Controversies surrounding the two real estate projects, the Adarsh Society building in Mumbai and the Lavasa city near Pune, bring to the fore the huge costs of poor enforcement of town planning rules and inept administration of urban development. In the case of Adarsh housing, a 31-storeyed apartment building raised in the Backbay reclamation area and meant for Kargil heroes, the Maharashtra government not only turned a blind eye to...
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MoEF refuses to lift stay on Lavasa
Twenty-four hours ahead of the hearing in the Bombay High Court, the environment ministry has upheld its order asking Lavasa Corporation Limited to stop all work in its hill township project near Pune. Work at the 25,000-acre planned city was put on hold by a showcause order issued on November 25. The ministry had said that final order on the showcause will be issued by December 31, provided Lavasa “co-operated and...
More »Vedanta varsity land issue rocks Orissa Assembly
The controversial land acquisition for the proposed Vedanta University rocked the Orissa Assembly on Tuesday with a legislator of the Opposition Congress climbing onto the Speaker's table to reiterate the demand for resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.When the Congress members disrupted the proceedings by entering the well of the House during zero hour and raised slogans against Mr. Patnaik and demanded that he step down in view of the...
More »Bombay HC stays Env Min's direction to Lavasa to stop construction
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday stayed Environment Ministry's direction to Lavasa Corporation to stop construction. However, Lavasa Corporation voluntarily agreed not to carry out any work till December 14. On November 25, MOEF issued a show-cause notice to Lavasa, demanding an explanation as to why it did not obtain clearances as per rules under Environment Protection Act, amended by notifications in 1994 and 2004. MOEF also asked the corporation,...
More »Lavasa case Bench recuses itself
On Monday, the divisional bench of Bombay High Court recused itself from hearing a petition filed by Lavasa Corporation against the show cause and status quo notice issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The matter has been adjourned till the Chief Justice assigns it to another bench for hearing. The divisional bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice S. J. Kathawala were hearing the matter. On Monday, the Chief...
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