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 …
The World Bank yesterday signed an agreement with the government of Sri Lanka to provide US$ 100 million in additional financing for the Road Sector Assistance Project. The additional financing is to enable the government to continue creating an efficient national road system and reduce transportation costs to maximize opportunities …
Pushing ahead with its largest urbanisation project, the UP government has given the go-ahead for development planning of Phase II of the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority. Final touches are being given to the conceptual draft plan of Phase I. Bangalore-based Groupe SCE India Pvt Ltd, which made the plan …
Meticulous C P Joshi is triggering comparisons with his predecessor, Kamal Nath, a man of the world. Early morning last Friday, in a post timed at 7.44 am, one Ramesh Jain wrote a rant against overloading. It was the usual anguish many of us feel on seeing overloaded trucks on …
Authority officials have drawn a blueprint to widen, strengthen and redesign roads so that everyone who wants to be a part of this most desired residential and industrial hub steers clear of any chaos that can be caused by traffic jams The cityscape of Noida is all set to change. …
Residents of Bicholim along with their MLA Rajesh Patnekar have strongly demanded a separate road for mining traffic and have warned of an agitation if mining ore is allowed through the city. A decision to this effect was taken at the meeting in the deputy collector's office on Thursday. Bicholim …
JAMMU, Apr 24: Reiterating Government's determination for providing better basic amenities to the people of the State, Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla today said Government has introduced several modern projects across the State to meet the basic requirements of the people, adding worth crores of rupees have …
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has sold 47 trees in Pabna town beside the Dhaka-Pabna highway for Tk 55 thousand to widen the road from Gaspara to Terminal point of the district headquarter. But the actual value of the trees would be much higher as most of them are …
JAIPUR: The state government on Thursday claimed that the Supreme Court has allowed it to construct a bridge across the Chambal River near village Makhida in Bundi district. The village, situated along the national highway number-1, falls in the National Chambal Gharial Sanctuary. The government also claimed the apex court …
Greater Noida: The widening of GT Road NH-91, a project of six-lane highway from Ghaziabad to Aligarh via Bulandshahr, will cost the felling of shady trees planted on the both sides of the road at the time of Emperor Sher Shah Suri. About 19,000 trees will be cut for the …
The Centre on Wednesday approved the construction of two national highway road projects in Rajasthan and Maharashtra at an estimated cost of Rs.3104.33 crore. The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure approved four-laning of the 244.12-km Beawar-Pali-Pindwara section of NH 14 in Rajasthan at an estimated cost of Rs.2517.79 crore, as well …
A full list of violators and violations of the Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) 1991 notifications will be put up on the Ministry of Environment and Forests Web site by December, said the Environment Minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh, on Friday. Following a meeting with the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Mr Prithviraj Chavan, …
MUMBAI: All eyes will be on the state guest house on Friday when CM Prithviraj Chavan will meet Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh to decide the fate of a slew of infrastructure projects, including the crucial coastal road proposal. The ambitious scheme hit a roadblock recently after the Centre struck …
First phase will develop area up to Jevar in Gautam Budh Nagar; plan to be put up for approval next month The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), responsible for charting the development of the region around the Yamuna Expressway that will connect Greater Noida with Agra, has finalised a …
Maharashtra PWD minister, Chhagan Bhujbal, today said the government had prepared a 20-year plan to construct 3.37 lakh kms of all-weather roads in the state. Replying to the budgetary demands of his department in the legislative assembly, Bhujbal said the plan would cost the state government Rs1.09 lakh crore. He …
Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh will be in Mumbai on Friday to meet Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and the two are expected to discuss the proposal for a coastal road instead of the Worli-Haji Ali sea link. The state government has now proposed to build the second …
