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 …
With the Budget 2010-11 preparations in full swing, there is a growing realisation within the Manmohan Singh government that its flagship programmes, including the much-touted Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) are performing much below par with the ministries concerned in some cases not …
New Delhi: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is starting trial runs on the Gurgaon stretch of the Central Secretariat to HUDA City Centre line from January 29. The trial train will be flagged off by Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Urban development minister Jaipal Reddy. The trial runs …
Three months after the state government released funds worth Rs 800 crore for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for Commonwealth Games-related projects, the cash-strapped civic agency is set to receive additional funds worth Rs 1,000 crore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). A letter from the …
PRASHANT PANDEY NEW DELHI Delhi seems to be lagging behind some of the other cities when it comes to solid waste management, providing effective storm water drainage system and adequate water supply Delhi is often touted as a "world-class city" but it seems to be lagging far behind some of …
THE ministry of urban development has launched an initiatives to give ratings to cities in terms of their sanitation standards. This move aims at strengthening implementation of the safe sanitation initiative, the National Urban Sanitation Policy, launched by the government in 2008. An investment of Rs 25 crore has been …
New Delhi: With ambitious target of 100% sanitation, Union urban development ministry on Wednesday launched a rating of cities on the basis of performance, aiming to promote safe sanitation in around 400 cities and towns across the country. With the Centre pumping thousand of crores on upgrading urban infrastructure, the …
Just how do our cities fare in terms of sanitation? Come March 2010 and a rating list for 441 class-I cities is likely to be ready. The initiative, which will also include instituting "nirmal shahar puraskar (clean city award)", was launched by the ministry of urban development here on Wednesday. …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has identified 2153 beneficiaries in four slums in the city under the basic services to the urban poor (BSUP) scheme for provision of houses. Replying to a question from Prafulla Kumar Mallik (BJD), Minister of State for Urban Development and Housing Badrinarayan Patro said that the …
Even the number of cars plying on the city roads, fuelled by low-budget options, continue to go on an upward curve, the Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy said he is not
The Central Government is likely to allocate additional Rs 1,000 crore for the 2010 Commonwealth Games under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Top sources said that both Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry of Home Affairs have given green signal to use funds under JNNURM for the project …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy on Wednesday announced that a committee had been constituted under the Secretary, Urban Development, M. Ramachandran, to explore the possibility of expanding Delhi Metro rail services to satellite towns like Faridabad and Bahadurgarh in Haryana to improve their connectivity with …
While the Delhi Government has revised DTC fares to overcome the financial crunch, the irony is that it is all set to spend again about Rs 60 lakh after having spent Rs 35 lakh earlier only to `study' the feasibility of Rs 1,100 crore elevated East-West Corridor connecting Anand Vihar …
The chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today chose to support the district magistrate of South-24 Parganas on the issue of filling up a waterbody to provide land to Mani Bhaumik Foundation. The information and cultural affairs department today issued a press release clarifying that the 15 acres of land leased …
The Government of India has formulated National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP) in April, 2006. NUTP, 2006 calls for concerted efforts to strengthening capability at the institutional level and individual level in order to undertake the task of development and implementation of sustainable urban transport systems. Capacity building for various aspects …
It has become an annual confluence of ideas and ideology, a high-powered forum where Union ministers, chief ministers and those in charge of key ministries in strategic states meet to debate the hot-button issues of the day as well as discover the true state of their states. The seventh India …
After waiting for the nod from the Ministry of Urban Development for over a year now, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has finally received the technical go-ahead for its ambitious plan of resuscitating the Yamuna
Pulling up states for project execution delays and slackened pace of reforms implementation, the Centre today cautioned that unsatisfactory performance under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) will make it difficult for states to get financial aid from it in future. Addressing the annual meeting of urban development secretaries …
New Delhi: The central government on Wednesday warned that the states that have not implemented projects under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) satisfactorily will find it difficult to get financial aid from it in future. Addressing the annual meeting of urban development secretaries and principal secretaries of states, …
