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 …
To streamline the transport network in urban areas of Himachal Pradesh, the urban development department has mooted a proposal to set up Urban Mobility Transport Authority (UMTA) in the hill state, which would not only suggest ways and means to decongest towns but would also implement new projects like ropeways, …
The Union government has approved a Rs. 42-crore drinking water supply project to Bantwal Town Municipality under the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns, according to a top official. The project will increase water supply to the town threefold: from the present 4.5 million litres per day …
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday issued a bailable warrant against the commissioner of Delhi Police as no one appeared on his behalf despite issue of notice on a plea seeking demolition of alleged illegal constructions in central ridge area by the trust managing the Birla temple. A bench headed …
“At least 2.5 per cent of the cost of any development project should be earmarked for landscaping and green development” Flooded roads after even light showers, uprooted trees, littered pathways and dug-up pavements, dumping yards in unused spaces – a familiar scene in most cities – has caught the attention …
The Union urban development ministry has extended the scope of guidelines framed by it for greening of urban areas and landscaping to all states and UTs of the country vide a notification issued on September 23. The ministry has directed the chief secretaries of all states and administrators of all …
Rural Development and Animal Husbandry Minister and Mandi Sadar Legislator Anil Sharma today said water would be lifted from the Uhal river to provide portable water the 24X7 to residents of this temple town after the Rs 100-crore gravity scheme was sanctioned by the Union Ministry of Urban Development. Speaking …
You can now sell a portion of your Floor Area Ratio (FAR) to another developer or landowner under the modified land pooling policy in Master Plan-2021 passed by the Urban Development Ministry. The aim of the policy is to involve private parties in the development of real estate for residential …
Agency Sitting On . 760-Cr Cash Pile From An Earlier JICA Loan Kochi: After authorities sought to include the second phase of Vyttila Mobility Hub under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), it’s the turn of Rs 900-crore Kalamassery drinking water project to be considered for the central …
Daily Shortfall 24% In Delhi, 17% In Mumbai Water scarcity is fast becoming urban India’s number one woe, with the government’s own data revealing that residents in 22 out of 32 major cities have to deal with daily shortages. The worst-hit city is Jamshedpur, where the gap between demand and …
NIUA Criticizes Transit-Oriented Development, Parking & Farmhouse Policies The draft Master Plan 2021 for Delhi, now under preparation, has been criticized by the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), which has been assigned the task of doing a peer review by the urban development ministry. In its mid-term review – …
Government has identified the 11-km Shastri Park-Trilokpuri sector for the first line Delhi is likely to get it first monorail by 2017, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Tuesday. She said the city needs a transport system that is not only efficient and accessible, but also that will allow people …
The State government has proposed 61 new projects for Bangalore and Mysore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM). The projects include grade separators, public transport, storm water drains, etc. The estimated cost of the projects is Rs 5,265.22 crore, Minister for Urban Development, Vinay Kumar Sorake, said …
The Union Urban Development Ministry has advised States to identify lakes and ponds in urban areas and notify them in municipal land records as “assets”. The suggestion comes in the wake of the alarming rate of disappearance of lakes and water bodies from the urban areas and the increasing threat …
NEW DELHI: Imagine reaching Delhi from Meerut in just 62 minutes and from Panipat in 74 minutes. Travel time is set to shrink with the creation of a National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) that will build regional rapid transit system (RRTS) corridors connecting the capital with Meerut, Alwar and …
Number of households has risen from 53.69 per cent in 2001 to 78.86 per cent in 2011. As the government gears up to meet the overall housing shortfall of nearly 18.7 million in the urban areas, a statistical compendium of households with basic amenities, including water, electricity and sanitation, better …
New Delhi : A proposed amendment for allowing high rise buildings has been introduced in the Master Plan Delhi-2021 during the review process of the document. Buildings higher than 15 m and without stilt and those higher than 17 m with stilt in all land use zones will be considered …
City utilises only 35% of funds; two major projects fail to take off Kochi has put up a dismal performance in implementing the Centrally supported Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) projects. The city could utilise only 35 per cent of the amount approved for projects, according to a …
Urban Development Ministry had asked UT to introduce tax in congested areas to ease traffic In a relief for city residents, the municipal corporation (MC) has decided not to impose congestion tax in the city. In March, the Ministry of Urban Development, in a letter to the Chandigarh Administration, had …
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath agree that Delhi must be decongested Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit may not agree entirely on whether Delhi should grow vertically, but on Monday both concurred that the city needs to be …
Opposing Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath’s push for a vertical growth in the city, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said she won’t allow the construction of high-rise buildings as long as she is ‘alive’. “I agree with you that eventually perhaps Delhi will need high-rise buildings. But it will …
