Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Balwinder Kaur Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 19/03/2024. Balwinder Kaur, the applicant raised the grievance of risk of thousands of trees felling due to likelihood of land sliding. It was said that illegal mining is being carried out …
This policy aims at providing reliable and cost effective passenger transport facility to the consumer in rural areas including the interior small and big urban centers and semi-urbanized areas. It is likely to provide direct/indirect employment to about 6000 people. This Scheme may be called the Haryana Transport Policy, 2010. …
France was only 55 per cent urban in the 1940s; so were large parts of Europe. Today, France, Italy and Spain, not to mention Germany and Scandinavia, are only 2-3 per cent rural. This is an indication of their prosperity. Latin America has just driven in to the smart set. …
Delhi irrigation and flood control department stirred into action after matter reached high court. It drew up a plan which has been reviewed by the state govt Ambika Pandit | TNN Athriving water body with walkways and landscaped greens spread over 12-odd acres. The marshland wasting away along the busy …
Mumbai Jaydutt Kshirsagar, PWD Minister in charge of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, plans to meet Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday and press for speedy environmental clearance to several delayed projects, particularly the Peddar Road flyover. Kshirsagar and MSRDC officials are already in New Delhi and have …
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority has finally given its consent for the Pedder Road flyover. It took 15 years for the approval to be given to the 4.4 km four-lane flyover. The proposal was approved by the MCZMA and will now be forwarded to the Centre for its …
About 120 km southeast of Imphal, on the India-Myanmar border, the first steps are being taken towards giving shape to the Indian part of a grand Asian dream
Challenging the night traffic ban on National Highway 67 through the Bandipur National Park, respondents from Kerala submitted to the High Court on Monday that Karnataka cannot implement the ban as there is no alternative motorable road connecting the two States. During the hearing of the matter, counsel for the …
The AP High Court on Monday observed that trees cannot be axed indiscriminately in contravention of the 2002 Act. But neither can work be stopped for their sake. Chief Justice Nissar Ahmed Kakru was dealing with a petition filed against the felling of trees on the Hyderabad-Mumbai National Highway No. …
THE government is looking to build rural roads in the public-private-partnership (PPP) mode to boost investment by building in ways to make the projects commercially viable, a government official told ET. The government is examining if a scheme can be worked out wherein a builder can be given milestone payments …
With the Commonwealth Games deadline fast approaching, the New Delhi Municipal Council is pushing full steam ahead with its plan to spruce up 11 major road stretches in the Capital and give it an altogether swanky look as part of its streetscaping project. Work on two such major roads namely …
We fly into Raipur, the advice given by civil rights activists ringing in our ears: be careful which hotel you check into, since most report any arrivals—especially of journalists—to the local police. It’ll be very hard to get into the conflict zone in Bastar without being followed, harassed and thrown …
The B K Chaturvedi Committee, set up to recommend ways to expedite the National Highways Development Project, seems to have been guided by the misconception that infrastructure can be built by simply doling out additional concessions to the investors. The new rules make inadequate capacity highly rewarding for investors, and …
Minister for Public Works C M Udasi said that a proposal of Rs 1,200 crore, for development of roads across the State under various projects, has been submitted to Central government. Addressing media persons ahead of attending the Krishi Mela in Kadur on Thursday, he said that Centre has sanctioned …
The World Bank (WB) has approved Rs 2,100 crore for the Punjab State Road Sector Project (PSRSP) as part of Phase 2 of the upgradation of about 950 km of roads in the state under a new concept of output and performance-based road contracting (OPRC). The OPRC is being introduced …
New Delhi: By the end of this month, all National Highways (NH) across India will be renumbered, which the government claims will more scientific than now. So, the popular NH-8 connecting Delhi and Mumbai will be renumbered as NH-48 and similarly, the Kolkata-Delhi highway, which is presently NH-2, will become …
Delhi public works minister Rajkumar Chauhan said as part of the Games preparation all roads of the city would be re-built using international technology. He said this while inspecting roads being constructed with recycled plastic and micro-surfacing technology in south Delhi today. Chauhan said the total length of all roads …
Around 200 objections have been received against the proposed land acquisition for the four-laning of North Goa stretch of NH 4A connecting Panjim to Belgaum. After the notification was published in the newspapers, 21 days were given to the people likely to be affected in view of the acquisition of …
