Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Pune The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) general body on Friday approved the setting up of a separate head for urban transport in the annual civic budget as per the guidelines of the union government under JNNURM.
In order to meet the increasing need for urban growth, the urban development ministry today said it planned to include 28 more cities in the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the central government
Fast-growing Guwahati has seen haphazard development and faces a mismanaged network of too many buses. But now three new satellite townships and two Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors are set to give its landscape a makeover. "Guwahati's disadvantage is its narrow roads, with the mighty river Brahmaputra on one side …
New Delhi: The Delhi government has claimed that Rs 1967.51 crore has been utilised by all departments and agencies for various projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in the past one year. The status report released by the urban development department on Thursday stated that Rs …
Vijayawada, June 1: Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) buses will ply on city roads after the laying of BRTS roads. The municipal corporation has purchased these buses, each at a cost of Rs 50 lakh. It is laying BRTS roads at a cost of Rs 150 crore under the Jawaharlal …
Bhopal: The development plans of 96 cities of the state will be completed by the month of July while those of ten municipal corporations by December. By the year 2013-14, development plans of all the civic bodies in the state will be completed. Madhya Pradesh is the first state in …
Vijayawada, May 30: Land problem for the construction of houses under Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in Vijayawada will be solved very soon. The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) proposes to acquire 500 acres of land for the construction of houses in Gollapudi on development basis. Once farmers come forward …
With the State government cold shouldering the ambitious plan to seek Rs 1000 crore loan to finance the sewerage scheme, the Goa Sewerage Corporation has set the process to obtain funds from Central agencies, JNRRUM and NRCD amounting to Rs 900 crore. Unlike the earlier proposal seeking loan to fund …
The Union urba May 23: The Union urban development ministry has asked the states to expedite setting up of Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA) to ensure better traffic management in the cities having a population of more than one million. The UMTA is seen as a solution to most of …
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet committee finally cleared the interceptor sewer project for Rs 1,357 under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) funding. With bids expected to be invited for it soon, Delhi government
The Union Cabinet Committee on Wednesday approved the ambitious Rs 1,357-crore Yamuna cleaning Interceptor Sewer project of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). In what is termed as the largest fund approval for Delhi under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the project was cleared after extensive examination by …
Projects worth over Rs 300 crore have been mooted by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to ensure a comprehensive solution to the water scarcity problem in different pockets of the city, but faulty planning coupled with lethargy and legal complications have ensured non-completion and faulty implementation of these schemes. With …
The World Bank~ which has earned sharp criticism from the Left parties over the years~ seems to be the only hope for the CPI-M led state government to win back hearts of urban and rural populace ahead of 2011 Assembly polls. This time, the state government has secured the Centre's …
Two years ago, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) had a leaking water supply system and defunct meters. It decided to launch a pilot project in the Dharampeth area, and put in new pipes and meters. Today, over 6,000 connections there have water round the clock— and are happy to pay for …
Mahatma Gandhi's words that India lives in its villages are still a truism. But the accelerating pace of urbanisation suggests that, much before the close of this century, India will indeed live in its cities. Going by current trends, 40 per cent of India's population will be living in urban …
Ahmedabad: The slumdwellers, displaced due to the Sabarmati riverfront project, were allotted houses under economically weaker section (EWS) scheme in the city on Monday. In the first draw, 2,371 houses were allocated under the rehabilitation scheme, out of which 271 slum-dwellers living on the eastern bank, on the stretch between …
