Properties in Goregaon West Mumbai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the 83-km-long Kundli-Manesar section of the Western Peripheral Expressway on November 19. The expressway will offer signal-free connectivity to Palwal from Sonepat, bypassing Delhi while also diverting as many as 50,000 heavy vehicles away from Delhi. Once completed, the entire peripheral expressway would form a ring road around Delhi, spanning a total length of 270 kilometres. Locations such as Gurgaon, Manesar, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Palwal, Kundli and Sonepat are likely to witness sizeable real estate growth with the help of the expressway.

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.

A recent report published by Greenpeace India listed 280 Indian cities ranked according to their particulate matter (PM10) levels. Among many cities in north India which have dangerously high PM10 levels, the national capital was at the top spot. Hassan in Karnataka has consistently appeared among the least polluted cities in India with a PM10 level of 26 microgram per cubic metre (µg/m3). Few cities in Kerala, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, West Bengal, Meghalaya and Chhattisgarh managed to scrape through with PM10 levels lower than the annual permissible concentration of 60 µg/m3 set under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

Under the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority’s housing scheme for 2018, over 1,100 low-cost apartments will be sold in December. The authority will release an advertisement on November 5 announcing the housing lottery, with about 45 days available for homebuyers to apply. This year, about 500 units will be reserved for low-income group with 283 units for the economically weaker sections. MakaaniQ tells you all about the Mhada Lottery Scheme 2018 and the process for application.

Sacred Games famed actor Radhika Apte lives in a beautiful, tastefully-decorated apartment in Versova near Andheri West in north-west Mumbai. The Pune-born actor moved from London to Mumbai after her marriage with composer Benedict Taylor. The apartment, designed by the couple, comprises of a spacious living room, a well-appointed kitchen, a cosy bedroom, a reading nook near the patio, a guest room and a private dressing room. Apte has chosen bookshelves and indoor plants as focal interior decor elements. The furnishings bring a modern-meets-vintage look as there are three furniture pieces in her home belonging to her grandmother.