MUMBAI: In a scathing comment on protection provided by successive governments to slumdwellers, Bombay HC Chief Justice Dipankar Datta on Tuesday said it appears that government land is the “paternal property of the executive”.
“I am new to all this. But it seems like the state’s property is the paternal property of the executive,” said the CJ. The CJ and Justice Girish Kulkarni heard suo motu a PIL on building collapses. The CJ’s comment came after advocate general Ashutosh Kumbkhakoni clarified that protection to unauthorised hutments/occupiers is only till January 1, 2001 and the cut-off is not extended till January 1, 2011. “Those in between (these dates) we’ll try to accommodate subject to availability of tenements and on ownership or rent.”
Aurangabad renaming has public backing, says Eknath Shinde
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Maharashtra PWD Minister and senior Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Saturday said the renaming of Aurangabad as Sambhaji Nagar should not be made a political issue as people are backing the demand.
He was in Marathwada s largest city to chair a meeting on Unified Development Control Regulations. There is no reason to oppose renaming of Aurangabad as Sambhaji Nagar. It is a demand of the public that this name be given to Aurangabad and the Shiv Sena is with the people.
This issue has no connection with elections, he said.
Surat: At a time when the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is pushing for the parallel runway at Surat airport, the real estate players want the government to drop the proposal on the grounds that it will hamper development of new commercial and residential projects in the vicinity.
Realtors said that about 198 buildings are identified as obstructions and the new projects are facing building height restriction due to the existing runway. The parallel runway will further restrict the growth of the real estate projects in key areas of Surat, which is forecast to be the 9th fastest growing city in the world by World Economic Forum (WEF).
Self-reliance and innovation through affordable rental housing January 18, 2021, 9:30 PM IST
Introduction
The world is facing the pandemic of Covid-19 and India has been at the forefront of the strategic response in the fight against it. A major impact of this crisis was the lockdown of industrial, manufacturing and construction sectors in the country. This naturally resulted in large scale reverse migration of urban migrants and poor swarmed back to the rural areas in the security of their homes. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) rose to the occasion by initiating Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) scheme to address the issue of housing for the workforce through a comprehensive policy push to enable both the Public and Private Entities for their proactive participation in the scheme. The Union Cabinet approved Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHCs) as a sub-scheme of the ongoing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana– Urban (PMAY-U). The sche
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented stress on India’s urban public health infrastructure, underscoring the need for urban planning to account for increased demand for health amenities during crises. This paper evaluates the city of Mumbai’s 1991 and 2034 development plans and finds inherent infrastructural inadequacies. It calls on urban-policymakers to complement development plans with robust dynamic health strategies that consider technological advances and epidemiological changes. Public-private partnerships should be encouraged to overcome the challenges of funding and technology adoption in health planning.
Attribution: Sayli Udas-Mankikar, “Health Infrastructure Planning Amid COVID-19: The Case of Mumbai,”
ORF Issue Brief No. 435, January 2021, Observer Research Foundation.