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 …
Hidden behind city branding exercises through large projects are acts of land capture and slum demolitions by a predatory local state and crony capitalism. In the policy arena, meanwhile, the urban, and particularly the metropolitan story has been one of deliberate confusion, and fragmentation of policy and implementation. The promise …
The Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society today informed the Bombay high court the high-rise cannot be demolished for not having sanction of Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA), saying it already has the approval of the environment and forests ministry. "Are we going to pull this building down even when the …
GURGAON: HUDA is now wooing more private builders to connect their sewage treatment plants (STP) to its main sewerage line. The tie-ups between HUDA and builders will go a long way in reducing the perennial problem of sewage disposal. The DLF is the first private builder which has applied for …
- Planning Commission deputy chairman meets chief ministers for consultation Guwahati, July 4: The Twelfth Five Year Plan will focus on further development of infrastructure and connectivity in the Northeast.
Shillong, July 3: The stench emanating from the dumping ground at Mawlai Mawiong, about 5km from here, would soon be condensed by upgrading the present recycling machine. Before entering the Scotland of the East, tourists often find themselves
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has released the key indicators of household consumer expenditure in India, generated from the data collected in its 66th round survey during July 2009 - June 2010. The NSS consumer expenditure survey aims at generating estimates of household monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) and …
This report on Development of Sustainable Habitat Parameters in the field of Urban Planning has been prepared by a Sub-Committee constituted by the Ministry of Urban Development under the National Mission for Sustainable Habitat (HMSH), one of the missions of the National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC). The report …
Much more needs to be done to meet the basic needs of the existing urban population, even as one plans for future migrants. Our cities and towns may still not account for 50 per cent of the population, but they play a major role in economic development, governance and planning. …
AHMEDABAD: The Sandesh Group-promoted Rs 3,000-crore integrated township project, Applewoods got a nod from Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (Auda) to commence construction work. Located near Shela on SP Ring Road, Applewoods is the first integrated township in Gujarat to receive this clearance. "Properties worth 90 lakh sq ft would be …
This report examines how the public-private partnership (PPP) model can be applied to help promote sustainable housing and urban development for countries around the world. The report has two main parts. First, it identifies key opportunities and challenges faced by PPPs in general, and provides PPP best practices and guiding …
Bhopal, May 20: The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh dedicated the Rs. 12 thousand crore Bharat-Oman Refinery at Agasod near Bina today. Describing it a world class project he said that it would boost development in and around Bundelkhand region. The revenue of Madhya Pradesh would go up and around …
KOCHI: Residents of Mundamveli, near here, along with the Association for Environmental Protection, have lodged a complaint with the District Collector against the proposed sewage treatment plant in their neighbourhood. The plant, being built by the Kochi Corporation under the Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Programme, is coming up at the …
More than a decade after the plan to construct a new capital for Jharkhand was conceived, the state government has finally okayed a file to ink an MoU with School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) in New Delhi to prepare its blueprint.
KOCHI: Throwing to wind all environmental norms, the Kochi Corporation has embarked on a massive filling of ecologically sensitive marshy land at Mundamveli which consists of mangroves and a host of other species. Hundreds of tipper lorries are operating 24x7 to fill about five acres of land where a sewage …
The recommendations of the high-powered Expert Committee (HPEC) on Urban Infrastructure, set up by former urban development minister Jaipal Reddy, have to traverse some more distance. Constituted in 2008, HPEC submitted its findings last month on the problems of leap-frogging urbanisation and the financial measures necessary to make our cities …
