Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The parliamentary standing committee on the planning ministry yesterday recommended that the government legislate against construction on arable land. It asked the land ministry to draft a law and place it before parliament.
R. Sujatha and Deepa H Ramakrishnan Measures sought to remove encroachments, provide parking lots and ease traffic congestion CHOKE-A-BLOCK: An aerial view of a busy Usman Road near Panagal Park. CHENNAI: Residents living on the streets off Usman Road and shopkeepers want better environs in T. Nagar. If the residents …
The government will start compensating locals within a few days for land acquisition in the ambitious Hatirjheel-Begunbari development project in the heart of the capital. Around Tk 488 crore has been handed over to the Dhaka deputy commissioner for the compensation. The state minister for public works, Abdul Mannan Khan, …
JUST how neglected the Bangladesh Railway (BR) has been since the country's independence is driven home by some eye-opening statistics cited at a roundtable recently. Not only has it lost over 40 percent of its land resource to illegal occupation, the size of its inventory with which it had originally …
Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has removed 35 illegal bus stands in various parts of the city as part of its ongoing drive against illegal bus stands. Islamabad Transport Authority (ITA) Secretary Bashir Ahmed said in a press statement on Thursday that the authority launched a vigorous drive against encroachments …
Over 40 percent of the land belonging to Bangladesh Railway (BR) has been encroached over the years, proper use of which could make the railway a very profitable sector, speakers told a roundtable yesterday. The railway sector has the potential to be developed as the cheapest and most convenient mass …
Moti Jheel, which used to be a pride of Lucknow, seems to have lost its natural glory. The waterbody has been gobbled up by land grabbers, thanks to the ignorance on the part of Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC). Presently, the lake houses several snacks and plastic factories, godown apart from …
The town police officer of Malir would be held responsible for any further encroachment on the riverbed, the Sindh High Court observed on Monday. A petitioner alleged that the Malir riverbed had been illegally occupied by land mafia. The encroachers have carved out plots of different sizes. A number of …
April 6: Land sharks have encroached into the Ramakrishnapuram lake near Neredmet from all the sides. This lake is the habitat of a variety of birds and tortoises. Several buildings have come up near the lake situated beside the flyover. Moreover, tortoises from the lake are caught in the lake …
Mines and Geology Department District Geologist Mahesh inspected the spot at Belenahalli where quarrying has been going on blatantly, on Monday. Addressing the reporters later, he said that Karnataka Minor Mineral Commission Rules 1999, permits mining in 200 mts area around the mining area, which is not a public land …
Millennial Delhi is changing rapidly. Between 1990 and 2003, 51,461 houses were demolished in Delhi under "slum clearance" schemes. Between 2004 and 2007 alone, however, at least 45,000 homes were demolished, and since the beginning of 2007, eviction notices have been served on at least three other large settlements. Fewer …
Mumbai Did you know there were 70 lakes in Mumbai but 67 of them are found surrounded with vegetation? Or that 53 per cent of lakes are encroached upon by local residents, of which 21 per cent is handed over to builders and about 26 per cent to government agencies. …
A RELENTLESS campaign launched by an RTI activist and local residents has forced the Chennai Corporation to act remove an encroachment on the eastern corner of the Turn Bulls Road-Chamiers Road junction that has posed as stumbling block to free flow of traffic on the busy stretch. The disputed spot, …
Mumbai: Over 25 trees have been felled recently on a land owned by Airport Authority of India (AAI). Residents fear that sooner or later, this plot of land, a green zone, will be encroached by slum dwellers. With an already existing slum at Nehru Nagar which is bordering the AAI …
TAMBARAM: Removal of encroachments from the Adambakkam Lake and preventing its further degradation, improving water supply, permission to operate share autorickshaws were among the demands that the Federation of Adambakkam Welfare Associations made at a recent interaction with Labour Welfare Minister T. M. Anbarasan. At a grievance day meeting with …
KOLKATA, March 10: Responding to a complaint lodged by an NGO, the sub-divisional officer of Diamond Harbour has asked the assistant engineer of the irrigation and waterways to initiate an inquiry into the alleged attempts of a person to encroach on a portion of an irrigation canal joining Mograhat and …
