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Crumbling TNUHDB tenements put lives of residents in danger

Recurring incidents of ceiling and wall collapse at the houses constructed by the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board in Chennai have exposed the poor condition of the decades-old tenements and put the lives of residents in danger. In one such incident, a 48-year-old resident of the TNUHDB tenements at Srinivasapuram sustained injuries after a portion of a concrete balcony …

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1 day, 13 hours ago

Houses built by government in Wayanad’s Puthumala riddled with complaints

New Indian Express

KALPETTA: Just a few kilometres from the Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslide site lies Puthumala, a stark reminder of the destruction caused by the 2019 landslide. While the community is still recovering from the disaster that claimed several lives, frustration runs high as the government’s promises remain unfulfilled. Despite the promises of rehabilitation and resettlement, the houses built by the government in Puthumala …

Puthumala

1 week, 1 day ago

Promise to evicted families in Chennai falls like house of cards

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: Bakiyam T, a sweeper at a health clinic, earns Rs 6,000 a month and Rs 4,000 from it goes towards rent. Bakiyam’s back-breaking struggle for the family’s bare subsistence began in August 2022, when 229 families from Mahalakshmi Nagar and Kudusai Pagudhi, located in Manali New Town, were evicted by authorities for construction of a 9m canal. Manali New …

Chennai Families House Tnuhdb Manali New Town

2 weeks ago

Karnataka RERA Holds Shrivision Homes Liable For Delayed Possession, Orders 30.2 Lakhs Interest To Homebuyer

Live Law

Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority bench, comprising GR Reddy, has directed M/S Shrivision Homes Pvt. Background Facts Homebuyer booked a flat in the Tower 5 of builder's project named Shriram Chirping Woods located at Bengaluru Urban District. Observation and Direction by Authority The authority observed that despite entering into a sale and construction agreement to hand over possession of the …

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Siddaramaiah to Pinarayi Vijayan: 100-house offer for Wayanad victims still stands

India Today

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, reminding him of Karnataka's promise to construct 100 houses for families affected by the Wayanad landslides and questioning the prolonged silence from Kerala’s end. The Karnataka government had communicated its offer to the Kerala Chief Secretary and the Chief Minister’s Office, but Siddaramaiah's recent letter highlights the lack …

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Heavy rains cause severe waterlogging, residents struggle with inadequate relief in northern Chennai

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: The heavy rains across Chennai on Saturday, with an average of 11 cm of rain recorded, left several northern areas in the city severely waterlogged. While the Greater Chennai Corporation had set up relief centres as a precautionary measure against flooding, a few of them lacked sufficient provisions such as blankets, drinking water, and food. S Nandhini, a resident …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

After Madras HC rules in its favour, CCMC razes encroachments on Saramedu Road

New Indian Express

COIMBATORE: Officials from the town planning department began razing down encroachments on Saramedu Road and the Saramedu Vaikkal on Wednesday. A few people had built encroachments on Saramedu Road and the Saramedu Vaikkal in Ward 86 of the South Zone of the city for commercial stores. After complaints were raised, the town planning department officials of the Coimbatore City Municipal …

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1 month ago

Rent crisis grips India as landlords bend rules, employ tricks and threats

India Today

Indoor plants, family pictures and food in the fridge await us. India Today Digital spoke to several people who live in these cities and brokers to understand the rent hike crisis and its intensity across the metropolitan cities in India. THE SKYROCKETING RENTS IN RENTAL HOTSPOTS Cities Rental Hotspots 2021 Q2 2024 % Increase Bengaluru Sarjapur Rd 21,000 35,000 67% …

India Bengaluru Delhi Mumbai Kolkata Hyderabad Cities

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Between rock and hard place: housing dilemma of urban poor in Vijayawada

The Hindu

On August 30, the Andhra Pradesh government announced that it would distribute social security pensions to the beneficiaries on August 31 instead of the usual September 1 as it was a Sunday. Ms. Sravani, her husband Siva Sankar and their two children, aged 3 and 6, live in a dilapidated rented house not very far from the site in Moghalrajpuram …

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2 months ago

Fish Seller Seeks Support to Build Home in Tamil Nadu

New Indian Express

A 60-year-old fish seller seeks support from the government to build a proper house in Tamil Nadu. The family is seeking assistance to build a house on a 1.5-cent plot of land that was given to them by the government as free patta. The family is facing financial challenges due to their meager earnings and the recent death of their …

Government Law Family Housing

2 months ago

City Under Siege: House Break-Ins Soar in Capital

New Indian Express

City witnesses an increase in house break-ins compared to previous year. Data shows that there was a 118% increase in house break-ins in 2024 compared to 2023, with 78 of the total incidents occurring at night and 40 during the day. Certain police station limits are seeing more activity than others, with Valiyathura and Vizhinjam consistently high in break-in reports. …

Law Crime Community Security

2 months, 3 weeks ago

20 Musi Riverbed Families Shifted to 2BHK Homes, Relieved from Struggles

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Twenty families living in tiny sheds on the Musi riverbed were shifted to state government’s 2BHK houses in Chanchalguda and Ziaguda on Friday. Mohd Sadiq Qureshi, who stayed in a one-room tenement at Shankarnagar Basti, said: "I am excited to visit my new home. I hope there won't be any bureaucratic hurdles in future related to this property.” Mohd …

Musi

3 months ago

House collapses in central Delhi's Bapa Nagar, 12 injured

The Hindu

Twelve persons were injured when a two-storey house collapsed in central Delhi’s Bapa Nagar on Wednesday morning, officials said. “Twelve people were rescued and taken to the hospital for treatment but a few more are still feared trapped,” Deputy Commissioner of Police M Harsha Vardhan said. According to an official of the Delhi Fire Services, “a call reporting the collapse …

Delhi Bapa Nagar

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Chennai Real Estate: Residential Registrations Surge

The Hindu

The Research and Analysis Wing of CREDAI has conducted recent research on Chennai Real Estate, which indicates that residential unit registrations in Chennai experienced a 37% increase in Q2 2024. Chennai Real Estate: New Projects and Sales Drop However, data gathered by the RAW wing of CREDAI indicates that the Chennai real estate market had a drop in the second …

Projects Units Estate Real Registered Raw Residential

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Some Wayanad landslides-hit areas may be out of bounds forever; survivors pin hope on govt help

Hindustan Times

Wayanad/Thiruvananthapuram, Some of the landslides-affected areas of the Wayanad district may be declared permanent "no habitation" zones following the large devastation caused to their topography, Kerala government authorities fear. Some Wayanad landslides-hit areas may be out of bounds forever; survivors pin hope on govt help The aftermath of the July 30 disaster has left many survivors traumatised, with many not …

Wayanad House Areas Pin Hope

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Essential Questions Homebuyers Must Ask Real Estate Builders

The Hindu

Table of Contents Rapid urbanization and rising demand for residential properties in Chennai are driving a huge growth in the real estate sector. To find solutions to these difficulties homebuyers must ask certain significant questions to the real estate developers while purchasing apartments in Chennai. It’s important to inquire with a real estate builder about the completion date and any …

Real Estate Construction Legal Property Chennai Project Rera

4 months, 2 weeks ago

SIT to probe into Jai Bhim Nagar demolitions: HC

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday directed the additional commissioner of police Sashi Kumar Meena to constitute a special investigation team to probe the violence that accompanied the demolition of nearly 650 tenements in Powai’s Jai Bhim Nagar on June 6. Most of the inhabitants of Jai Bhim Nagar, whose houses were demolished despite a 2021 government resolution prohibiting …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Wayanad landslides: Rescue teams race against time as over 200 still remain missing; Karnataka to construct 100 houses

Live Mint

Over 200 people are still reported missing as rescue operations in landslide-hit Kerala's Wayanad areas entered fifth day on Saturday. — Rescue operation in final stage: CM Vijayan {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} — Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that search and rescue operations in Wayanad are in their final stages. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} — K-9 squads and the Tamil Nadu Medical Team …

Karnataka Kerala Wayanad Houses Minister 100 Houses Teams Race

4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘We have lost 90% of villagers’: Grief takes over remote Kerala town

Hindustan Times

On Wednesday afternoon, PK Ravindran surveyed the sight before him, a mixture of grief and disbelief. On Wednesday, even as the incessant rain continued, earthmovers were at work around the houses that remained, trying to dig up bodies of those that may be buried within. Bijeesh MP, a civil defence volunteer, said, “The possibility of finding people alive now is …

Kerala Wayanad Houses River Chooralmala

6 months ago

Chennai: DVAC books town planning inspector for demanding Rs 1L bribe

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption has booked a town planning inspector of Tambaram Corporation on charges of demanding a bribe of Rs 1 lakh to clear three building plan approvals submitted by a licensed surveyor. Sources in the agency said that the corporation’s offices where town planning inspector Nagarajan was accused of taking the bribe were raided on …

Fir Dvac Ganesan Nagarajan Books Town

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Things looking up for real estate sector in and around Vijayawada, say experts

The Hindu

The Telugu Desam Party winning the 2024 Assembly elections and the focus being shifted to Amaravati has given a ray of hope to real estate agents, who are expecting an increased construction business in the Vijayawada-Guntur region and also rotation of money in the market. In the last five years, construction activity had come to a naught in and around …

Real Vijayawada Rental Prices Estate Sector

7 months, 1 week ago

Over 50 victims defrauded of ₹10-₹15 crore in real estate fraud

The Hindu

Officials of the Cyberabad Economic Offences Wing on Friday busted a real estate fraud in Sadasivpet of Sangareddy by nabbing Obili Papannagari Rama Chandra Reddy, the proprietor of Obili Housing for defrauding 50 victims of approximately ₹10-₹15 crore. Rama Chandra along with V.B Gupta, Managing Director of Prathista Properties and other marketing agents were selling a pre-launch offer on unregistered …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Chennai residents risk their lives to save toddler hanging from window porch | Watch

Hindustan Times

In Chennai, a remarkable rescue mission took place when residents of a housing society rallied together to save a toddler from a probable fall from a window porch of an apartment. The child was playing in its mother's lap when it accidentally slipped and fell over the window porch, which was covered by a plastic sheet. Toodler hangs from an …

Rescue Chennai Child Incident Window Porch

8 months ago

Tar reclaimed road for public use, Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation urged

New Indian Express

COIMBATORE: The residents of Kamarajapuram and RS Puram have urged the civic body to pave a new road on the land that was retrieved from encroachers at the VCV layout in RS Puram on Sunday. The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation installed a notice board on the retrieved pathway on Tuesday and announced that people and motorists can use the road …

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11 months, 1 week ago

For thousands of families in Tamil Nadu, the promise of home belied

The Hindu

It is impossible to miss the political symbolism in Meenambal Sivaraj Nagar in the heart of Chennai. However, World Bank documents and government orders issued at that time, showed that TNUHDB was provided “enter upon” permission to develop infrastructure in these lands due to time constraints, with the understanding that the land alienation could be done later. TNUHDB’s order, unilaterally …

Tamil Nadu Board Chennai Sale Land Rights Land Documents

1 year ago

Chintels to pay 10 families living in unsafe towers to vacate in Gurguram

Hindustan Times

The developer of Chintels Paradiso condominium in Gurugram’s Sector 109 has agreed to pay the ten families still residing in two of the unsafe towers money to vacate the flats, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The families were refusing to vacate Towers G and H, which are among five slated for demolition, until they were paid “shifting …

Families Two Women Tower Developer Towers Unsafe Vacate

1 year ago

Picking up the pieces after Michaung, a case from a gated community in Pallikaranai

The Hindu

It is more than 10 days since Cyclone Michaung struck, and residents of Purva Windermere in Pallikaranai are picking up the pieces and assessing the financial impact of the disaster. “Our immediate priority is to restore the water and sewage treatment plant,” says Harihara Subramanian, president of Purva Windermere Owners Association. Abdul Rahiman, who moved to the area four years …

Water Residents Michaung

1 year ago

Relief Work Continues, Articles Worth Rs 17.60 Crore Distributed

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: Normal life returned to most parts of Chennai with vehicles started running on the roads causing the usual traffic snarls in some localities and offices, colleges and schools reopening after a long weekend as the dark clouds that hung over the city dispersed, paving way for some sun shine on Monday. However, in the areas that still reeled under …

Chennai Relief Dmk Relief Material

1 year ago

Cyclone Michaung | Many parts of south Chennai still inundated even after three days

The Hindu

Water stagnation, power outage and depleting resources — this was the situation in south Chennai 72 hours after torrential rain from cyclone Michaung brought the city to its knees, even as normalcy was returning in many other parts. When will power be restored?”Vidyasagar Jagadeesan, a resident of Pallikaranai, said that the stretch from Narayanapuram to Kamakshi Hospital had been blocked …

Water Power Residents Resident Velachery Nagar South Chennai

1 year ago

No mobile network or power, north Chennai cries for help

The Hindu

North Chennai still reels under the impact of Cyclone Michaung as there is inundation in many areas with no electricity and no network connection. “It’s been three days since the cyclone struck and not one MLA, Greater Chennai Corporation official or any person from the official machinery have come to visit us. “We have had to clean the drain ourselves …

Water Network Resident North Chennai Perambur No Network

1 year ago

Chennai ground report: Velachery struggles to recover from Cyclone Michaung's damage

India Today

Cyclone Michaung unleashed its fury on the southern Indian coast, with Chennai's Velachery area being one of the worst-hit localities. India Today journalist Shilpa Nair reports from Velachery and shows the impact the cyclone had on residential flats and localities. Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin inspected construction sites in Velachery, witnessing firsthand the area's struggle against the deluge. The state …

Velachery

1 year ago

Cyclone Michaung | Chennai Corporation asks residents in coastal areas and low-lying areas to shift to safer locations

The Hindu

Greater Chennai Corporation on Sunday, December 3, 2023 has advised residents along the coastal zones and residents in low-lying areas to shift to safer locations including the 162 relief shelters of the civic body owing to heavy rains and a wind velocity more than 70 km per hour. According to forecasts received by the civic body, 198 out of 200 …

Residents Chennai Corporation

1 year, 1 month ago

Even as number of residential projects in Chennai fall, property prices rise: report

The Hindu

Buying property in Chennai could soon cost more, as developers are slowly increasing rates by ₹300 -500 per sq. Residential projects decline On Thursday, November 2, 2023 CREDAI Chennai brought out with a RAW report for the period ending September 2023, in which it said that the number of residential projects registered in the city saw a significant decline compared …

Chennai Projects Quarter Western Suburbs Residential Projects Sivagurunathan

1 year, 3 months ago

NCLAT Chennai: Advances By Property Buyers To Real Estate Developers Are ‘Borrowing’ And Financial Debt

Live Law

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Chennai Bench, comprising of Justice M. Venugopal and Shreesha Merla, dismissed an application filed in Venkat Rao Marpina vs. Vemuri Ravi Kumar by Venkat Rao Marpina, Suspended director of Bhrighu Infra Private Limited against Vemuri Ravi Kumar. Thus, the advances given by Property buyers to real estate developer will be considered as ‘borrowing’, and …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Redevelopment of Kannappar Thidal in Chennai set to take off, as homeless residents are to be allotted new houses nearby

The Hindu

The Greater Chennai Corporation and the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board have planned to start the relocation and resettlement of families from Kannappar Thidal in Periamet. The vast area currently has a large number of encroachments, including houses and shops In April, the State government had announced that it would construct additional houses on 1.83 acres of land in …

Set Kannappar Thidal Houses Nearby

1 year, 4 months ago

Central committee proposes several measures to provide relief to homebuyers in UP. Know all suggestions here

India TV News

In lieu of several stalled real estate projects in Uttar Pradesh that have adversely affected prospective homebuyers, an expert committee has proposed several measures, such as introducing changes in the insolvency law, to provide relief for builders so they can complete their projects and hand over the buildings to buyers. According to a report by Hindustan Times, the central committee …

Homebuyers Projects Report Estate Real Authorities Builders

1 year, 7 months ago

Housing shortage plus earthquake risk? It’s not just a problem in L.A.

LA Times

From his second-story apartment on the western edge of Istanbul, Ismail Ciftsuren watched workers file past his window toward the building next door. His building — his family’s home for three decades — was set to be knocked down in late March, leaving just over a month to find somewhere else to live. “It was a green area, calm,” said …

Family Syria Turkey Buildings Building Earthquake His Wife

1 year, 8 months ago

Four-storey building under renovation crashes in Armenian Street, no fatalities reported

The Hindu

An old four-storey building under renovation collapsed in the busy and congested Armenian Street near Parry’s Corner here on Wednesday, injuring at least two persons. The police said two persons, identified as M. Arasu, of Mookar Nallamuthu Street, and N. Parthiban, of Pidariyar Koil Street at Broadway, who were in the vicinity of the 60-year-old building, were injured. Rescue efforts …

Rescue Chennai Building Hindu State Street Ndrf

1 year, 8 months ago

Chennai: Under-construction building near Parrys Corner collapses, many feared trapped

India TV News

In an unfortunate incident, an old building under renovation at Chennai's Armenian Street collapsed on Wednesday. Six have come out while efforts are on to rescue four people on a war footing with the use of equipment," Deputy Mayor M Magesh Kumar told reporters. 4 killed in Haryana In a similar incident, four workers died and 20 others were injured …

Building Incident Took

1 year, 8 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Building under renovation collapses in Chennai, many feared trapped

India TV News

Tamil Nadu: An old building undergoing renovation collapsed in Chennai on Wednesday. Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Principal Secretary and Commissioner, Chennai Corporation while talking about the incident said right now they are focusing on removing the debris and conducting a search operation to rescue the trapped workers. As per the information from the locals, some people are there under the debris, …

Tamil Nadu Chennai Building

1 year, 10 months ago

2020 Delhi riots: three years later, the scars remain

The Hindu

A man in a helmet flinging a bottle of acid — that’s the last image etched in Mohammad Waqeel’s mind before he lost his eyesight three years ago in the communal riots that rocked north-east Delhi in 2020. We feared the rioters might hear it and come to know that people had taken refuge inside the mosque,” said Mr. Waqeel’s …

Delhi Hindus Muslim Prakash Waqeel

1 year, 10 months ago

Chennai: Man attempts self-immolation over 'land grab' by DMK councillor

India Today

A senior citizen on Monday attempted to immolate himself outside the collector's office in Chennai alleging that his land was illegally grabbed by a politician. The 54-year-old Gunasekaran from Vanuvampet in Puluthivakkam claimed that a land bought by his father in 1975 was grabbed by JK Manigandan, a district councillor of DMK. Later, I came to know that Lakshmikant was …

Tamil Nadu Chennai Land Man Bjp Councillor Dmk

1 year, 10 months ago

Joshimath crisis: A month on, evacuees say forced to live like refugees

Hindustan Times

The residents of Joshimath on Friday said that they were still waiting to be shifted to the transit shelters or prefabricated homes as promised by the administration, a month after the crisis due to landslide worsened in the Uttarakhand town. We were promised transit shelters until a final rehabilitation policy was prepared but nothing of this sort has happened until …

Joshimath Prefabricated Homes Transit Shelters

1 year, 11 months ago

Joshimath crisis: Residents of 68 houses deemed to collapse shifted to safe places, says CM

Hindustan Times

With several houses in Uttarakhand's Joshimath having developed cracks due to land subsidence, chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday said that the residents of 68 houses deemed to be in danger of collapse have been shifted. Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami “An area spreading across 600 houses has been earmarked as a danger zone and efforts are underway …

Uttarakhand Dhami Joshimath

1 year, 11 months ago

Hundreds Of People Flee Indian Town After Land Starts Sinking

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING LUCKNOW, India — Authorities in an Indian Himalayan town have stopped construction activities and started moving hundreds of people to temporary shelters after a temple collapsed and cracks appeared in over 600 houses because of sinking of land, officials said Saturday. Authorities have stopped all construction activity and started shifting hundreds of people panicking after seeing a …

India Construction Indian Land Uttarakhand Hindu Town

1 year, 11 months ago

Simplify procedure to get tenement sale deeds, NGO urges urban habitat board

The Hindu

Information and Resource Centre for the Deprived Urban Communities, a non-governmental organisation, has appealed for ease of procedures and increased clarity and transparency in the issuance of sale deeds to those residing in Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board tenements developed under the World Bank-funded Madras Urban Development Project and Tamil Nadu Urban Development Project. A survey conducted earlier this …

Procedure Chennai Urban Sale Pay Dues Tnuhdb

2 years, 1 month ago

Why Chennai’s timeless Art Deco buildings must be preserved

The Hindu

Lata Madhu, of multi-designer store Collage, recently moved her store to an Art Deco home in Nungambakkam. As independent houses are being increasingly razed to the ground to make way for high-rise apartments, there is a move to record and preserve the city’s remaining Art Deco buildings. Chennai’s earliest buildings in the Art Deco style can also be seen along …

Art Style Chennai Buildings City Road Way

2 years, 1 month ago

Children from Kolathur petition Chennai Collector against eviction

The Hindu

A group of children from a few localities in Kolathur area in Chennai petitioned the Chennai District Collector on Monday against the government’s to evict them from their localities on the grounds that they were encroachers. Many residential and commercial buildings in localities like Kannagi Nagar and Tiruvalluvar Nagar in Ward 64 of the Greater Chennai Corporation were recently served …

Chennai Evict

2 years, 3 months ago

Biggest Eviction Drive in Assam, 299 Homes Bulldozed; Residents Allege 'Muslims Targeted'

News 18

Assam saw one of the biggest eviction drives on Saturday in Sialmari in Sonitpur district. Homes of 299 families were bulldozed, authorities claimed that the houses were built on government land citing that as the reason for Bulldozer action. According to reports, a solar plant is expected to be built on the 330 acres that is being cleared in the …

Muslims Muslim Bulldozer

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