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 …
NCR builders fudge water usage data, finds Centre for Science and Environment The water shortage residents are facing in the NCR region may have a connection with lax environmental clearance procedures of building projects. It seems builders are fudging data relating to water consumption while seeking green clearance for their …
In a setback to NCC Limited, formerly Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited, the Sikkim government is believed to have cancelled the proposed Teesta-I hydel power project that was bagged by the company. According to a senior official of the Sikkim government, the state home department has issued a notification cancelling the …
A mega information technology project at the Infopark and a multi-crore hospital-cum-convention centre in Ernakulam district are among the first nine projects in the State to get environment clearance from the newly-constituted State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA). The SEIAA has approved the projects based on the recommendation given by …
Ludhiana: Members of the Ludhiana Builders’ Association have complained to the government that the state’s building industry is in the grips of a very active mining mafia. Construction material like sand, bricks and crusher have suddenly experienced an artificial hike in prices since March 31, when the state failed to …
New Delhi In order to give a major push to the low-cost housing for low and middle-income groups, the Centre is set to give a relief in the form of 1% interest subsidy on housing loans of up to R15 lakh where the cost of house is up to R25 …
Chandigarh: Around 55 lakh cubic feet of silt, that has been removed from Sukhna Lake, is lying by the lake itself. Shortage of construction material that has stalled several projects has also ensured that the silt is yet to be utilised. The silt can only be used by the government …
Member of Parliament Maneka Gandhi has written to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan alleging that a company has begun illegal construction near Karnala bird sanctuary in Panvel. In the letter, Gandhi said a private company had sought permission to set up a factory within 10 kilometres of the sanctuary, which houses …
The process of getting green clearances is turning into an “official extortion cell”, Mr Navin Raheja, President, National Real Estate Development Council, said here. Calling for doing away with green clearances for buildings, Mr Raheja suggested standard operating procedures instead. He was speaking at an event on “Green Buildings” organised …
To fix priorities for development of road links based on maximum utility, the Delhi Government has framed a draft policy on construction and maintenance of Master Plan roads. The policy proposes Master Plan roads to be handed over to Public Works Department and deficiency charges on Delhi Development Authority (DDA) …
AHMEDABAD: It is not just riches that land-owners around the city have wheeled in after Tata Nano came to Sanand in 2008 to turn the surrounding area into India's car belt. This once idyllic place is seeing much strife between family members battling over land - the most precious commodity …
Even as civic administration and other city agencies are planning major infrastructure projects, this will cost the city almost 500 trees in the process. According to the data provided by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) Tree Authority, permission to cut 493 trees was sought by various agencies including the BMC, …
A committee appointed by the state government to study certain aspects of the ambitious rental housing scheme has recommended the introduction of affordable housing in special townships in areas outside the limits of municipal councils. The committee, comprising the metropolitan commissioner, principal secretaries of housing and urban development, last week …
Delhi is among the top cities which have achieved a growth rate of 11.3 per cent in 2011-12 which was much above the national figure of 6.5 per cent. The gross state domestic product (GSDP) of Delhi at the current prices for the year 2011-12 has been estimated at Rs …
MARGAO: Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai has urged the South Goa Planning and Development Authority (SGPDA) to insist on waste collection and segregation units within housing complexes before granting construction licenses in his constituency. “Waste collection and segregation within a housing complex has become the need of a hour today. Waste …
The Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) wants to focus on housing for the economically weaker sections. On Tuesday, its Chairman and Managing Director V. P. Baligar said the organisation has upped its performance in the social housing sector, and is keen to do more. “We are in discussions …
California added new energy-efficiency requirements to the state's building code this week, a move expected to reduce energy consumption but also add to the cost of construction of houses and commercial buildings. The revisions, which take effect in 2014, are the biggest change in the energy-efficiency portion of the California …
The supply of sand for construction sector is likely to improve with the Central Government approving Andhra Pradesh Government proposal for clearance of mining in 36 sand reaches. The Environmental Impact Assessment Authority under the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests has approved the State’s proposals to allow mining of …
Farmers, whose land was acquired at a meagre Rs. 4 per square yard in South West Delhi way back in 1955 in the name of undertaking planned development, have now seized upon the opportunity raised by the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India — on the loss …
Dust pollution in Dhaka air remains above the danger level one-third of the year, said minister for environment Hasan Mahmud in parliament, attributing it to open-air construction works and road digging and the brick-kilns set up around the city. The minister, during the question-answer session, said during dry seasons, presence …
