The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The city is faring quite poorly in comparison to other major cities of the country if a report of the central Ministry for Urban Development is to be believed. The ministry has prepared a Service Level Bench Mark Data of the country's 28 cities. This provides information about the city's …
LUCKNOW: In a major boost to clean the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh, the Union environment ministry has formally cleared four new projects, which entail an expense of Rs 512 crore. A deal to this effect was clinched by the state government at a high-level meeting held in New Delhi between …
The Challenges of Urbanization in India are unprecedented in scale and significance. The magnitude of the challenge can be understood from the sheer fact that our urban areas may be required to accommodate 250-300 million people in addition to the population that they are already home to at present in …
The minutes of a crucial meeting held at the Union environment ministry just before the issue of the show cause notice to Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society in Colaba point to the key role played by the Maharashtra urban development department in allowing the scam to take place. At the meeting, …
New Delhi: As road connectivity to Faridabad improves, residents of the subcity are now looking forward to the new Delhi Metro line to get operational soon to bring the National Capital Region (NCR) town closer to Delhi. According to sources, the proposal to build a Metro line through Faridabad has …
JAIPUR. The Union urban development ministry has asked the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) for clarification on the amendments proposed in the development plans of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) package 2 and 3. Estimated to cost around Rs 600 crore, the amended proposal has been waiting for the Ministry's …
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has initiated talks with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), in a bid to raise funds for the Rs 10,000-crore Metro III line from Colaba to Bandra. MMRDA commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad, who held talks with JICA's senior representative Hiroshi Suzuki, said the …
E co Activate, a Delhi-based company, and Vodafone Essar, launched an ecofriendly vehicle called the e-rick just ahead of the Commonwealth Games. This battery-operated vehicle came in an effort to provide a pollution-free mode of transporta tion. The e-rick aims to ensure a reduced carbon footprint with zero emission and …
BHUBANESWAR: Denizens of the Capital City spend a whopping ` 50 lakh daily on treatment of water-borne diseases. Sounds incredible? That is what a report of the Urban Development Department says. What
Urban Development, Law and Parliamentary Affairs and District-In-Charge Minister S Sureshkumar on Wednesday said that works being taken up out of funds made available under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) scheme look like works that are implemented by Mysore City Corporation (MCC), without any speciality. He was addressing …
NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi's Mater Plan Implementation Committee chairman Ved Prakash Gupta called on Urban Development Ministry Joint Secretary M. M. Kutty this past week regarding pending issues related to implementation of the Master Plan for Delhi-2021. These issues have already been placed before the Lieutenant-Governor for …
S. K. Lohia, an officer of the level of Secretary in the Union Ministry of Urban Development expressed pleasure over the progress of work on the BRTS Corridor that runs through the middle of state capital. This corridor which goes through the city for 22 kilometers is the longest corridor …
NEW DELHI: The Urban Development Ministry has roped in some premier technology institutions to help in planning the urban transport system. Memoranda of Understanding were signed on Monday with IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, NIT Warangal and the CEPT University, Ahmedabad, to set up centres of excellence over the next four …
In order to meet the increasing need for urban growth, the urban development ministry today said it planned to include 28 more cities in the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the central government
Fast-growing Guwahati has seen haphazard development and faces a mismanaged network of too many buses. But now three new satellite townships and two Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors are set to give its landscape a makeover. "Guwahati's disadvantage is its narrow roads, with the mighty river Brahmaputra on one side …
