aamby Valley city project in Maharashtra and sell it by May 15. It was in August 2017 that the Bombay High Court had ordered for an auction of the property for a reserve price of Rs 37,392 crore, following Sahara Chief Subrata Roy's inability to deposit Rs 5,000 crore of his total dues of Rs 14,000 crore to investors.

After Delhi, the illegal constructions in Gurgaon has come under the scanner of civic authorities as major drives are being conducted across the town to remove squatters and encroachments from the streets and the residential colonies. In a recent move, three enforcement teams from the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) removed illegal occupants from 11 areas in the city which includes Sadar Bazaar, Jacobpura, Rajiv Chowk, Sohna Road, Subhash Chowk, Tikri village, sectors 40, 44, 45, Silokhra and Sikanderpur. These encroachments were also causing congestion on arterial roads.

By incorporating small changes, as prescribed under the ancient study of architecture, Vastu, our homes could be turned into a more positive territory. Here is today’s Vastu tip.

To monitor illegal construction, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is now making use of technology. After its failure to curb rising illegal construction in India's financial capital, the municipal corporation is now using Light Detection and Ranging technology to video-record each property with a 360° view. While sizing up the property, the technology will also enable the BMC to measure the road on which a building is standing - this will help it make sure no encroachment of public land takes place.