Mumbai Buildings Height

Expressing concern over the violation of height norms around the city airport, the Bombay High Court has said the authorities will have to make a choice between "saving the lives of air passengers and the life savings" of those living in buildings that breach these norms.

To ensure safe flight operations in and out of Mumbai Airport, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation or DGCA has sent notices to around 70 structures in the city to demolish part of their buildings. Residents of several societies in Mumbai's Vile Parle and Santa Cruz are suddenly facing the threat of their homes being partially demolished. But ...

In a city where real estate is a premium luxury - either owning a home is a pipe dream, or for those that have, their greatest asset - a Bombay High Court order on Wednesday, asking the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and other agencies to demolish or reduce the height of around 427 buildings in violation of norms, has sent tremors thr...

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday ordered the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and other agencies to demolish or reduce the height of over 100 buildings that are in violation of norms near the city airport within two months.

A fitting tribute to a local legend or a grotesque misuse of money? The decision to build the world's tallest statue just off Mumbai's coast has divided the city.

A 25-year-old woman in Mumbai has alleged that she was forced to vacate a flat that she got after a struggle, because she is Muslim. Misbah Qadri, a communications professional, alleges that this was the reason given by the housing society.

Higher, higher and still higher. That's where Mumbai's skyline seems to be heading if the financial capital's civic body's proposal to significantly increase floor space index or FSI for city's Development Plan 2014-2034 is accepted. FSI is the ratio of a building's total area to the measurement of land on which it's constructed.

On Saturday, High-rise Committee chairman Shafi Parkar and BMC commissioner Sitaram Kunte approved development proposals for 78 skyscrapers " buildings above the height of 70 metres. Saying that Mumbai has only 30 buildings of 100 metres height or more, while Shanghai has 200 and New York close to 500, Mr Kunte made a case for buildings to get tall...

She's lucky to be alive. A 15-year-old girl survived miraculously after falling from the seventh floor of her building in Mulund. The total height from which she fell was about 100 feet. The victim landed on a Honda Jazz car parked below and escaped with a fractured left arm and minor injuries to her left leg.

Days after NDTV reported how bureaucrats own flats in Mumbai's controversial Harsiddhi Heights, now comes another revelation. NDTV has found that Mumbai's Joint Commissioner of police Himanshu Roy's mother, Sarladevi, owns a flat in Harsiddhi Heights in the prime Worli area. The 18-storey building is under the scanner. The Navy claims it has been c...

Expressing concern over the violation of height norms around the city airport, the Bombay High Court has said the authorities will have to make a choice between "saving the lives of air passengers and the life savings" of those living in buildings that breach these norms.

To ensure safe flight operations in and out of Mumbai Airport, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation or DGCA has sent notices to around 70 structures in the city to demolish part of their buildings. Residents of several societies in Mumbai's Vile Parle and Santa Cruz are suddenly facing the threat of their homes being partially demolished. But ...

In a city where real estate is a premium luxury - either owning a home is a pipe dream, or for those that have, their greatest asset - a Bombay High Court order on Wednesday, asking the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and other agencies to demolish or reduce the height of around 427 buildings in violation of norms, has sent tremors thr...

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday ordered the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and other agencies to demolish or reduce the height of over 100 buildings that are in violation of norms near the city airport within two months.

A fitting tribute to a local legend or a grotesque misuse of money? The decision to build the world's tallest statue just off Mumbai's coast has divided the city.

A 25-year-old woman in Mumbai has alleged that she was forced to vacate a flat that she got after a struggle, because she is Muslim. Misbah Qadri, a communications professional, alleges that this was the reason given by the housing society.

Higher, higher and still higher. That's where Mumbai's skyline seems to be heading if the financial capital's civic body's proposal to significantly increase floor space index or FSI for city's Development Plan 2014-2034 is accepted. FSI is the ratio of a building's total area to the measurement of land on which it's constructed.

On Saturday, High-rise Committee chairman Shafi Parkar and BMC commissioner Sitaram Kunte approved development proposals for 78 skyscrapers " buildings above the height of 70 metres. Saying that Mumbai has only 30 buildings of 100 metres height or more, while Shanghai has 200 and New York close to 500, Mr Kunte made a case for buildings to get tall...

She's lucky to be alive. A 15-year-old girl survived miraculously after falling from the seventh floor of her building in Mulund. The total height from which she fell was about 100 feet. The victim landed on a Honda Jazz car parked below and escaped with a fractured left arm and minor injuries to her left leg.

Days after NDTV reported how bureaucrats own flats in Mumbai's controversial Harsiddhi Heights, now comes another revelation. NDTV has found that Mumbai's Joint Commissioner of police Himanshu Roy's mother, Sarladevi, owns a flat in Harsiddhi Heights in the prime Worli area. The 18-storey building is under the scanner. The Navy claims it has been c...