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 Union ministry of urban development's observations on the proposed metro project has prompted NGOs to urge the Centre to approve the project only after an elaborate scrutiny. The Union ministry had sought the state government's response on issues like cost escalation for underground tunnel. Though the state responded last …
As per the standards of draft concept note on smart city scheme, released by the Union ministry of urban development only Jaipur is fit enough to become a smart city . Among the conditions needed to select smart towns, ministry has specified certain benchmarks. It includes an existing master plan …
While the urban development ministry will allocate Rs 62,000 crores for cleaning towns across the country, the ministry of drinking water and sanitation will spend Rs 1,34,000 crores for the programme to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2. Besides roping in all levels of bureaucracy from …
As the nation gears up to participate in the massive ‘Swachh Bharat’ Mission to be launched from next month, the Centre on Thursday said it would spend Rs2 lakh crore for the next five years to make India India open defecation free by October 2019, coinciding with the 150th birth …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rajeev Suri Vs Ministry of Urban Development & Ors. dated 23/09/2014 regarding the construction/re-development project undertaken by the Ministry of Urban Development at East Kidwai Nagar Delhi and the revocation of the Environment Clearance allegedly obtained …
Mangalore City Corporation will include Moodshedde and Bala gram panchayat areas in the corporation limits to stake claim to be part of the Smart City scheme of the Union government. At present, the population in the corporation limits, as per 2011 census, is a little over 4.99 lakh — falling …
Major initiatives include public awareness campaign With the Union Urban Development Ministry laying a special thrust on beautification of the Capital, the Delhi Government and the municipal agencies are planning a host of initiatives and an awareness campaign during a Special Sanitation Week to be observed from September 25. Plans …
In the run-up to the 15th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit scheduled for February, experts from diverse backgrounds on Tuesday deliberated on smart and sustainable solutions for Bangalore to make it a ‘smart city’. As a prelude to the global event, a series of regional dialogues are being organised, first of …
It will provide additional water supply of 51 MLD per day The ambitious Kol Dam water augmentation project for the Shimla Municipal Corporation has been given technical approval by the Union Urban Development Ministry and its cost has been further reduced by Rs 60 crore in the revised detailed project …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday has directed to develop green belt along the Khan and Saraswati rivers on lines with Thames river in London or Sabarmati river front in Ahemedabad, Mula or Mutha river developed in the cultural capital of Maharashtra - Pune. The directive of NGT has put …
The Ministry for Urban Development in its recent report claimed that there is no proper coordination between the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC), Jammu Development Authority (JDA), District Development Board (DDB) and Town Planning Organisation in preparation of plans and implementation of the same in Jammu city. Further, the report said …
Centre asks state to submit revised report Taking notice of the misleading data and other glaring deficiencies in the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Shimla Water Supply Scheme from the Kol Dam reservoir near Sunni, the Union Ministry of Urban Development has asked the state government to submit a …
Their population increased by 2.88 lakh during 2001-11 The slum dwellers in Jammu and Kashmir have increased by 2.88 lakh between 2001 and 2011 with the slum population crossing the staggering 6.5 lakh mark, this has been revealed in the Union Urban Development Ministry report. According to the Union Ministry, …
While the city has been witnessing an unprecedented increase in unauthorised colonies over the past few years, the number of slum dwellers in Delhi has decreased. As per the 2011 Census, the number of slum dwellers in the Capital decreased by around 2.5 lakh during the past decade. “People living …
The National Green Tribunal Wednesday restrained Punjab from spending the first instalment of Rs 16.13 crores being disbursed by Union Urban Development Ministry for controlling contamination of under-ground water in the state till it examines the details as to how they want to spend the money. A bench headed by …
The Modi government not only plans to build new smart cities, but also make the existing ones smarter. The Prime Minister’s Office is working with the urban development ministry on an ambitious plan to give substantial subsidy to those cities that excel in areas like environment protection, waste management, renewable …
PANJIM: Even as PWD Minister Ramkrishna Sudin Dhavalikar announced that there would be a reduction in the non-revenue water (NRW) from the present 35 to 20 per cent by December 2014 end, the Government has already suffered a revenue loss of Rs 77.37 crore in 2012-13. The comptroller auditor general …
Development of 100 “smart cities” will be the key component of a new Urban Mission to be launched by the BJP Government to augment infrastructure and transportation facilities in existing and to-be-built cities, replacing the ambitious JNNURM piloted by the previous UPA regime. The BJP government’s decision not to extend …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday sought the Centre’s response on a plea requesting a stay on a Ministry of Urban Development project that seeks to commercialise the East Kidwai Nagar area in the capital. A bench headed by U D Salvi sought responses from Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry …
With Delhi being ranked the most polluted and populous city in the world by international organizations, urban planning experts say there is a need to promote sustainable public transport in the capital. After the success of Raahgiri Day on Sunday, civil society members say the government should focus on creating …
