Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
NEW DELHI: Some 20 months after the Supreme Court suspended mining in the Aravalis in May 2009 due to the havoc wrought upon this crucial range around Delhi, the Haryana government has drawn up a fresh plan to revive mining in the ravaged parts of Aravalis in Faridabad district. In …
FARIDABAD/GURGAON: After concerns were raised about the Haryana government's plan to put a huge patch of forest area in Mangar and its adjoining villages in Faridabad under residential, agricultural and industrial use, the local town and country planning department has proposed that the state government double the forest cover. Against …
The Haryana cabinet on Wednesday approved the setting up of the Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation to plan and operate mass transit and other urban transport. The proposal had been part of the budget speech delivered in the state Vidhan Sabha on March 10, 2010 by the then finance minister …
The Metro link between Badarpur in Delhi and YMCA Chowk in Faridabad got Haryana Cabinet approval on Wednesday. The Cabinet, which met under Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, approved the project at a revised cost of Rs 2,494 crore. The elevated corridor, an extension of the existing Line 6 …
After a series of reports by TOI on the need to protect the ecofragile Mangar area and adjoining forests in the Aravalis in Faridabad, the district administration has sent a detailed report to the state headquarters seeking the conservation of these areas. Deputy commissioner Rakesh Gupta told TOI that the …
The urban population figures of Haryana and Punjab present a study in contrast. While Punjab, with a population of 1,03,87,436 (37.49 per cent) has more urban population than Haryana, which is 88,21,588 (34.79 per cent), Haryana scores over its neighbour in the number of 1 lakh-plus cities. In a development …
Even as the Delhi Metro awaits the requisite nods to begin construction work on the upcoming Phase III project, the Central government has asked the DMRC to start preparing detailed project reports (DPRs) for Phase IV. The DMRC is now evaluating seven corridors for the fourth and final phase of …
The Haryana government on Thursday approved the proposal of procuring 60-low floor air-conditioned and non-air conditioned buses, officials said. They buses are scheduled to ply as part of the intra-city bus service from the first week of February next year. Sanctions were also granted for the post of general manager, …
In an effort to salvage “public confidence” in the much delayed Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway project, the constructing company will open a small, ready stretch for traffic to try out this month. The 135.6-km expressway circumventing Delhi was commissioned in 2006 and was to be opened in 2009 but has missed …
The Haryana Government is setting up night shelters in all districts of the state to facilitate urban homeless persons. Such shelters have either already been constructed or are under construction. The night shelters are being constructed on the directions of the Supreme Court to arrange food and night stay and …
New Lines Will Link Bahadurgarh, Gurgaon, Faridabad And Noida Areas With Capital New Delhi: The NCR concept just got a shot in the arm. In a bid to connect the various parts of Delhi with the neighboring areas of Bahadurgarh, Noida, Gurgaon as well as Faridabad, the Delhi Metro will …
Mumbai is India's most populated city with over 1.84 crore (18.4 million) people, followed closely by Delhi with 1.63 crore (16.3 million) and Kolkata with 1.41 crore (14.1 million), making these India's 'mega-cities', according to the preliminary Census 2011 results. In terms of urban agglomeration or spread as an extended …
As part of a drive to make the state free of nicotine, Haryana Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials raided 28 hookah bars across seven districts and collected 77 samples this month. While seven hookah bars were raided and eight samples collected in Gurgaon, two raids were carried out and …
The Delhi Metro will extend up to neighbouring Faridabad during Phase-III of its construction through a completely elevated corridor covering about 14 km. The route will be an extension of the existing Line 6 (Central Secretariat-Badarpur corridor) and will be built on standard guage. Haryana-Delhi project “The Faridabad corridor will …
New Delhi: As Durga idols slowly sank into the Yamuna, nostalgia hung heavy and so was an overbearing stench over the ghats. The muddy, smelly waters along the Kalindi Kunj ghat were choked as hundreds of idols were hauled up by cranes and immersed. Plastic bottles, packets, thermocol and ornaments …
India’s densely populated cities with poorly designed buildings makes 68 per cent of our urban population vulnerable to earthquakes. “There are 344 towns which fall in the Zone 5 category (high risk category) making them amongst the most damage prone cities in the planet,” pointed out Shashidhar Reddy, vice-chairman of …
The Supreme Court today asked all stakeholders in mining in Haryana to sit together and thrash out a solution in two weeks for allowing mining of minor minerals (used in construction) on 600 hectares in Faridabad under a proposal submitted by the state government. The three-member Forest Bench, headed by …
The Haryana government has decided to auction minor mineral quarries in the state and grant short term permit for the same for a period up to December 31. Auction for minor mineral boulder, gravel and sand quarries in Panchkula, Ambala and Yamuna Nagar districts will be conducted in the office …
New Delhi: The proposals to extend Metro Rail from Badarpur to YMCA in Faridabad and from Mundka to Bahadurgarh were cleared at the meeting of Group of Ministers (GoM) held in the capital on Tuesday evening. At the meeting chaired by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, it was decided that out …
The state Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday, decided to amend its Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy-2010. It was decided to fix the floor rate of Rs 25 lakh per acre for area situated within the final development plan of Faridabad-Ballabhgarh Controlled …
