VASTU FAULTS THAT YOU SHOULDN’T IGNORE WHILE BUYING A HOME

November, 2017

While it is not possible for all homes to be 100% Vastu compliant, we list the faults that home buyers should not ignore

Is it possible for every apartment that is put up for sale, to comply with Vastu Shastra norms? The answer is no! So, how can home buyers identify which apartments to buy and which one they should avoid, vis-a-vis Vastu norms?

Vastu experts maintain that buyers should preferably focus on the most important rules of Vastu and make alternative arrangements or corrections, for construction aspects which do not conform to Vastu.

“The arrangement of different areas in our home should be as per Vastu norms. Otherwise, it may create unrest in the occupants’ minds, health problems and other problems in life. One should buy a home that at least conforms to 70%-80% of Vastu norms,” advises Vikash Sethi, promoter and CEO, A2ZVastu.com.

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Vastu norms that a buyer should consider, while buying a home:

1. Opt for a house where all the four corners are intact, i.e., without any corner being cut. 
2. Avoid south-west facing homes. 
3. The staircase should always be clockwise and should not be in the north-east direction. 
4. The kitchen should be in south-east or north-west direction. It should not be in the north-east direction. 
5. The master bedroom should be in the south-west direction. It should not be in the south-east direction. 
6. Toilets should be in the north-west direction. It should not be in the north-east direction.

Solutions for homes with severe Vastu faults

A large number of Vastu faults can be rectified, assures Vastu expert Narendra Jain, of Arihant Vastu.

“The faults that cannot be rectified fully without demolition, include problems pertaining to the wrong placement of toilets, kitchens, or staircases, especially if they are constructed in the north-east and if the main entrance of house is in the south/south-west direction,” adds Jain.

Some critical defects can be corrected with pyramids or crystals.

Traditional methods, using mirrors, colours and special metallic wires, can also be used for corrections, depending upon the individual case.

One can also demolish the wrong area and reconstruct it properly. However, this may involve substantial cost, time and complication.

Another Vastu defect is the presence of high voltage wires passing over a house. Astro-numerologist Gauravv Mittal, says that this can be corrected by “Incorporating a plastic pipe filled with lime, from one corner of the affected area to the other, in such a manner that both ends remain outside by at least three feet each, will eliminate the negative effects of energy being generated by the overhead wire.”

To conclude, experts suggest that home owners should not ignore Vastu defects that do not require structural changes, as these can be corrected by making internal arrangements.

Vastu defects that you can rectify, after buying the home.

1. Furniture that is placed in the wrong direction. 
2. Inappropriate colours, including that of the flooring. 
3. Cooking direction. 
4. Direction of toilet basins. 
5. Incorrect direction of the puja room.

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MAHARASHTRA BARS CONSTRUCTION WITHIN 100 FEET OF HILL RANGES

 

 

November, 2017

Mumbai : There can be no new construction within 100 feet of foothills across the state. The area will have to be maintained as an open space and reserved as a no-development zone.

Two years after the Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal ruled that no permission must be granted for building construction on hill tops (where the slope ratio is 1:5) as well as 100 feet around the foothills, the state urban development department has directed all municipal corporations and councils across Maharashtra to implement the order.

There are essentially three hill ranges in the suburbs close to Mumbai—the Kharghar range (part of the Sahyadris), the Ulwe hills and those along the Thane-Belapur belt, where quarrying also happens.

A plea had been filed before the tribunal in 2014 following indiscriminate cutting of hills in the Katraj ghats in Pune. In 2015 the tribunal ordered that for 100 feet from the foothills of the hills no building construction must be allowed.

The notification states that urban local bodies whose development plan is under preparation or is being amended must ensure that such area is marked as an NDZ (no-development zone) and reserved as an open space. In areas where development has already been carried out no new permissions can be granted and transfer of development rights must not be permitted. In the approved development plans, such areas must be used only as open spaces and for roads, states the notification.

A Navi Mumbai-based RTI activist, Anarjit Chauhan, said the latest state government notification was a "mockery" of the campaign to protect our natural heritage like hills. "No development within a distance of just 100 feet is too small, and will not serve as any deterrent for encroachers and land sharks. There should be no development for at least 100 metres in order to protect our battered hill ranges," he said.

"As per the existing Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act, 1966, section 14 (f), there is provision for saving and conserving natural hills, wildlife, landscapes, etc. However, we all know how illegal constructions, mining and suchlike have wrecked havoc upon our forests and hills."

Besides the main hill ranges, there are also smaller hillocks at nodes like Nerul (close to the R R Patil municipal garden) and also towards Dronagiri, Uran and Panvel areas, where rampant development is taking place.

D Stalin, Director, NGO Vanashakti, said Mumbai’s hills have almost disappeared. "The hills have been cut, flattened or have been built upon as in case of Malabar Hill. There are very few hills surviving such as the Worli Hill on account of the water reservoir built here, parts of Antop hill, Dindoshi hills also survive. Powai hills continue to be destroyed," he said.

Stalin said hills hold moisture and water, keep areas cool and are an essential part of the natural landscape. "The order will help save what is still not destroyed," he said.

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