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 …
Bhubaneswar: The Union Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI) on Tuesday approved improvement of the balance 600-km of State Roads in order to develop, in a phased manner, the entire 1,632-km-long Maoist-dominated Vijayawada-Ranchi corridor at an estimated cost of Rs 1,200 crore. The project, which would be completed in next three …
Elephant-owners in Kerala are predicting that the proposed declaration of elephant as a heritage animal and strict adherence to recommendations in the Mahesh Rangarajan Committee report would lead to the extinction of tamed elephants in Kerala in 10 years. They are also expressing the apprehension that the participation of elephants …
Extensive damage caused to roads during the recent monsoon has drawn attention of the government to its inadequate maintenance. It has now decided to use NREGA ( National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) for proper upkeep and timely repairs of the fast-expanding road network. Every year about 1,500 km of new …
Mumbai The Ministry of Environment and Forests has asked the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to conduct a public hearing on the likely environmental impact of the proposed Pedder Road flyover. The state has stressed the 4.2-km flyover as a quick solution to congestion while the Worli-Haji Ali Sea …
We need to radically overhaul the existing, abused system of selecting concessionaires to build roads and the best way forward is to adopt bidding for present value of revenue, says Srivatsa Krishna INDIA, advised prudently by Dot Econ, one of the world
Buoyed by the visit of the central leaders, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Assam Pradesh is concentrating on improving its image in rural Assam right now as it is almost final that the saffron party is going to fight it out alone in the coming Assembly elections. It needs to …
The district has been allocated Rs 22 crore to repair roads that had got damaged due to heavy rainfall and floods, which had hit the region recently. Deputy Commissioner JS Ahlawat said all roads that fall under the jurisdiction of the PWD (B&R;) and had developed potholes would be repaired. …
Mumbai: Without stronger basic infrastructure, particularly better roads, water supplies, sanitation, electricity, information and communications technology and other essential services, developing countries will be hard-pressed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) targets, said Asian Development Bank (ADB) president Haruhiko Kuroda. The MDGs are eight internationally-agreed targets, set 10 years …
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: When a bright streetlight itself is a mirage on many of the city roads, the residents here might not dare to dream of immediate rectification of power failures. But this will soon be the reality, with the installation of the country
Shibu B S KOCHI: The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) projects, if executed properly, are adequate enough to make a drastic change in the concept of city development. Moving far beyond the projects related with roads, flyovers and traffic management, the funds are provided to address the concerns …
Vinayak Chatterjee / New Delhi September 20, 2010, 0:20 IST The public private partnership momentum needs to move on from national highways to state and district roads Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
Bharatiya Janata Party's Madhya Pradesh unit has decided to launch a 'Kendriya Sadak Bachao (Save Central Roads)' campaign on October 1 to protest against the Centre not allotting money for maintenance of national highways since the past few years. State BJP General Secretary Nand Kumar Chouhan told reporters here that …
Setting aside environmental concerns and ignoring the threat to one of the most fertile belts in India, Uttar Pradesh government is set to start work on the eight-lane expressway along the Upper Ganga Canal. The 147.8 km expressway will connect Greater Noida in Gautam Budh Nagar district and the Uttar …
In a major boost to the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court today cleared the decks for the ambitious multi-crore six-lane Yamuna Expressway Project linking Greater Noida to Agra by upholding its decision to acquire 1,604 hectares of private land. A bench of Justices V S Sirpurkar and …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the decks for the Yamuna Expressway project to link Greater Noida with Agra by upholding the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to acquire 1,604 hectares of private land. A Bench of Justices V.S. Sirpurkar and Cyriac Joseph dismissed the petitions filed by landowners …
