

Housing Sales Fall 19% in Q1 2025 Across Top Cities
Housing sales across India’s top eight cities declined nineteen per cent year-on-year in the January–March 2025 quarter, with 98,095 units sold, according to PropTiger. The fall is attributed to rising property prices and broader economic uncertainty. New supply also saw a ten per cent decline, with 93,144 units launched compared to the same period last year. Only Bengaluru and Chennai recorded sales growth: – Bengaluru: up thirteen per cent (11,731 units) – Chennai: up eight per cent (4,774 units) Other cities reported declines: – Mumbai Metropolitan Region: down twenty-six pe..

Ahmedabad to Relocate Lake for Freight Corridor Link
The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) will relocate Mama Talavadi, a lake covering over four thousand square metres in Godhavi village, to make way for a forty-five-metre wide road connecting to the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC). The realignment was deemed necessary after the proposed Shela–Sanand connector road was found incompatible with an existing DFC culvert. AUDA approved the lake relocation during a board meeting on nine April, resolving to allot a final plot of equivalent size elsewhere. This marks a major revision to Town Planning Scheme 437, impacting both agricultu..

Samridh, CEID Launch High-Capacity Biogas Plant in Moradabad
Samridh Bioenergy has broken ground on a 12 TPD compressed biogas (CBG) plant in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, under the MNRE’s National Bioenergy Programme. Spread across 12 acres, the plant will process 270 tonne of organic waste daily and generate 30,000 cubic metre of biogas per day.CEID Consultants and Engineering Pvt Ltd has been appointed as the EPC contractor, responsible for the complete design, procurement, and construction of the plant. Equipped with four multi-feed digesters, the facility will accept a mix of press mud, cow dung, chicken litter, and vegetable waste, supporting contin..