#RealtyNewsRoundup: Govt Issues Norms On Retirement Homes
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With senior citizens projected to form nearly 34 per cent of the population of the country by the end of the century, the government on March 6 issued guidelines for regulation and redevelopment of retirement homes to protect their rights and address their special needs. A task force would be constituted by the housing ministry to ensure implementation of these guidelines.
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The hurdles to the completion of the much-delayed Dwarka expressway have been cleared, says the government, and the foundation stone of a five-km stretch, falling under Delhi, will be laid on March 8 by Union Minister of Road Transport Nitin Gadkari. Gadkari will also lay the foundation stone of the ambitious Delhi-Mumbai six-lane expressway on the same day.
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The 6.6-km Noida City Centre-Noida Electronic City section, an extension of the Delhi Metro's Blue Line, has got safety approval and will open for public soon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to inaugurate the section on March 8.
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The Punjab Cabinet on March 7 approved the allotment of land by improvement trusts and urban local bodies for employees' cooperative group housing societies at reserve prices. The Cabinet also gave its nod to reserve three per cent of residential plots for the allotment of land to government employees by these bodies.
Source: Media reports