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Habitat And Urbanisation

  • Punjab seventh in urbanisation

    Punjab ranks seventh among all states in urbanisation. Of its total population of 2.42 crore, 82 lakh live in 157 urban settlements. The average population of town in Punjab is 52,920 at present.

  • Pepsi faults CSE test

    Pepsi has openly challenged the testing methodology which concluded its soft drinks contianed a deadly cocktail of pesticides but the Delhi-based NGO whose report stirred a hornet's nest now says it

    • 14/12/2002

  • Water policy focus on conservation

    To spread awareness about the importance of conserving precious freshwater resources, trhe Union ministry of of water resources has initiated several programmes. These include campaigning through

  • Action plan to improve 27 municipalities

    The Andhra Pradesh state government has embarked on an exercise of preparing a plan to provide basic infrastructure facilities in 27 second grade municipalities in the state with financial assistance

    • 13/12/2002

  • Land Bill gets presidential nod

    The Land Ownership Bill passed by cabinet last week will benefit 1.2 million landless people. The bill is known as the 'Ratnabhoomi' Land Ownership Bill. Under the "Ratnaboomi" scheme state land will

    • 13/12/2002

  • Sparks fly over eviction in Kolkata

    Attempts were made to set fire to shanties of encroachers again on Wednesday, the second day of the eviction drive along the banks of the circular canal at Beliaghata in east Kolkata. Urban

  • Kerala tourism to set record growth rate

    Kerala travel and tourist demand is expected to grow at a rate of 11.6 per cent per annum over the coming decade registering the highest recorded growth rate in the world tourism sector.The State is

    • 11/12/2002

  • CRZ order hindered by operation problems

    Though the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification was passed in 1990, its effective implementation is hindered by specific problems, State Director of Environment Dr S Balaji said in

  • BHEL again starts slum management work

    The BHEL administration is again going to start the slum management work. The areas to be affected in the second phase of this work are Dhanvantri Nagar and Ekta Nagar. Those shifted from both these

  • Master plan for Mewat soon: Chautala

    A master plan would be prepared for overall development of the backward Mewat area of Haryana and a massive sanitation drive would also be launched there, according to the Chief Minister, Om Prakash

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