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 …
The Rajasthan Government's urban bodies signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with Ircon International Limited, a railway undertaking, for construction of 12 railway over-bridges and under-bridges across the State here over the weekend. Addressing the MoU signing ceremony, Principal Urban Development Secretary G. S. Sandhu said a total of 26 railway …
Today, the water structure is invariable common property, which can be taken apart We were standing at the edge of what looked like a swamp — there were grass, pools and streams. On one side there was land heavily barricaded with high walls, barbed wires and armed security. A board …
Monolithic structures eliminate possibility of sub-standard construction Mysore :The Karnataka Slum Development Board (KSDB) is using monolithic concrete structures for its housing project for slum dwellers here, saving money and time in the construction process. High rise: A view of the apartments built using monolithic concrete structures at Sathagalli in …
State govt adopts HC guidelines to relocate them in safer zones The decision of the State government to promulgate an ordinance to regulate stone-crushing units in Karnataka is likely to hit the existing operators really hard. For, the government has changed its stand and adopted almost all the “rigid” guidelines …
Firm ready to accept the five preconditions specified by environment ministry. Lavasa Corporation, whose hill city project near Pune has been put on hold for failing to get green clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), is in a patch-up mode with the ministry. After a long legal …
IDFC Private Equity, which is the PE arm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infrastructure Development Finance Company, will invest . 80 crore in Green Infra Ltd, a company it incubated in 2008 to set up renewable power capacity in India. The funding will be completed over the next two months, …
It is only custodian of the land and not owner: Sunita Narain The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Wednesday asked the government to minimise the land allocation for the establishment of the thermal power projects and other factories so that it would not hamper the livelihood of the …
Lucknow Stung by farmers’ agitations and repeated adverse court rulings on land acquisition, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to restructure its development projects by replacing land with viability gap funding (VGF) as the new bidding parameter. That would mean the revenue model for these projects shifts from being land-based …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today refused to vacate the stay over the construction of Tata Camelot project. A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice A K Goel and Justice A K Mittal today declined to vacate stay over the construction of the project after the counsel for Tata …
Sahberi village ruling to hit sentiment in Noida Extension, where projects worth Rs 40,000 crore are being executed. The Supreme Court today dismissed the appeal of the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) against an Allahabad High Court order quashing acquisition of 156 hectares (390 acres) land in Greater Noida
MARGAO: The Costa grounds issue created uproar at the Margao Municipal Council meeting on Thursday. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat backed ruling Councilors on Thursday resolved to revoke the construction license granted for a commercial project on the Costa ground, Aquem, but ignored pleas to initiate acquisition proceedings to acquire the …
In a significant shot in the arm for the environmentalists, the A.P. High Court on Thursday suspended operation of Government Order 1107 alienating 972 acres of land in favour of Nagarjuna Construction Company for setting up a thermal power plant at Sompeta in Srikakulam district. Sompeta was in national focus …
ACTING on complaints of severe water shortage in Gurgaon, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on May 20 asked the Central Ground Water Authority, or CGWA, to provide the details of groundwater levels in the fast-expanding industrial and financial hub. It set August 5 as the deadline. In February, the …
Bamboo is perhaps one of the most precious natural resources India possesses. But as is the case with many of us, city-based entrepreneur Shriniwas Khare too wasn
This article analyses the impact of the 2008-09 global economic meltdown on workers in the unorganised sector of the gem polishing and construction industries in Rajasthan. Based on a primary survey, it was found that in the initial phase of the crisis, workers trimmed their spending on their social life. …
The inability of the Punjab Government to auction its 300 sand and gravel quarries in the beds of various rivers and rivulets across the state, is leading to large-scale illegal mining, especially in and around Mohali district. With top politicians, cutting across party lines, making a killing from extracting these …
Builders Association of India (BAI) has welcomed the decision of ministry of environment and forests to lift the ban on sand mining in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra. "The announcement made by Jairam Ramesh, Union minister for environment and forest, gives the construction industry a significant relief, which is bound …
