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GDA eases industrial buildings’ FAR norms to boost growth
The members of the Ghaziabad industrial associations said that the amendments will pave way for more vertical expansion.
Published on May 01, 2025 08:08 AM IST
LDA raises floor area ratio for high rises
In its board meeting on Friday, it approved a proposal to raise FAR from 2.5 to 4.0 in developed areas and 5.0 in under-developed area, allowing builders to construct taller buildings with more units on a plot of land.
Updated on Sep 14, 2024 06:32 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Lucknow
Stilt plus four floors: ‘Haryana didn’t make efforts to augment, redesign sectors, despite windfall of revenue, finds report
While stilt plus four constructions were allowed with the intent of increasing the availability of housing at affordable prices, complaints started pouring in from residents who pointed out overburdening of the existing infrastructure, damage to adjoining structures, and congestion due parking of vehicles on roads.
Updated on Jul 04, 2023 12:33 AM IST
Hitender Rao, Chandigarh
Home developers’ body submits memorandum in support of fourth floor
Gurugram Home Developers? Association has submitted a memorandum to a special committee formed by Haryana government to look into issues surrounding the construction of a fourth floor on residential plots. The state government banned construction of the fourth floor in February, citing a potential violation of density norms and pressure on infrastructure in the colonies. The association has said hundreds of plot buyers across the state have purchased plots with the objective of building four floors, and money has been invested by buyers that has now been stuck due to the ban.
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 12:38 AM IST
Partial amalgamation of commercial properties to be allowed in Chandigarh
Administration notifies the draft Chandigarh Building Rules (Urban) 2020 for different floors of two adjacent commercial properties owned by different parties but rented out to one tenant
Updated on Nov 16, 2020 12:05 AM IST
Munieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh
UT employees’ housing scheme: CHB high-rise proposal needs amendment in master plan
No provision to offer construction up to 10 floors in the current building laws
Updated on Oct 27, 2020 07:19 AM IST
Munieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh
Chandigarh administration exploring taller house options for stilt parking
UT adviser Manoj Parida has asked the urban planing department to consider relaxing height restrictions in residential units
Updated on Oct 10, 2020 12:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Munieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh
Chandigarh’s poor show in ease of doing business rankings no surprise: Industrialists
In the last five years, the number of MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises) decreased by nearly 35% and industrial workforce shrank by around 20%
Updated on Sep 13, 2020 10:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Munieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh
UT Employees’ Housing Scheme: CHB redraws plans, explores price options
Consultant hired by CHB to rework plans. ‘Unless architectural plans of all the options are prepared, we will not know how to minimise costs... or the exact costs, a senior board official has said
Updated on Sep 07, 2020 11:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Munieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh
UT employees’ housing scheme: High-rise plans, costing issues likely to come up at meeting
To be discussed: Charges applicable for plotted areas instead of the total land parcel and building the 11-storey apartment in Sector 56
Updated on Aug 18, 2020 12:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Munieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh
UP districts may auction properties of defaulter builders to recover dues
In a virtual meeting held with the chief executive officers and vice-chairpersons of 15 development authorities on Friday, UP-Rera chairman Rajive Kumar asked the authorities to provide a list of all unsold inventories, vacant land, among others details of both completed and under-construction projects of the defaulters.
Updated on Aug 16, 2020 03:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Greater Noida | Kapil Datta, Greater Noida
Chandigarh Housing Board scraps Sec 53 scheme over poor response
The scheme was the costliest one floated in Chandigarh with a 1BHK flat costing ₹95 lakh
Published on Mar 19, 2020 11:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Vivek Gupta, Chandigarh
Chandigarh mulls basing industrial plots conversion charges on collector rate
Once the rates are finalised, the policy draft will be sent to the Union government for its approval
Published on Sep 22, 2019 11:34 PM IST
Munieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh
54 services get industrial status, to get extra FAR
Many important sectors such as media, education, packaging, research, biotechnology, warehousing were not considered under the ‘industrial land-use’ category in the Master Plan and their services were instead treated as commercial activities, the government said in a statement.
Updated on Aug 21, 2019 01:40 AM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Owners, builders seek increased FAR to allow more construction
Increasing the FAR would lead to more construction in a building resulting in taller buildings and increasing an area’s population density, said DTCP officials.
Published on Jul 20, 2019 03:31 AM IST
Gurugram | HT Correspondent
Cabinet’s clearance to new Coastal Regulation Zone notification sets off alarm bells
Fishermen’s unions have warned of a national level agitation if the notification comes into force because it doesn’t address their concerns and makes the coastline vulnerable to environmental disasters.
Published on Dec 29, 2018 12:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayashree Nandi
Microbreweries, land pooling, sale of returned flats get DDA nod
Despite opposition from various stakeholders, the Delhi agency cited scarcity of water in the city to retain the clause to restrict the Floor Area Ratio in residential areas to 200.
Updated on Sep 08, 2018 02:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Water scarcity may lead to a cut in floor area ratio for Delhi’s residential areas
The Delhi Development Authority has proposed to reduce the floor area ratio for residential areas from 400 to 200 in its land-pooling policy that has been hanging fire for five years.
Updated on Sep 07, 2018 02:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Risha Chitlangia
Stem concrete rot to end flooding in Mumbai
Not once has any authority studied the likely cumulative environmental impact of this large-scale developer-led concretisation of Mumbai and eradication of its open spaces
Updated on Jul 16, 2018 12:11 AM IST
Pankaj Joshi
IT park project: CHB stops auction after failing to find bidders
Developers and builders are of the view that the reserve price for the sites is very high.
Published on Jun 28, 2018 02:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Hillary Victor, Chandigarh
Waste segregation, processing to be made mandatory for new buildings in Ghaziabad
Officials of the town planning department of the authority said there was an amendment to the by-laws in 2017 and new projects would be covered under the proposal.
Published on Apr 20, 2018 09:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Peeyush Khandelwal, Ghaziabad