#RealtyNewsRoundup: Govt Announces First 20 Smart Cities
Realty News Roundup is PropGuide's selection of top stories from the real estate sector.
Top News
The Union government has released the first list of Smart City Challenge based on the scores received. Bhubaneswar topped the list. The other cities include Pune, Jaipur, Chennai, Surat, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Jabalpur, Visakhapatnam, Solapur, Davanagere, Indore, New Delhi, Coimbatore, Kakinada, Belagavi, Udaipur, Guwahati, Chennai, Ludhiana and Bhopal. Read more
The Bombay High Court has deemed 13 upper floors and 15-storey parking of 56-storey Palais Royale, the tallest skyscraper of India, as illegal. Read more
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced that the length of National Highways (NHs) in Jharkhand will be doubled from existing 2,661 kms to 5,300 kms in the next few years. Read more
Off the frontpage
Gurgaon-based developer Vatika Group buys 75 acres of land from Ramprastha Group for about Rs 300 crore. The plot is located in Sector 89, Gurgaon, adjacent to Vatika's existing 300-acre township. Read more
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation has announced that it will charge triple tax from property owners who do not have occupancy certificates of their flats or buildings. Moreover, property owners, who have built structures beyond pre-allocated space without prior approvals from authorities concerned, will have to pay twice the tax. Read more