Archive for September, 2007
« Previous EntriesVanasthalipuram All Set To Go Green
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Lung space: The Rajiv Gandhi Park at Vanasthalipuram was inaugurated by Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on Sunday.
The colonies of Vanasthalipuram are all set to go green. The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority is in the process of developing a whopping ten parks in its colonies.
DLF To Run Its Own Metro In Gurgaon
Sunday, September 30th, 2007In a bid to improve connectivity to its township and malls, real estate giant DLF Ltd is planning to run its own metro rail in Gurgaon covering about four km at an estimated investment of up to Rs 375 crore.
Realty To Attract $10-20Bn Investment
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Optimistic of country’s real estate sector, leading Private Equity (PE) players feel $10-20 billion would pour into the sector in the next three years.
Gulf Oil Is Betting Big On Infrastructure & Realty Funds
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Gulf Oil (GOCL) is betting big on infrastructure to rake in revenues. It is in talks with infrastructure and real estate funds for investments in the company’s mining and construction verticals.
HUDA Sides With Ramky Group On Srinagar Township ..!!
Sunday, September 30th, 2007The Hyderabad Urban Development Authority has incorporated conditions tailormade to help the Ramky Group in an auction to control the Srinagar township spread over 400 acres, developers have said. Ramky holds 40 per cent of the stake in the project which was taken up under the Swiss challenge method.
St Ann’s Building To Remain Till 2008
Sunday, September 30th, 2007The part of the St Ann’s School building that is blocking widening of the Sardar Patel Road in Secunderabad will not be demolished this year. If the school management has its way, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will have to wait till the summer vacation next year to raze the structure.
Left Tries To Grab Rs 100Cr RTC Land
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Police foiled an attempt by Left parties to occupy land worth about Rs 100 crores held by the AP State Road Transport Corporation near its headquarters, Bus Bhavan. Hundreds of Left activists had gathered to take over the 18-acre land as part of their agitation for land, bhoo poratam, saying that the property belonged to […]
Building Your Dream Home…Get An Architect For Yourself !!
Sunday, September 30th, 2007The work of an architect is not only preparation of plans and elevations, but much more than that. People, in general, do not know the role of an architect in building construction. In small towns, people do not know about the existence of such a person and even many builders are unaware of the important […]
‘Designer Rooms’ To Suit Your Taste
Sunday, September 30th, 2007They say interiors of a home reflect the likes of the house owner. Are you confused over sprucing up your interiors? ‘Furniture Packaging’ is the solution, writes Abhijit Dev Kumar from ‘The Hindu’.
Your Dream Home…Things To Consider
Sunday, September 30th, 2007“House is made of walls and beams, a home is built with love and dreams”, says Chandrasekhar Yadavalli from ‘The Hindu’.
Every human being has the innate desire to build his/her dream home. But with the advent of the ‘apartment’ culture, there is only a little scope that your flat will actually reflect your taste. Often […]
Realty After The Dollar Slump
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Real estate prices have slumped drastically in the last few months and industry analysts point to the changing rupee-dollar parity and stablilisation of salaries in the private sector as the culprits.
Concession Agreement On Machilipatnam Port Soon
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Maytas Infra Ltd, which leads the consortium for developing the Machilipatnam deepwater port, is expecting the award of concession agreement soon. Once the concession award is given, the company will complete the financial closure in about six to nine months. The State Government gave a letter of intent (LoI) on January 27 this year.
GHMC, Railways Spar Over SP Road Land
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Railway authorities and officials of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation have locked horns over land acquisition for widening of Sardar Patel Road and few other roads in Secunderabad.
Ohri’s Munch Town Inaugurated In Hyderabad
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Ohri’s Munch Town is inaugurated in Ameerpet on Friday, serving all Indian traditional Chinese, South Indian dishes, chat, lifestyle bakery items at one place to all the food lovers in Hyderabad.
HUDA To Construct 2 More Flyovers In City
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy is to inaugurate the Nalgonda flyover on Sunday and the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority used the run-up to the function to take potshots at the Telugu Desam.
TD Helps Land Buyers
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday announced a pre-election sop that will benefit those who have purchased government-allotted land from the poor.
State Refuses To Acquire Land To Help Developers
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Signalling a pre-election shift in its policy, the State government has told the developers of three major projects that they would have to buy land on their own. State officials told this correspondent that the government had refused to buy land near Visakhapatnam for developers of the Hinduja National Power Project.
Mockumentary On Luggage Culture Of The NRIs
Sunday, September 30th, 2007Hilarious video by Anil Chintalapati, which brings out the facts on the ‘luggage issues’ faced by NRI Community in a very comical way. Excellent narration..!! Thought of sharing with you all here.
Nalgonda Crossroads Flyover To Be Inaugurated
Saturday, September 29th, 2007Buoyed by the quality clearance given by the National Bridge Research and Development Centre (NBRDC), the GHMC is all set to get the Chief Minister open the first of the four modern flyovers, which were cleared after the Congress Government came to power, at the Nalgonda crossroads on Sunday.
SEZ Displaced In For A Better Deal
Friday, September 28th, 2007People affected by the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) are in for a better package than the one announced under the Resettlement and Rehabilitation policy of the government, according to sources in the SEZ management.
AP Welcomes Big Retail Chains
Friday, September 28th, 2007Others may be discouraging big retailers from setting up shop in their states but Andhra Pradesh is ready to roll out the red carpet for them.
HUDA Master Plan To Be Delayed Further
Friday, September 28th, 2007The State government has decided to set up an expert committee to study objections to the new master plan of the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority. On the directive of Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, the municipal administration and urban development department has decided to appoint former special chief secretary N.S. Hariharan as chairman of the […]
Rallis India To Sell Its Surplus Land For Rs 90 Cr
Friday, September 28th, 2007Rallis India, which manufactures and markets agricultural products like pesticides and fertilizers, on Friday said it would sell its surplus industrial land in Hyderabad to Peninsula Land Ltd for an estimated Rs 90 crore.
Help Suresh Penchala Who Is Fighting For His Life
Friday, September 28th, 2007Hi Everyone,
Suresh Penchala, who is a student at Eastern Illinois University(F1 visa) pursuing his masters in Computers, had met with a fatal accident on August 14th 2007, and is in in a state of coma since then with fatal injuries.
GVMC revenues may go up by Rs.13-cr.
Thursday, September 27th, 2007The non-residential property tax hike that will come into force on October 1 is expected to improve the revenues of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation by more than Rs.13 crores during the second half of the current year.
Ground work for widening NH-9 to begin soon
Thursday, September 27th, 2007The ground work on the proposed widening of National Highway-9 between Hyderabad and Machilipatnam to make it a four-lane road will begin in two to three months from now, according to S.K. Puri, Chief General Manager of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
MoU on IT park in Karimnagar town
Thursday, September 27th, 2007The AP Markfed and AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday for developing IT park in the 30 acres of AP Markfed lands in the heart of Karimnagar town.
Lake clean-up to be done within 48 hours
Thursday, September 27th, 2007The HUDA Chairman D. Sudheer Reddy formally launched the clean-up of Hussain Sagar to remove debris of Ganesh idols and other waste thrown into the lake on the occasion of Ganesh Nimajjanam here on Thursday.
Punjagutta flyover likely to be ready by March next
Thursday, September 27th, 2007The enforced break in construction following the accident is likely to stretch the deadline for completing the entire Punjagutta flyover by at least three months. With the technical experts committee recommending work to be resumed, officials admit that the flyover would not be completed by its December 31 deadline.
Bad roads getting repaired
Thursday, September 27th, 2007Massive re-carpeting of roads begins at some vital stretches in city
Damage control: GHMC workers refilling potholes on the road at Goshamahal in Hyderabad
With rain giving a brief reprieve from its onslaught in twin cities, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials have started the much-needed patchwork and re-carpeting of roads at some vital stretches.