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 …
Zarqa City faces a major problem in its urban planning and design. Four main obstacles surround the city. From the north the location of heavy industry such as the Jordanian Refinery, the thermal plant for producing electricity and the purification unit to treat the wastes of the capital Amman and …
In the last three years, the city engineer's office of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) sanctioned a mind-boggling 15.69 crore sq ft for development in the city. Against this the city builders could procure completion certificate for only 3.76 crore sq ft of built space. This would suggest that builders …
Keeping up its reputation of beating deadlines, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has completed construction work on its brand new railway bridge across the Yamuna in a record time of 26 months. The work on the 698.8-metre bridge started in October 2005 as the first project under the ongoing second …
A long time ago, visionaries such as M Vishveshwaraya, K Sheshadri Iyer, Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, and Mirza Ismail emphasised the importance of trees, parks and green recreational spaces beyond their visual contribution in a cityscape. But in our hurry to modernise through rapid economic growth, urban aesthetics and environmental upkeep …
Housing for the poor and urban development is one of key areas of focus in Budget 2008-09 with urban development accounting for about 13% of the total Budget outlay. The finance minister proposed a plan outlay of Rs 1487 crore for housing and UD for the coming financial year. Finance …
India has added two more swanky symbols to make it part of the first-world grade: in Hyderabad and the gleaming Bengaluru international airport. But look behind the glitzy fa
Complex includes a host of features; 4 per cent work already completed While environmental activists are continuing with their protest against the construction of the Commonwealth Games Village on the banks of the Yamuna and the matter is pending in Delhi High Court, almost 4 per cent work on the …
Planning Commission recommends Rs 10,000 crore The Planning Commission today recommended the annual plan size of the National Capital Territory of Delhi at Rs 10,000 crore, a whopping Rs. 1000 crore more than the existing plan, and asked the Sheila Dikshit government to give an increased impetus to the Yamuna …
Despite expectations, the only major sops in the state budget for Mumbaiites is an increased FSI in the suburbs and the announcement that all the corridors of the Mumbai Metro rail project would be up and running in eight years. Also, MHADA colonies will be granted an FSI of 2.5 …
With not much time left for the Commonwealth Games 2010, the crucial Games Village project which is especially being built for the event has just seen four per cent completion so far. The fact has been revealed in the Delhi government's report submitted to the Assembly on Tuesday. The government, …
Games preparations in full swing: L-G NEW DELHI: With the Delhi Assembly elections due later this year, the address of Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna on the first day of the Budget session on Monday highlighted the achievements of the Delhi Government, stating that the progress in the last one year on …
The widening and strengthening of the Gurgaon-Alwar and Hodal-Nuh-Pataudi Patauda roads have been approved under the National Capital Region (NCR) scheme in order to create a sound network of roads in and around Gurgaon and Mewat region. An official spokesman said that widening and maintenance work on 193-km of road …
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has presented a budget of Rs 6,643 crore for 2008-09 to implement a series of infrastructure projects. Some of the major projects that have been allocated funds include Rs 700 crore for the showcase Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP), Rs 1,250 crore for …
Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan (YJE) has raised questions about environmental implications of yesterday's land deal in NOIDA, which is being termed as the biggest land deal in the entire country. On Tuesday , BPTP Builders,a Delhi-based group, had bagged a 95-acre commercial plot in sector 94 of Noida for Rs 5,006 …
The government has chalked out several programmes for the betterment of urban poor, but still a lot needs to be done to uplift their living standards. The government has centered its attention on removing poverty of villagers, marginal and small farmers. Moreover, it has not ignored the urban poor. Central …
The Rajasthan Cabinet has decided to amend the State's laws on exporting/transporting cattle in order to facilitate export and migration of the high quality Nagauri calves to other parts of the country. However, there is a catch: the bovines would be allowed to be transported to the States where a …
Land owners who gave away their lands for SEZ were compensated at the rate of Rs three lakh an acre and family members have been assured jobs on the basis of educational qualifications Around 2,100 acres of land, valued at Rs 63 crore, had been registered for the Special Economic …
UN report predicts 55 per cent of Indians will live in cities by 2050 Half of the world's population is expected to turn urban by the end of this year. A UN report now estimates that cities in Africa and Asia will account for most of the growth in urban …
