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 …
CHENNAI: With new projects including smart cities coming into focus, the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras is preparing a blueprint to set up a Centre of Excellence in Construction Engineering with assistance from the State government. The Centre for Urbanisation, Buildings and the Environment (CUBE) being proposed by IIT-Madras would be …
The residents of Gnanapuram and Old Town areas of the city have been suffering from respiratory diseases for the last several years due to pollution but the governments seem to be indifferent to the acute problem. This was the feeling of those who participated in the signature campaign, organised by …
Representatives of 23 cities which could not make it to the first list have a chance to submit revised proposals to the Urban Development Ministry by April 15 Representatives of 23 cities, which could not make it to the first list of Smart Cities, will interact with officials of 20 …
Affordable housing The Indian government cited that it would reduce carbon emissions relative to its GDP by 33% to 35% from 2005 levels by 2030. Some of the key expectations from Budget 2016 is that Government would support renewable energy in the country, enhancing the Make In India movement to …
Many years ago, when Delhi's air pollution was as high as it is today, my colleague Anil Agarwal and I had gone to meet a high-ranking, responsible government official. This was in the mid-1990s, when air was black because we did not even have the most rudimentary fuel quality and …
JLL has listed out 10 things that citizens expect from these Smart Cities. The government last month revealed names of the first 20 smart cities that will get Rs 50,802 crore over five years to become ‘Smart Cities’. The cities will be given funds to solve problems from power cuts …
Civil society members have raised questions over selection of the New Delhi Municipal Council, which accounts for only three per cent of area and population of the national capital, for the Smart City project claiming that the actual process differed from the prescribed procedure. Making the cut after a rigorous …
The Modi government’s vision of creating 100 smart cities will require an investment of over USD 150 billion over the next few years with private sector being a significant contributor, says a report by Deloitte, adding that nearly USD 120 billion will come from the private sector. The government has …
The World Bank usually tames wild economies and helps countries stabilize their fluctuating finances, but in a global first, the banker for the world has gone to a zoo that too in India! This is a new addition in the portfolio of the bank as part of its ever-expanding work …
KOCHI: Complaints regarding dumping of untreated waste, including toilet waste from the nearby flats into the Kadamprayar, the main water source to SmartCity, Infopark and nearby areas, will be looked into by the Pollution Control Board(PCB), said S. Suhas, Sub Collector, Fort kochi and the nodal officer for SmartCity. He …
A majority of respondents want Rockfort and Thillainagar area for the project The Thillai Nagar-Rockfort area is likely to be taken up for retrofitting under the Smart City Plan for Tiruchi. Area-based retrofitting (development of an existing area of 500 acres) will be one major component of the Smart City …
Consultants present final draft proposal to the councillors Extension of the underground drainage network of the city will be a major component to be executed under the Smart City Plan for Tiruchi. The salient features of the draft proposal, which is to be submitted to the Ministry of Urban Development …
KOCHI: Despite all the hype over the future ‘Smart City’, Kochi - a ‘Metro-in-the-making’ - hides an invisible population. They are the landless and the homeless who are living a life of their own on the fringes, away from the glitz and glamour and vanities of the city. The city …
AMRAVATI: Expressing the strong possibility of man-animal conflict if the proposed Smart City is built on the boundary of Pohra-Malkhed Reserve Forest in Benoda-Jewad area of the city, various NGOs working in the field of environment and forest on Monday urged Amravati Municipal Corporation (AMC) to hold an environmental public …
CHANDIGARH: Putting its weight behind the Smart City Project, city-based non-government organization Yuvsatta has written to the UT adviser in which it has sought proper cycle stands and tracks for proomoting a culture of cycling in the city. Giving the example of foreign countries, the NGO has said that all …
If all goes as planned then Delhi will soon lead the 55 cities being developed as “solar cities” under the Centre’s Smart City initiative. Central Delhi, which has been identified for the project, is likely to harness as much as 1.8 megawatt (MW) of solar energy by March next year. …
The government must step in to ensure that housing facilities are affordable and inclusive in proposed smart cities and these modern urban hubs should have a plan for vertical expansion in future, says a report. The success of the Modi government’s ‘smart cities’ project will depend on better planning and …
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said he wants to focus not only on smart cities but also smart villages and create 50 such in 2016. Maharashtra has developed its first smart village with the help of Microsoft in a place called Arisal, which will act as a model village to …
As the deadline for collecting public opinion and suggestions on the Smart City Project approaches, Coimbatore Corporation is looking for ways to reach as many people as possible. On Friday, it sent out vans to strategic locations where people would be able to drop in their suggestions into ballot boxes. …
Corporation pins hopes on AMRUT to develop parks, skywalks Owing to fewer funding options, the Chennai Corporation is set to try its luck on AMRUT Mission for developing parks and skywalks. “Tentative projects to be taken up under AMRUT include formation of 153 parks at an estimated cost of 120.67 …
