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town planning news

HC orders performance audit of 1971 Slum Act, seeks roadmap for slum-free Mumbai

Housing - Slums in Kurar Village, Malad - HT Photo by Ritesh Uttamchandani. 21/06/06
Published on May 09, 2026 04:50 am IST

Nearly 50% bldgs in Vasai-Virar are illegal, MLAs allege

Nearly 50% bldgs in Vasai-Virar are illegal, MLAs allege
Published on Mar 19, 2026 04:16 am IST

Former VVCMC town planning official booked for amassing 31.48 crore in disproportionate assets

Former VVCMC town planning official booked for amassing 31.48 crore in disproportionate assets
Published on Aug 03, 2025 08:24 am IST

Ajit Pawar flags overcrowding in Maharashtra's cities, rush of illegal Bangladeshi migrants

Ajit Pawar flags overcrowding in Maharashtra's cities, rush of illegal Bangladeshi migrants
Published on Jan 31, 2025 07:01 pm IST

Karnataka govt inks pact with World Design Org to give new look to Bengaluru

The WDO has made suggestions regarding how the future of the city should be, changes to made with regards to roads, footpath, parks, road intersections and how the satellite towns should be developed.
Published on Jul 25, 2023 08:28 am IST

Locals demand widening of proposed roads in merged villages in Pune

The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) has proposed 12 to 15-metre-wide roads in the draft development plan (DP), which is in the final stages of submission to the state government (HT FILE PHOTO)
Updated on Apr 02, 2023 10:40 pm IST

Amravati joint director of town planning, kin booked for disproportionate assets

Nazirkar and his wife were also booked in a case of cheating worth multiple lakhs at the Dattawadi police station in 2017.
Published on Jun 19, 2020 05:02 pm IST

Environment be damned, there’s no stopping paver blocks in Mohali

HT Image
Published on Jan 08, 2020 12:25 am IST

Ajit Singh Chatha says every challenge offers an opportunity to move up

Ajit Singh Chatha is the former chief secretary of Punjab.
Updated on Jul 18, 2019 05:17 pm IST

HSVP to physically measure Sec 57 land to calculate enhancement charge

Development comes week after chief minister set up a committee to recalculate enhancement amount.
Published on May 06, 2019 01:08 am IST

Town planning body to review all occupancy permits issued this year

From the last week of December 2018, the department had been issuing all occupancy certificates online.
Published on Apr 05, 2019 03:45 am IST

CM to lay foundation stone for proposed Mhalunge-Maan Town planning scheme on Friday

The proposed Mhalunge-Maan Town planning scheme will be spread across 250 hectares
Updated on Nov 15, 2018 03:24 pm IST

New provisions of Mumbai Development Plan 2034 open for suggestions

The DP covers areas like affordable housing, promoting development of slum rehabilitation projects, parking authority, redevelopment of dilapidated buildings, high-rise restrictions and regulating open spaces in Mumbai.
Updated on May 25, 2018 11:14 am IST

Mumbai civic body files 18 FIRs against housing societies for not processing waste

Initially, the BMC had set a deadline of October 2 to enforce the rules, but after protests and requests from several quarters seeking more time to create processing facilities, it had extended the deadline to January 3, 2018.
Updated on May 19, 2018 07:38 pm IST

Cluster scheme in Thane inches closer to reality

The Indira Nagar slums will change for the better under the cluster scheme.
Updated on Apr 21, 2018 12:49 am IST