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 …
K.V. Prasad COIMBATORE: The Opposition in the Coimbatore Corporation is determined to make the civic body convene a special meeting of the Council and table a White Paper on the status of the Rs.3,186-crore infrastructure schemes proposed under the Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra …
DH News Service, Kolar: Various schemes which would provide basic facilities like proper drinking water system in all the wards, good roads, proper drainage system and other civic amenities, at the expense of Rs 40 crore, will be set in motion on October 2 in the City, explained Chairman of …
Mumbai, September 10 Months after visiting World Bank officials suggested that laws should be changed to allow Mumbai grow vertically like New York, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Wednesday asked the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to conduct a study on the policies to be adopted for such a …
Mumbai, September 10 Months after visiting World Bank officials suggested that laws should be changed to allow Mumbai grow vertically like New York, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Wednesday asked the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to conduct a study on the policies to be adopted for such a …
Geeta Gupta New Delhi, September 8 The bridge between ITO and Laxmi Nagar over River Yamuna, similar to the ones at Nizamuddin and ISBT, has always been a congested link for commuters. The Delhi Government plan to put up iron meshes along bridges to check river pollution does not seem …
By P M Raghunandan, DH News Service, Bangalore: Call it a 100 days' gift to Bangaloreans. The State government has in one go sanctioned a whopping Rs 1,044 crore for upgrading infrastructure in Bangalore. With this, the Government has kept its promises made in its budget on Bangalore development. Road …
GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat government on Saturday decided to allocate Rs 25 crore each to six municipal corporations, including Ahmedabad, for developing city infrastructure. According to an official release of the state urban development department, AMC has been asked to use the grant for building a four-lane railway over-bridge and a new …
The Second Master Plan bats for a green and clean Chennai. If the Plan is implemented, you could be penalised heavily if you throw garbage out of your house. According to Jayashree Vencatesan, of CARE an NGO, the second Master Plan was a
Anantapur, Sept. 1: Local MLA, Mr B. Narayan Reddy, said that efforts were on to develop the town with Rs 100 crore. Speaking at the Praja Darbar programme, the MLA said that Rs 70 crore was already released in this regard. He added that these funds would be used for …
Planning for development in rapidly urbanizing Asia requires a fresh look. This book analyzes emerging urbanization patterns and explores the potential of city cluster development in Asia. City cluster development takes into account the provision of infrastructure and services in connection with spark potentials of economic growth and dispenses with …
This project is designed to generate insights and guidance which can contribute to the development of institutions to help the urban poor effectively resolve disputes over urban assets. Too often institutional change is initiated without a complete understanding of the social, economic and political dynamics effecting status quo institutions. The …
With unauthorised expansion already consuming more than 50 per cent of the total area under the Nayagaon Nagar Panchayat, the Punjab government has not found any plot available for a city centre in Nayagaon. The draft Master Plan of Nayagaon-2021 proposes only a district centre as a greenfield project. Though …
Abantika Ghosh | TNN New Delhi: Exactly two decades ago, the apology of a river that flows through Delhi had inundated it, leaving 20 people dead. Old timers recall how the top of the gigantic Hanuman statue near Kashmere Gate was the only thing visible above the waters. Even as …
NEW DELHI The Delhi Development Authority's board of inquiry and hearing on Tuesday received objections and suggestions on the draft zonal development plan (ZDP) from the residents of Zone-L (that covers 21,933 hectares between Delhi-Rohtak railway line and was earlier known as West Delhi-III) under the Master Plan for Delhi …
In an renewed battle to tackle the mounting garbage problem, the Thimphu city corporation (TCC) will empty all recycle bins in the city tomorrow and urge the public to use them correctly by segregating waste. This step is an immediate action the city corporation is once more taking, after concerned …
Mysore, DHNS: The State government has convened a meeting of Commissioners of all urban development authorities in Bangalore on September 1 to formulate an
JNNURM targets incorporated in Municipal Bill Speedy execution arranged at all levels: Ms. Raje JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has reiterated her government's commitment to complete all projects sanctioned under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in the State on schedule. In a letter to Union Urban …
Pune, August 13 Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) officials need no longer shuttle between Delhi and Pune for review meetings on the progress of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) projects. The last review meeting on Tuesday saw PCMC and JNNURM officials on a video-conference for the first time. Both …
