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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 ...

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 sec...

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 chan...

Bharuch: Farmers in Bharuch district are up in arms against the state government for refusing to make any changes in the Comprehensive General Development Control Regulations (CGDCR) declared under Bharuch Ankleshwar Urban Development Authority (BAUDA). Miffed tillers decry the provisions claiming that about 40% of the land owned by them will be reserved under BAUDA without paying any compensation after Bharuch, Ankleshwar and about 44 villages were put under the D-2 category. President, Bharuc...

What is a municipal bond? A municipal bond is a kind of debt instrument where investors offer loans to local governments. They are issued by civic bodies for specific projects and usually have a 10-year tenure. The ULB pays the annual interest on the bonds to the investor at the decided rate. The difference between a bank loan and a municipal bond is that any institution can secure a bond only if it has favourable credit ratings. The bond helps raise funds from the stock market. The bond also i...