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 …
Arun Kumar WASHINGTON: Three Indian cities - Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Chennai - have been listed among the world's fastest-growing cities by Forbes magazine. It also called Gujarat the "most market-oriented and business-friendly" among Indian states. "The urban powerhouses of the next decade aren't behemoths like New York or Mumbai, but …
KOCHI: It is estimated that by 2030, 70 to 80 percent of Kerala's population will be concentrated in the urban areas. Given this scenario, the need of the hour is to chart out a roadmap to improve urban infrastructure to accommodate the growing population, experts who took part in the …
Esther David Lately, since we have been reading and seeing changes in the river Sabarmati in the context of the riverfront development project, rivers are very much on the mind. So, while going to Vadodara, it was interesting to study the scenery between both cities. As soon as the bus …
MUMBAI: The state urban development department, City Industrial Development Corporation and Louis Berger, consultants for Navi Mumbai airport, have jointly worked out a formula to construct the international airport without diverting Gadhi river. Officials of Louis Berger and Cidco held a meeting on Monday in the office of urban development …
This publication presents a strong argument for innovating urban planning to address the contemporary challenges of rapid urbanization and poverty. It illustrates how UN-HABITAT has worked in a variety of contexts to apply urban planning and design to contribute to sustainable human settlements development, slum prevention, post-disaster and post-conflict reconstruction, …
The State government on Monday told High Court that the draft Goa Land Development and Building Constructions Regulations (GLDBCR), 2008, has been finalised. The State government in its affidavit stated that GLDBCR, 2008 has been finalised and notified in the Official Gazette on September 9, 2010. It also stated that …
New Delhi: The National Capital Region (NCR) has emerged as the highest job generating city among the four major metros in India in April-August 2010, industry body Assocham said. According to a survey by the chamber, NCR has created 34.2% employment followed by Mumbai (12.70%), Chennai (6.12%) and Kolkata (4.19%) …
NEW DELHI: The National Capital Region has emerged as the fastest job generating city among the four major metropolitan cities in the country by fuelling a growth of 34.27 per cent in employment generation during the April-August period of the current fiscal over the corresponding period last year, according to …
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 …
Agartala, Sept 19: Uncertainty looms large over execution of Rs 378 crore integrated sewerage treatment projects of the city under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Review of JNNURM, under CSE 10th Media Fellowship, underlined the difficulty of compliance of the City Development Plan (CDP) designed for improvement of …
CUTTACK: In a landmark judgment, the Orissa High Court has directed the State Government to rehabilitate the slum-dwellers of the entire State. A division Bench comprising Chief Justice V Gopalagowda and Justice I Mohanty on Wednesday further directed the Centre to re-allocate funds under different schemes to the State Government …
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By Shubhangi Khapre | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA The state government has urged the Centre to ensure an impartial report on the Navi Mumbai airport to enable the project to get a go-ahead without further delay. Highly-placed sources in the ministry of urban development told DNA,
The state government is under pressure from the Centre to stay the release of 2,177 hectares of saltpan land in Mumbai for redevelopment, fearing it would lead to trouble in the flood-prone city. The state government had planned to give this land to private developers for slum rehabilitation projects in …
Piqued over increase in cases of flurosis in Unnao district the state government has ordered a probe into the quality of water drawn from hand-pumps in Ganga Ghat. The decision was taken in a review meeting of the officials of the Urban Development and Environment departments which was presided over …
Mumbai development boost Navi Mumbai, which follows a different development pattern, to be excluded The additional floor space index (FSI) allowed in Mumbai city in special cases may soon be available in other parts of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), barring Navi Mumbai. In the city, higher FSIs are granted …
