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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 79 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: mumbai chawls highrises re-development
The face of Mumbai will change forever as the Supreme Court on Thursday greenlighted the pulling down of all pre-1940 buildings, including chawls, to make way for highrises.

The highrises that would be constructed by the developers to replace over 16,000 old buildings, which are eligible for being pulled down and redeveloped, would have to accommodate the present tenants of the old buildings. read more »
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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 101 days ago (http://www.dnaindia.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: building collapse old buildings
Three bricks and a chunk of plaster from Datta Nivas, Kumbharwada, fell on Suryakanta Chaurasia’s flat in the adjacent building on Tuesday night. Scared for the safety of her neigbours, she rushed to warn them. “We will see about it in the morning,” said one of them. Only most never saw the morning.

Twenty-one people died, mostly from two families, and 28 suffered injuries when the rear side read more »
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Avatar Posted by meemumbaikar 174 days ago (http://www.mumbaimirror.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: bmc mhada old buildings redevelopment


The Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority (MHADA) has sought grants from the Central Government under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for aiding it in its first of its kind re-development project for cessed buildings in the city.

The project outlays re-development of read more »
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Avatar Posted by kiran 220 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: rental housing plan land encroachment sra schemes mmrda
Residents of old buildings and chawls will also be entitled to larger houses, on the lines of the recent 45 sq ft increase in the size of SRA houses announced by the government. This move is for pushing land encroachers little further and to benefit the original owner. The minimum size of a redeveloped tenement will be increased from 160 sq ft to 300 sq ft. This is really good news for those hous read more »
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Avatar Posted by helo 275 days ago (http://www.outlookindia.com)
Category: Business | Tags: development mumbai buildings metropolis
To implement the proposal of cluster development of old buildings in the metropolis, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today issued directives to prepare the guidelines in 15 days. read more »
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Avatar Posted by kiran 478 days ago (http://www.cybernoon.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: mumbai builders
Taking advantage of the dilapidated state of a Borivali building, a builder is trying to get its residents to sell out.

Residents in the city who live in old buildings have a lot of anxiety. The collapse of the Laxmi Chhaya building in Borivali will not soon be forgotten by such residents. read more »
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