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How Citizens Won Over Gurgaon Mayor

Its citizens power and their good work that prevailed! After lot of deliberations and discussions, the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon decided to let Iamgurgaon, a citizen’s movement, continue with the upkeep of the Aravalli Bio Diversity Park. The 350 acre green patch which was earlier a mining site was under threat of getting encroached upon.

VAT on Property in Haryana: Must-Know Facts

If you have purchased a property in Haryana and your home is close to the stage of possession, then chances are your builder is demanding that you pay up VAT (Value Added Tax). Buyers, who have already emptied their savings into investing in the property, are feeling the pinch with this sudden demand that runs

A Resident’s Account of Life on the Noida Expressway

“Everything costs. Even if you want to breathe clean air today, it will cost you.” Working mother of two, Ashima Sharma has a thing or two to share with the thousands of home owners who will move into their newly built apartment buildings on the Noida Expressway this year. Having spent about four years living

DDA’s New Boss and His Top 5 Plans

January 2014, we were at the Delhi Development Authority’s headquarters, eagerly waiting to hear what the newly inducted Vice Chairman Balvinder Kumar had to say. Cut to September 2015, we are in the same conference room, the usual plate of sarkari snacks giving us company, and we are waiting for the media-debut of another Vice