The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
New Delhi and Mumbai are amongst the cities that are most prone to multiple environmental risks warns this new analysis by Atkins. Covering 129 cities, it assesses the risks to cities from climate hazards and resource scarcities and how they can act now to future proof themselves. A report ‘Future …
Facility set up at Chandu Budhera to cater to 40 lakh people by 2025. To meet future water requirements of Gurgaon, the Haryana government has prepared a comprehensive plan to augment the supply capacity. Under the plan, a water storage facility will be constructed in Chandu Budhera village. This facility …
Surat: A high density corridor will be developed in the diamond city to boost growth and solve transportation problems in its new areas. It would be 29 km long and would come up along the 66 km Outer Ring Road where there is maximum residential and commercial development. The project …
Asian cities need to change as they grow says this new ADB report and emphasises on "greening" of a number of urban infrastructure services such as urban transport, provision of water and sanitation services, waste management and energy sources for urban areas in the region. Asia's cities have been the …
Sri Lanka’s Country Vision is to become a global hub between the East and the West and to transition to an upper middle-income country by 2016. Sri Lanka’s Urban Vision is to develop a system of competitive, environmentally sustainable, well-linked cities clustered in five metro regions and to provide every …
Bhopal: Expressing concern over increasing water pollution in the world, Madhya Pradesh Urban Administration and Development Minister Shri Babulal Gaur said if effective measures were not undertaken right now then water war will erupt in future. Shri Gaur was addressing the third International Water Conference here today. The two-day conference …
MUMBAI: The Western Railways on Monday sought state government permission for commercial exploitation of 1.13 lakh sq m of land along the Churchgate-Virar route to make the crucial elevated corridor viable. Besides certain stations along the proposed 63-km corridor, estimated to cost Rs 20,800 crore, the Railways in a presentation …
Gurgaon Will start operations in March next year, fare structure same as Delhi Metro. The trial runs for the Rapid Metro were flagged of on Tuesday by Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who also laid the foundation stone for Phase-II of the project. The second phase of the project, …
New Delhi, 2 Oct: The government is planning to develop two “smart” cities with a host of modern features like intelligent transport and carbon neutral status in each of the states in the second phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal mission. “We have an urban renewal mission which …
New Delhi: The ministerial panel vetting the land acquisition Bill witnessed a demand on Thursday that it kick in retrospectively. Urban development minister Kamal Nath is reported to have argued that a window for applying the new Bill for old cases of acquisition should be retained. If the demand gains …
Basic Services Already Stretched, Master Plan Must Consider Population Growth: Experts New Delhi: Even as Union urban development minister Kamal Nath continues to push for vertical growth in Delhi, urban planners and experts say the city’s most basic infrastructure — power, water and parking — is already stretched, and could …
Leading lights of the ongoing Delhi Master Plan-2021 review led by Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath, Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna and Delhi Urban Arts Commission chairman Raj Rewal discussed and debated the implications and suggestions to be incorporated in the finalised plan at a workshop here on Monday. Other prominent …
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Monday discussed suggestions for changes in the Master Plan Delhi-2021 with urban planners, architects and government officials. The suggestions ranged from redevelopment to transport, with extra focus on improved mobility. A draft of the suggestions made by four expert groups have been given to …
Jaipur: Urban housing and development (UDH) principal secretary, G S Sandhu expressed his disappointment over the slow pace of work for cleaning the city’s big drains during the review meeting on Monday. After heavy rainfall the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) and Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) had initiated repair and cleaning …
A Bill to provide for the identification, redevelopment, rehabilitation and for prevention of slums and to provide residential houses with infrastructural facilities, assigning property rights to identified slum dwellers and for matters connected therewith or incidental there to. This Act may be called the Odisha Property Rights to Slum Dwellers …
The Punjab Government on Sunday approved a Rs 8,745 crore total revamp plan, under the Punjab Urban Development Mission (PUDM), to upgrade all civic amenities in all the 142 cities of the State. To be done on an integrated turnkey basis, a single agency would now provide the facilities with …
Tenders to be invited for projects to the tune of Rs 1,390 crore The State Cabinet on Thursday approved phase 2 of the chief minister’s Small and Medium Town Development Programme (CMSMTDP) of Rs 1,738 crore, which will be implemented in a span of three years. Briefing the Cabinet decisions …
Redevelopment plan looks beyond beautification and parking issues. Stresses on need to create fire exits and relocate services so that evacuation routes are not obstructed Khan Market is set to wear a new look w i t h u n i fo r m façade, more parking space, wide walkways …
The Delhi Government on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that it had constituted a high-power committee as directed by it and was in the process of putting in place mechanisms for long-term and short-term solution to the water-logging woes of the Capital. A Division Bench of the Court comprising …
New Delhi Castigating municipal bodies for the high level of pollution in cities, Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai said on Wednesday the urban bodies must cleanse and update their books of accounts in order to tap the bond market as it is the practice in developed and emerging economies. …
