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Exclusive: MMRDA Chief on Mumbai Metro’s Mega Expansion Plans
For those living in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, get set to witness a massive expansion of the Mumbai Metro network. The Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) recently sanctioned Rs 35,400 crores to develop 118 kilometers of new metro lanes. While that is already an ambitious project, the MMDRA is actually hoping to have the
Exclusive: MHADA CEO on Low-Cost Homes Plan for Mumbai
Mumbai has acquired quite a reputation as an unforgiving real estate market and even the state housing body – the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) has been struggling to deliver on its affordable housing promise, while grappling with a shrinking land bank and rising costs. But now, MHADA is embarking on a renewed
DDA’s New Boss and His Top 5 Plans for Delhi
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
Buyers Beware of Delhi’s L Zone Trap
All roads now lead to L Zone of Dwarka, in south west Delhi. As per the Delhi Development Authority, this is the largest zone of Delhi with 22,840 hectares. At least half of this land can be urbanised and is proposed to come under land pooling policy of DDA. Builders have rushed in with pre-launches.