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 …
JAIPUR: Rising discontent on the Master Plan 2025 forced the state government on Thursday to seek public and expert suggestion on the blueprint for the fourth time. "Many citizens and experts have criticized the Master Plan 2025. To make it better, we now welcome suggestions from the citizens. If the …
The Chief Minister, Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy, has put the final approval of the HMDA Master Plan on hold as he wanted certain changes made including enhancing the green cover in the Master Plan. During the third HMDA board meeting chaired by the Chief Minister, various issues were discussed including …
AHMEDABAD: The way is now being paved for the much awaited Rs 12,000 crore Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro project. The Gujarat Urban Development Corporation (GUDC) has directed the civic and urban development bodies of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar not to clear any new projects in the 150 meter radius along the Metro route …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda reiterated on Sunday that his regime was committed to ensuring equitable distribution of water in all parts of the State. Addressing a rally at the Charki Dadri, he also announced a slew of incentives for the region, including setting up of a new secretariat …
KOLLAM: For almost 30 years a sewerage network laid for the western parts of Kollam city had been lying idle and forgotten. No one remembers the exact cost at which it was laid. But now, a scheme has been evolved to assess whether the network can be utilised. The Kerala …
The Annual Plan 2011-12 of Delhi was finalized in a meeting held today between Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The Planning Commission has approved the plan outlay of Rs 15,133 crore for the year 2011-12. This includes Rs 14,200 crore state plan …
Planning Commission happy with overall work done by the Sheila Government A Plan outlay of Rs.15,133 crore was on Wednesday approved for Delhi by the Planning Commission at a meeting chaired by Deputy Chairman of the Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia and attended among others by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The …
After undertaking work on the first Metro railway project in Navi Mumbai, the state is now planning to lay the foundation stone for two more lines of the project in a year. One of the arms of the project, which will go from Vashi-Nerul-Seawoods-Panvel, will run parallel to the existing …
NOIDA: The city may be undergoing a change due to various infrastructure development works, however if figures released by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) are to be believed, the widespread digging has resulted in increase in the suspended particulate matter (SPM) resulting in various problems to the residents. …
The development plan (DP) of the city is set to get delayed by four years, according to corporators and officials in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The improvements committee on Monday gave its approval for a 30-month extension in the submission of the draft DP that should have originally been …
The Union ministry of environment and forests came to know about the irregularities in the Adarsh housing scam only after it was highlighted in the media, the Bombay high court was informed today during which the counsel for the ministry took a strong stand against bureaucrats who brazenly and knowingly …
These byelaws may be called the Meghalaya Building-Bye Laws 2011. These byelaws shall apply to all the Master Plan Areas and Scheme Areas notified or to be notified from time to time within the State. These byelaws shall come into force on such date as the Meghalaya Urban Development Authority …
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 …
International meet on sustainable cities to begin today Special session on the catastrophe in Japan Stress on use of technology for governance Thiruvananthapuram: As many as 280 delegates, including 83 from abroad, are expected to deliberate on the trends in urbanisation and the challenges before local self-government institutions at a …
The pilot scheme to develop satellite towns around seven mega cities will spill over to the 12th Plan period (2013 to 2018), as against the original deadline of April 2012. The urban development ministry is in the process of writing to the Planning Commission to seek more time for executing …
In a reprieve for those who had challenged the allotment of industrial plots in different sectors of Faridabad and Gurgaon, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has cancelled the orders of Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), wherein it had cancelled allotment made to several individuals. The court has directed the …
JAMMU, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Thursday underlined the need for comprehensive and balanced development of twin capital cities and towns in the State keeping in view the challenges on account of sewerage, drainage, transport, parking, housing and commercial activities. Chairing a high level meeting to take brief about the …
In what is a record of sorts, engineering giant L&T; has achieved the financial closure for the prestigious Rs 16,375 crore Hyderabad Metro Rail Project, making it the biggest ever fund tie-up in public-private partnership project anywhere in the world in a short span of six months. L&T; Metro Rail …
JAMMU, Chief Secretary, Madhav Lal today asked the concerned agencies to work out solutions to the bottlenecks coming in the way of on time completion of Rs. 262.15 crore sewerage treatment projects in the mission cities of Jammu and Srinagar. Chairing a review meeting in this regard, the Chief Secretary …
