Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
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 …
The Haryana Government has notified a comprehensive "Affordable Housing Policy 2013" to facilitate creation of additional affordable housing stock in the urban areas of the state. Stating this here today, a spokesperson of the Town and Country Planning Department said the policy was intended to encourage the planning and completion …
Cabinet gives nod to new policy. A 500 sq ft flat worth Rs 20 lakh on cards Owning a flat may seem a far-fetched idea to the common man but Haryana’s ‘Affordable Policy 2013’ is set to change all that. With the Cabinet giving its nod to a policy for …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said Tuesday the state government is preparing a “Master Development Plan-2031” for Faridabad and assured industry all its present problems will be addressed by it. Hooda, who was addressing industrialists at the 60th AGM of the Faridabad Industries Association, which is celebrating its diamond …
GURGAON: The private concessionaire operating the solid waste management plant at Bandhwari has assured the city municipal corporation authorities that the plant's capacity will gradually increase, and by October this year, it will be able to handle over 900 metric tonnes of solid waste. At present, around 600 metric tonnes …
Builders to be given sops, including waiver of fees At a time when the property prices have skyrocketed in the urban areas, affordable housing may well be within the reach of the ‘aam aadmi’ in Haryana. In fact, with a view to attract the private builders to go in for …
Haryana is considering introducing a Mono rail between Faridabad and Gurgaon, which will further accelerate the pace of development in the area, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Sunday. The modalities of the project will be worked out, Mr. Hooda told a rally here while announcing a slew of …
Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday said the state government has prepared a “Multi-Modal Mobility” plan to provide better transport facilities, like Metro and pod taxis, to the people. Haryana is seriously considering running pod taxi in big cities and in Gurgaon, including the old city. Mr Hooda …
As governments grapple with mounting quantities of waste and draft policies to tackle it, waste pickers who earn their livelihood from collection, segregation and disposal of waste still remain neglected, reveals a new study by a non-government organisation. Accessing the welfare programmes and the prevalent rules for waste management in …
Seeks to justify recent hike in power tariff, says the sector should be looked at 'realistically' Seeking to justify the recent hike in power tariff, the Delhi Government said the sector should be looked at "realistically" as the cost of raw materials have increased and that tariff in the capital …
60 new buses connecting metro stations every 15 minutes Commuters in the satellite towns of Gurgaon and Faridabad have reason to rejoice with the Haryana Roadways agreeing to introduce feeder buses connecting these towns to major metro railway stations in the Capital. The service has become operational with close to …
Extension of Delhi Metro rail services into the satellite town of Faridabad in Haryana was cleared on Monday with the DMRC and the Haryana Government signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for extension of the metro corridor from Badarpur to Faridabad (YMCA). The MoU was signed by Haryana Government Financial …
The Haryana government and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Monday signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the 14-km-long, elevated extension of the Badarpur line up to Faridabad. The Faridabad extension will have nine stations. The MoU was signed by Haryana Principal Secretary S S Dhillon and DMRC’s Director of …
The Delhi Metro’s extensions into the national capital region got a shot in the arm on Monday with the Haryana government signing an MoU with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for the extension of the Central Secretariat-Badarpur line. The 13.8km corridor, which is part of the Phase III of …
Back in 2006 Newsweek ranked Ghaziabad as one of the world’s “ten most dynamic” cities, waxing eloquent about its potential to emerge on the world map among counterparts such as Las Vegas and Toulouse. But now, in a drastic turnaround, Ghaziabad finds itself in an unenviable listing of the country’s …
Chandigarh: The Haryana Government has sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to get the Rs 2082-crore Delhi-Faridabad Metro Project cleared from the Delhi Government. The Detailed Project Report of Delhi-Faridabad Metro (Badarpur to YMCA Chowk) was prepared by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and this project having a length …
The KG-D6 field off the Andhra coast will almost double India's gas production and could change the face of gas usage in cities Natural gas from Reliance Industries Ltd's (ril) Krishna Godavari (kg)-D6 field has just begun commercial production. With this, India's need for natural gas will increasingly be met …
Biking along the Yamuna from Delhi to Agra, ravleen kaur hears constant calls for saving the river, but witnesses little action. Photographs by vaibhav raghunandan The roaring of motorcycles shattered the early morning calm on the Yamuna floodplains in Delhi. On World Environment Day on June 5, a group of …
Groundwater quality data on physico-chemical, bacteriological and heavy metal concentrations in three cities (Faridabad, Allahabad and Varanasi) in Ganga-Yamuna basin was subjected to multivariate analysis using SPSS. The factors extracted showed high loading (>0.3) of various parameters, such Cl, conductivity, TDS, hardness, Na, Mg and SO4 indicating contamination due to …
