Jaipur: Samajwadi Party in Rajasthan on Sunday alleged irregularities in a housing project for Central government employees and demanded a CBI probe into the matter. The company, which was given tender for the construction in 2007, committed a scam worth Rs 200 crore in connivance with the Central Government Employees Welfare Housing Organisation (CGEWHO) officials by inflating cost of the project, SP's state vice president Anil Shekhawat alleged.
"The company was given tender by the CGEWHO despite being non-eligible for the project. "The CGEWHO had to take land for the housing project from the state government but this rule was flouted and the flats were constructed on private land which was made available by the construction company itself," he told reporters in Jaipur. The rate for the construction was fixed at Rs 1190 per square feet in the tender but the company increased it to Rs 2190, he alleged.
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02:43 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Mannar: India on Tuesday launched an ambitious Rs 1,300 crore housing project in northern Sri Lanka to build brand new homes for about 43,000 ethnic Tamil families displaced due to the civil war in the country. The project, which is the second phase of the housing scheme, was launched in three districts of Mannar, Mullaitivu and Jaffna today on Mahatma Gandhi's 142nd birth anniversary by Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa...
09:04 PM, Oct 02, 2012
New Delhi: Real estate developers expect home prices to rise by at least 25 per cent in Noida Extension as the government's approval to Greater Noida master plan has paved the way for start of construction, which was stalled for over a year in the area. The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) has given its nod for master plan, which was made mandatory by a court order in October...
11:12 AM, Aug 26, 2012
Mumbai: In the Powai land allotment case, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered an FIR against top Mumbai builder Niranjan Hiranandani and IAS officer TC Benjamin for misuse of government agreement. A special court on Monday directed the ACB to inquire into a criminal complaint case filed against real estate developer Hiranandani in connection with alleged irregularities in the Powai housing project. The court directed the ACB while hearing...
09:10 PM, Jul 05, 2012
New Delhi: The long wait of thousands of home buyers to possess flats in Greater Noida finally could be nearing an end as a statutory on Thursday approved the Draft Master Plan for Greater Noida-2021. National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) officials on Thursday said that in its Statutory Committee meeting here "the Draft Master Plan for Greater Noida-2021 was considered and recommended for consideration of the NCR Planning Board."...
08:25 AM, Jun 29, 2012
Mumbai: Tomorrow, it will be exactly two years since Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) and the state government inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The intent was to develop five lakh affordable homes in Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). However, in a recent statement, MCHI has claimed that nothing has been accomplished in the last 24 months. According to the builders body, the proposal to create five...
01:41 PM, Apr 27, 2012
Greater Noida: Uncertainty continued to loom large over Noida Extension home projects with the NCR Planning Board yet to clear the Greater Noida Master Plan 2021. "There is no chance of resuming construction of Noida Extension projects in the next four months as it will take at least 3-4 months for getting approval of the Greater Noida Master Plan," NCR Planning Board member secretary Naini Jayaseelam told Noida Extension Flat...
10:41 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Noida: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's biggest project till date, 'Kanshiram Awaas Yojna', is under the scanner. The project is aimed at giving thousands of free low-cost homes to the poor in the cities of Uttar Pradesh. CNN-IBN has learnt that the flats are being handed to millionaires instead. Noida is witnessing a housing boom but the skyscrapers are beyond the reach of the common man. Mayawati's solution was the...
06:11 AM, Nov 30, 2011
New Delhi: Real estate developers on Monday said the Land Acquisition Bill passed by the Cabinet would make land costlier by up to 80 per cent, adversely affecting the housing development in the country. Expressing disappointment over the Bill, which will now be introduced in Parliament on Wednesday, apex realtors body CREDAI NCR President Pankaj Bajaj said, "Farmers' interest have been protected, but the housing requirement of middle class have...
11:59 PM, Sep 05, 2011
Noida: With farmers on warpath over greater compensation for their acquired land, Noida Chairman Balwinder Kumar on Tuesday said it was "practically not possible" to meet the key demand. "There is no possibility of increase in compensation for land which has already been taken. If authority gives the hike to one village then the others too will demand. There will be no acceptable cut off date for such a hike....
07:15 PM, Jul 26, 2011
New Delhi: Noida Extension Flat Buyers Welfare Association, which represents nearly 30,000 affected flat owners in Greater Noida, is expecting that the Allahabad High Court will admit its applications on July 26 to become a party in the cases related to land acquisition. In two separate orders, the High Court has quashed the acquisition of about 750 hectares of land from farmers by the Greater Noida Development Industrial Authority (GNIDA),...
05:11 PM, Jul 24, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that all the buyers who had invested in the controversial Noida Housing Project would be entitled to complete refund of money, including interest, from the builders. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly, which had on July 6 quashed the acquisition of over 156 hectares of land acquired by the Greater Noida Land Authority, said that the purchasers...
10:58 PM, Jul 12, 2011
New Delhi: Noida Extension was pegged as North India's next big housing boom destination with cheap prices and spacious development, but after the Supreme Court's judgement all that might have changed. Until last week the makeshift booking offices of developers across Noida extension were crowded with customers, but after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the farmers, the tide has turned against both the developers and the customers leading...
09:14 AM, Jul 12, 2011
Greater Noida: The Supreme Court's decision to cancel land acquisitions in the Noida Extension area has left thousands of investors in the lurch. But in Shaberi village, the order has made many farmers happy. Sixty three-year old Rajpal Arya was a relieved man after the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to return the 156 hectares of land they had acquired in Shahberi village to the farmers....
12:08 AM, Jul 08, 2011
New Delhi: Jubilant farmers of Sahberi village danced after the Supreme Court stayed the acquisition of their land by the Greater Noida Authority. As the apex court struck down the acquisition of land from farmers by commercial builders in the Noida Extension area, about 156 hectares of land will now go back to the farmers. But the judgement has spelt gloom for the thousands of home buyers, whose investment is...
08:33 PM, Jul 06, 2011
New Delhi: The Environment Ministry is expected to file its reply on the controversial Lavasa housing project near Pune, which allegedly violated green norms, before the Bombay High Court on Tuesday. The report has been finalised and it will be submitted before the Bombay High Court tomorrow, said a source in the Ministry. The Bombay High Court had on January 7 granted an extension till January 17 to the Ministry...
10:54 PM, Jan 17, 2011
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