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 State Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank laid the foundation for and inaugurated various development schemes costing more than `58 crore in Kashipur on Sunday. Thousands of people from different parts of the Udham Singh Nagar District attended the public meet presided over by the CM during which he also …
The empowered group of ministers (E-GoM) for roads is expected to finalise a mechanism for resolving disputes between developers and the National Highways Authority of India that have locked up investments to the tune of Rs 11,000 crore. In its meeting on Friday, the E-GoM will likely approve the financing …
Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday said that the Maharashtra government was keen to build a six-lane coastal road along with a promenade along the city
Catering to its Dalit vote bank, the Bahujan Samaj Party government has sanctioned Rs 1,250 crore for construction of roads in Ambedkar villages that were identified in the party's last three regimes but where work had come to a halt with the fall of the party's governments. A highly placed …
Amidst concerns hovering around the infrastructure space, the road sector is showing some signs of revival, say experts. Invitation of bids for new road projects by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has again gained momentum since December, after a lull from July to November 2010. A host of …
Mumbai Amidst concerns hovering around the infrastructure space, the road sector is showing some signs of revival, say experts. Invitation of bids for new road projects by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has again gained momentum since December, after a lull from July to November 2010. A host …
Even as the farmers of western Uttar Pradesh are up in arms against the state government's decision to acquire agricultural land around Yamuna Expressway for construction of residential colony, plots worth about Rs 1800 crore have been sold in the fiscal that ended on Thursday. The government dossiers claim that …
Proposals with suggestions of councillors to be sent to Admn for approval The Municipal Corporation approved a budget of Rs 812.92 crore for the financial year 2011-12 on Monday. T This includes Rs 429.98 crore under the Plan head, Rs 233.40 crore under the Non-Plan head and Rs 149.54 crore …
A road diversion on the Una-Amb road near Jhalera village that is being constructed by Longjian, a Chinese company, was washed away after rain yesterday evening. The washed away diversion has established the fears being expressed by farmers of the area. The village panchayat, Jhalera, had written to the DC …
Want Demands Met In 3 Days Lucknow: The agitating farmers at Bhatta Parsol village in Gautam Budh Nagar (Noida) on Sunday released the two government officials they had taken hostage on Saturday. The farmers relented after district administration released 12 persons arrested from the Mirzapur village during protests. However, talks …
Minister for Rural Development and Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Mohammad Sagar has said that proposal for construction of Chhatroo-Singhpora-Vailoo tunnel is under consideration, adding that study of the project has been conducted and recently mode of execution of the project discussed at a high level meeting. Replying to a question by …
The ministry of road transport and highways, which has been successful in bringing land acquisition to levels needed to achieve 20-km-a-day target of road building, is, however, struggling to bring the acquired land under its possession and insulate itself from paying huge compensations to developers. While, on paper, the ministry …
Panchkula MC Budget; Nothing for slums; last year only Rs 3.69 cr was spent on development work. In its first meeting in a year, the Panchkula Municipal Council (MC) passed its budget unanimously for fiscal 2011-12. An amount of Rs 37.75 crore has been earmarked for development works whereas last …
Jaipur: The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) constituted by the Supreme Court has directed the Rajasthan government to stop all activities that violate the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 or directives of the apex court at the Ranthambore National Park . The CEC directive follows a petition filed by Belinda Wright, executive …
More than two years after these were purchased by the Municipal Corporation (MC), the mechanised road sweeping machines continue to be money guzzlers. While the utility of these machines purchased from Italy had been under scanner, it has come to light that Rs. 32.63 lakh has been paid in excess …
Highway developers can now apply to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to get pre-qualified for projects that will be bid during a year. The NHAI has invited applications for annual pre-qualification (RFAQ) from companies. They can apply for pre-qualification as a single entity or as a consortium. The …
Guwahati, March 7: To ensure that both development and wildlife blend harmoniously, WWF India has suggested a series of mitigative measures to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) so that wildlife in the Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong landscape which bisects Lumding reserve forest is not drastically affected by the development of …
