Construction activity in India’s capital city will now be regulated via a new set of building bye-laws, the first revision of these rules in 33 years. The new, improved, unified and simplified rules come at a time when scores of illegally and haphazardly developed residential colonies dot the landscape, leaving little land available for development

It all started when municipal garbage bins were placed near the entrance to Mumbai’s Vijay Nagar Housing Society in Andheri. With over 2,000 families living here, these bins quickly filled up and garbage began to accumulate and overflow and residents had no option but to tolerate the sight and smells every time they entered and

Barely 6 months have passed since floods lashed Chennai, throwing life off gear. While the government has been trying to pass the buck in explaining that disaster, one thing it has done is to lay spanking new roads that crisscross the city. But instead of being a cause for cheer, residents are enraged and are

Land has always been at a premium in Mumbai and now, it has started to pinch the pockets of even real estate developers. With fresh land parcels becoming hard to come by, the city’s developers are now increasingly looking at redeveloping old and dilapidated buildings to build their projects. Luxury Housing through Redevelopment Most developers