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 …
The draft Smart City plan for Tiruchi is expected to be readied by November 20 and would be presented before the stakeholders for another round of discussion soon after. Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) in association with Townland Consultants Pvt Ltd., and Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd, the consultant appointed to assist …
Lucknow Municipal Corporation has gone a step ahead in mapping the Smart City proposal for Lucknow by including smart features like emphasis on use of recycled water for cleaning, installing LED lights to reduce electricity expenses and planning to integrate government's ambitious project- IT city on Sultanpur Road with the …
The civic body of Aurangabad is working on an ambitious plan under the proposed smart city project to ensure 'zero garbage' in the city. But the biggest stumbling block to the plan is shifting the existing garbage dumping yard to a suitable location. The authorities in Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) …
The government is embarking on the Sagarmala project aiming to trigger industrial development along the coastline and develop smart cities near key ports such as Kandla and Paradip. To fast track the ambitious projects and achieve visible progress, which needs green clearances, government will start the process of getting the …
Terming the upcoming climate change conference in Paris as "important", a noted green economist today claimed that the summit's failure would "dramatically increase" the risk of global environmental catastrophe. Noting that the Indian government's 'Smart City' project should not be limited to just data management, German economist Ralf Fucks who …
Mumbai: Smart cities also need basic garbage disposal facilities, the Bombay high court reminded authorities on Tuesday. "We are talking of smart city, but how do we progress if basic waste disposal facilities are not provided in cities," said a division bench of Justice Naresh Patil and Justice S B …
The Orissa High Court on Monday sought a clarification from the Odisha government on the modalities of evaluation of potential civic bodies in the State for consideration of the central government-sponsored ‘Smart City’. A Division Bench headed by Chief Justice D. H. Waghela sought the clarification while adjudicating a PIL …
The HP High Court today issued notices to the Central and state governments on the issue of exclusion of Shimla city from “Smart City Mission”. While issuing notices, a division bench comprising the Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir and Justice Dharam Chand Chaudhary further directed Secretary, Union Ministry of Urban …
KOCHI: Last week chief minister Oommen Chandy said that Kochi has a private SmartCity venture and the city will turn smart with Centre's aid. "The city grabbed the limelight as the fourth-cleanest city in India during the Swachh Bharat mission and is the only city from Kerala to be developed …
Chhattisgarh is all set to adopt the US model of developing dedicated Public Transport corridors in its cities. The development of a highly evolved Public Transport System with dedicated corridors, will begin from the road connecting Swami Vivekananda Airport to Raipur city, said Chhattisgarh’s Urban Administration and Development Minister Amar …
The model relies on high property taxes and expensive public services. At the first-ever workshop on the Smart City Mission hosted for mayors and commissioners, Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said the government’s urban renewal policies were designed to accommodate the urban poor. Yet his views contradicted …
Policy think tank formed by PM Modi has suggested ways to execute the project better Bengaluru, Kolkata miss Smart City list Within days of the government announcing 98 shortlisted names for smart cities, a report backed by NITI Aayog, a policy think-tank formed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has suggested …
Segregated collection of solid waste, efficient and localised methods to process and transport the waste, scientific maintenance of tanks, supply of clean drinking water, and ways to improve the city’s environment have found a place in the Smart City draft proposal for the city. The draft proposal was the result …
The Government of India (GoI) initiated the ‘100 Smart Cities Mission’ in 2014. This has triggered deliberations across the country on the concept of smart cities, the need and the orientation of the Mission in the context of India’s present urbanisation scenario. The concept of a ‘Smart City’ is a …
Panaji: Goa's capital city was chosen by the Union government as one of the 100 smart cities to be developed in the country. The list was released as part of the first stage of the smart cities mission by Union urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu in Delhi on Thursday afternoon. …
Mission a safe bet, Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu assures investors. Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday urged local and international investors to put their money on the Smart City Mission, assuring them that it was a safe bet. Mr. Naidu unveiled a list of 98 cities with Uttar …
This year State may get two as Centre plans to develop only 20 cities Officially, the Centre has announced that Tamil Nadu, one of the most urbanised States in the country, will get 12 smart cities. That is all the 12 corporations in the State will get the Smart City …
Development to be monitored at the Chief Minister level; givt to spend Rs 5,000 cr in phases The BJP-led government in Maharashtra has prepared an action plan for the development of Mumbai, Nagpur, Thane, Navi Mumbai,Pune, Nashik, Amravati, Solapur, Kalyan Dombivli and Aurangabad as smart cities. These are part of …
Ludhiana, which is already in a race for 'Smart City' project, will get a boost of solar power as the Union government has included the industrial capital of Punjab among 50 cities to be developed as solar cities. With a view that urbanization is leading to a rapid rise in …
Diversifying its `Bhuvan' (geospatial platform) application service which can be a key tool to implement India's smart city programmes, the Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) has tied up with the Union urban development ministry for mapping over 500 towns and cities to make a base plan for better urban planning …
