Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Delhi government today deferred its decision on finalising an ambitious plan which include some "tough measures" to cut air pollution in the city, apparently because of the upcoming assembly polls. A meeting of the Delhi Cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, deliberated upon the proposal of the Environment …
Mumbai has 97 illegal buildings constructed by registered developers in non-slum areas, according to a recent internal report of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The civic body started gathering this data after the five-storey Aftab Manzil in Mahim collapsed in June. It arrived at the estimate based on citizen complaints and …
The Goa construction industry can breathe a sigh of relief, as legal sand extraction is likely to start by the end of the monsoon after a prolonged drought of two years. The government has now decided to accept applications for issuing licenses for sand extraction ~the lifeblood of the construction …
The Uttar Pradesh government has cleared housing projects and townships in Greater Noida West, formerly named Noida Extension, without considering key environmental parameters and the rich wildlife of the area, which has now all but vanished, concerned environmentalists here say. "The state's environment directorate has completely failed in discharging its …
Bank Loans To Applicants Have Not Gone Beyond 20% So Far The state government’s ambitious move to scale up the affordable housing project from 1.25 lakh homes to five lakh houses has boomerang, putting the government in a fix. Slated to be one of the biggest housing schemes in the …
Illegal extraction thrives under the nose of authorities; officials say they are helpless Sand from the basins of the Bheema, Kagina, Mullamari, Bennethora, Bori and Kamalavathi rivers in the district did not command much demand in the region in the past, as these rivers flow through areas with black soil …
The state government will bring in the Apartments Act even if the Centre comes up with a legislation based on the Real Estate Regulatory Bill. Officials in the state government cleared the air and dismissed all reports of shelving the Act on the pretext of the new bill introduced by …
The company has acquired about 52 acre of land in Bhiwadi where 4,000 units will be developed in phases Realty firm Ashiana Housing today said it will invest about Rs 800 crore over the next seven years to develop a housing project at Bhiwadi in Rajasthan. The company said it …
Over the past decade, builders have complained that procuring environmental clearances for their projects is one of the biggest rackets. In private conversations they allege large scale corruption__their building proposals are not cleared for more than a year and things speed up only when they pay up. One cannot verify …
Central Circular Doesn’t Specify Action If Deadlines Aren’t Met The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) wants environmental approvals for building and real estate projects to be granted within three-and-a-half months of the plans being submitted to the state bodies responsible for clearing them. All projects involving built-up area …
The Bombay High Court on Monday gave interim relief to Housing Development and Infrastructure (HDIL) in an ongoing dispute over India’s largest slum rehabilitation scheme. The high court has barred the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) from initiating proceedings to repossess tenements built by the realty company for the slum rehabilitation …
In wake of the disaster at Uttarakhand, National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued show-cause notice to state government and the Ministry of environment and forests & has asked for details of ecological studies carried out for the state. Read text of the order. Order of the National Green Tribunal in …
The Accountant General (AG) office at Bhubaneswar has suggested that the companies being provided land by the state-owned agency, Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation of Odisha (Idco) should take the construction-linked mortgage route to raise loans instead of resorting to mortgage of the allotted land. "Instead of blanket mortgage of land, …
This preliminary report on Uttarakhand floods by National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) finds that “climatic conditions combined with haphazard human intervention” led to the disaster.
GEO-5 for Business is written for business leaders who are responsible for ensuring that risks and opportunities are understood, addressed, and turned into long-term competitive advantage for their companies. The report assesses the operational, market, reputational, and policy implications of environmental trends on ten business sectors. It is based on …
Ahmedabad Urban Development Association (Auda) has passed the first affordable housing scheme in the newly declared residential affordable housing (RAH) zone in Khodiyar area, which comes under Town Planning scheme - 60. The developers, Manubhai Patel Company, have been given permission to construct 53 housing units in the zone. Each …
Mumbai: The state government might retain the special planning authority (SPA) status granted to Lavasa with some riders. Last year, a report from the state urban development (UD) department had recommended revocation of thespecial status. An alternate option of retaining the status while appointing a government-nominated official as its chief …
Chennai: Proper implementation of green building concepts and use of energy efficient electrical systems in multi-storey buildings will help save power, according to CMDA officials. With the state reeling under acute power shortage, the adoption of green concepts in building projects is the need of the hour, they averred. “Chief …
The Ghaziabad Development Authority plans to introduce a project that will enable the agency to track all construction activity in the city through satellite imagery. The proposal, which is currently in the pre-contract phase, is called 'auto detection of construction through satellite imagery' and is expected to cost more than …
The National Green Tribunal has directed Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) and the real estate major DLF to give an undertaking thatthey will notcut trees in Sectors 55-56 of Gurgaon without permission of thecompetent authority. A vacation bench of NGT headed by Justice P Jyothimani has granted time till June …
