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After years of environmentalist pressure, the Maharashtra Forest Department is installing a CCTV surveillance system. This Rs 120 crore strategic program monitors 195 "sensitive" mangrove habitats in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region using 669 high-tech cameras.

In a significant push to ease traffic on Ghodbunder Road, a notorious bottleneck for motorists traveling from Mumbai, Thane, and beyond toward Nashik, Gujarat, and Konkan, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has accelerated the development of alternative routes.

A plan to construct a new expressway adjacent to the Mumbai-Pune Expressway is now underway. The first phase of this project will stretch from JNPA (Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority) to Chowk (Karjat). The highway will later extend from Chowk towards Pune and eventually reach Bengaluru.

A K Raheja Corp. affiliate, Inorbit Malls (India), has paid approximately ₹400 crore to buy a retail property in Hubli, Karnataka, as a strategic foray into Tier-2 cities. The building, called Akshay Sky Mall, has a gross built-up area of around 650,000 square feet.

Lodha Group, via Macrotech Developers, bought Ivanhoé Cambridge's share in three joint ventures for ₹239.56 crore. Lodha wants more control over its digital infrastructure investments to improve its annuity revenue.

Residents of Mumbai were becoming worried about the unlawful reclamation of the Wadala salt pans, which threatened a saltwater lake and adjoining mangroves. Land-grabbing was reportedly harming the ecosystem at Eastern Freeway entrance and exit sites.

Track3D was established as a state-of-the-art platform that tackles significant inefficiencies in the construction sector by three specialists with varied backgrounds in robotics, artificial intelligence, and business strategy.

Mumbai will build a modern inter-state parking hub on the Dahisar toll naka site. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) hopes to reduce traffic in Mumbai by providing parking for drivers from outside the city.

Maharashtra homebuyers are frustrated with MahaRERA hearing delays, some of which last years. Slow resolution of real estate disputes undermines the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, which was meant to speed up justice.

Indian Proptech Portal GHAR reports that Birla Estates, the Aditya Birla Group's real estate subsidiary, has made a major move in Mumbai. For ₹537.42 crore, the business bought a 24.5-acre block of land in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) in Kalwa on the Thane-Belapur Road.

Five ring roads are being built as part of a megacity inter-linking project to improve traffic flow and connectivity. The proposed Orange Gate tunnel will link the Freeway and Coastal Road at Marine Drive on the southernmost ring road. Mumbai will connect to Thane, Palghar, and Alibaug.

Bank of Baroda, a major Supertech Group lender, approved the Dehradun project resolution plan. This approval is crucial, allowing 600 homeowners to finally get their houses. The proposal, presented to the NCLAT, is Supertech's first lender-approved project.

Prestige Estates Projects, a prominent real estate developer, disclosed its intention to allocate the ₹5,000 crore it raised through a Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) earlier this month.

The House of Hiranandani has signed agreements to redevelop five housing societies in Mumbai's Chembur suburb, a significant step towards urban renewal. These redevelopment projects, which encompass approximately 15 acres, offer a development potential of over 1.7 million square feet.

Rightmove, the UK-based property listing behemoth, turned down a hefty £5.6 billion buyout approach from Australia's REA Group, which is majority-owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Rightmove's board described the offer as "wholly opportunistic,".