January 2015: State consumer commission directs Suraj Developers to handover a flat booked by Mira Road resident Yasmin Vanoo at Sewri or any other similar flat in the same locality, or pay her sum of ₹71.85 lakh, along with compensation of ₹1 lakh. Mumbai: Cracking down on builders who do not comply with orders, the state consumer commission recently sentenced a developer to three years’...
Having started work in September 2018, Kumar told Sandeep Singh that the team has been able to solve around 2,500 cases in almost six months, taking the total number of resolutions to over 4,800 now. Our experience is that almost 40-50 per cent of the cases are amenable to conciliation rather than going through formal hearing and passing an order. We sought permission of the state government for starting...
Minister of State for Housing Ravindra Waikar said on Thursday it is necessary to select developers who have a good track record and have the financial capability to undertake and complete a slum redevelopment project within a given time period. TO cut delays in slum redevelopment schemes under the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), the agency will now award contracts to developers only after their...
Ward 70 corporator manages to clear encroachments from 17,986-sq-ft plot After a 49-year-long wait, followed by another year of keeping encroachers at bay, Vile Parle West residents will finally be able to access a garden plot due to efforts of their local corporator. Ward 70’s BJP corporator, Sunita Rajesh Mehta, managed to fight slum encroachment on 17,986 sq ft of land on the Irla Passage Road,...
