The Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, 1952, created a 10-mile (16-km) protected belt around Chandigarh, restricting development to preserve the city’s planned setting and prevent urban sprawl Chandigarh: One of the central ideas on which Chandigarh was conceived — the protection of its periphery from unplanned urbanisation — has already been altered beyond recognition…
Chandigarh wants to rise higher Chandigarh: The Chandigarh administration’s proposal to rewrite the city’s development rules raises a fundamental question that its own planning documents have warned about for years: Where will all the additional traffic go?The draft amendments to the Chandigarh Master Plan (CMP)-2031 seek to transform the city’s urban landscape through higher Floor…
Bengaluru: The high court has upheld the state’s Premium Floor Area Ratio (FAR) scheme, ruling that it cannot be equated with the controversial Akrama-Sakrama scheme meant for regularising unauthorised constructions.Dismissing a public interest litigation and a connected writ appeal, a division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Poonacha held that Premium FAR…
Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh govt has reduced compliance requirements across 51 reform areas in what an official report on Tuesday described as one of the most comprehensive deregulation exercises in the state’s history.Implemented in two phases under the Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) framework of the central govt’s DPIIT, the report said 16 priority areas…
Panaji: Former Allahabad high court chief justice Ferdino Rebello launched a blistering attack on Goa govt at an online meeting of the Enough is Enough movement, accusing it of surrendering the state’s land, rivers, and villages to a rapacious real estate lobby. The movement held the meeting online after the Corporation of the City of…
Chandigarh’s attempts to convert leasehold properties to freehold Chandigarh: In a city where concrete ambitions often collide with a carefully preserved legacy, the Chandigarh administration has made its position unambiguous: No development will come at the cost of its architectural soul. As sweeping amendments to the Chandigarh Master Plan (CMP-2031) are pushed forward, officials have…
Bengaluru: The proposed amendment to Bengaluru City Corporation Building Bylaws 2026, which provides for relaxing building violation limit of up to 15% has not enthused all: The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has formally received around 25 objections against the move.This officially opens the doors for regularising all building violations, emphasised the objections, even as deputy…
