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 …
Conceding that there is a huge gap in demand and supply of water in Gurgaon, the Haryana Government recently submitted before the Punjab and Haryana High Court that water supply in the city is short by 22 Million Gallons per Day (MGD). In an affidavit in the Court on the …
Gurgaon scores down from previous year but still on top Noida has replaced Mumbai as the second-best realty destination this year, according to an analyst report. Gurgaon-Manesar retained the top slot. The rankings by real estate data firm Qubrex are based on eight parameters—supply and demand, likely price appreciation in …
The district administration has now made it mandatory for houses with more than 100 square metres covered area to have a rainwater harvesting system in place. Twenty teams have been constituted to grant permission to install the systems and ensure their functioning. The orders come in the wake of a …
The recent Punjab & Haryana High Court direction barring the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) from issuing fresh licences for housing projects in Gurgaon without an undertaking from the builders to not draw groundwater has been welcomed by the citizens by and large as a “justified concern”, but also triggered …
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 …
Even from the outside, the IRRAD building gives you the feeling of tranquillity. Its dull reddish-brown façade looks like it has yachts sailing across it, except they are all upside down. Later I would find out that the sails of these ‘yachts’ are actually triangular curtains, specially designed to keep …
If Delhi is building its way towards becoming a "global city" through mammoth infrastructure and construction projects, then what is the story of those people whose work helps put up its massive structures? The role played by women who are employed in the construction of Delhi's megastructures is even more …
Track-laying already started and expected to be completed soon; trial runs due to begin this October With trial runs due to begin this October, the Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon Limited is all set to start operations in the Millennium City next door by March next. The RMGL team, which is …
Realty firm DLF and Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) have joined hands to construct a 16-lane road covering 8.3 km in Gurgaon at an investment of up to `600 crores to ease heavy traffic in the city. DLF, instrumental in development of major part of Gurgaon, has signed an agreement …
Interchange stations to further boost connectivity The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's Phase III expansions plans are sure to please many more residents of the city. First it was the ‘heritage corridor' for heritage enthusiasts, now plans to connect four of South Delhi's prominent markets will surely prove a boon for …
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 …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday urged the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) to consider funding various projects relating to water supply, solid waste management, roads and improvement of street lights in City Development Plans of all 26 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) falling in the NCR sub-region …
Chennai South Indian cities have swept majority of the top-ten slots on the Livability Index 2011, compiled by the Institute for Competitiveness, an international think-tank. While Chennai, the most densely populated city in India, ranked fifth on the index, Hyderabad was at number four. Following the 'big brother' cities were …
Travelling back and forth between the Capital and small towns of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan could soon take just about an hour with high-speed trains connecting these regions under the proposed Regional Rapid Transport System (RRTS). The air-conditioned trains will run on dedicated tracks with a combination of elevated, …
Delhi Metro chief Sreedharan approves Anand Vihar ISBT-Vaishali stretch Neighbouring Ghaziabad is all set to become part of the Delhi Metro network with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Managing Director E. Sreedharan inspecting and approving the Anand Vihar ISBT-Vaishali stretch on Thursday. Mr. Sreedharan travelled by a metro train on …
ACTING on complaints of severe water shortage in Gurgaon, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on May 20 asked the Central Ground Water Authority, or CGWA, to provide the details of groundwater levels in the fast-expanding industrial and financial hub. It set August 5 as the deadline. In February, the …
Batteries & meters dictate how we commute, communicate, adopt green technologies and measure. This report in DTE charts evolution of these two technologies and analyses what future holds for them. To know more click on the following URL: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/33035 See Also Report: Technology roadmap - electric and plug-in hybrid electric …
Frank Lloyd Wright, the American architect, once said that to look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look at something like the section of fibrous tumour. It is probably an apt description of how India
