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 …
The State Government is planning to re-start the Dona Paula-Vasco Launch service under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission. Disclosing this to reporters after four new ferry boats were commissioned
Pune Rubbishing allegations from corporators that essential ward-level works were being neglected and the civic body was paying more attention to big projects, municipal commissioner Asheesh Sharma on Monday said that Rs 404 crore has been spent on ward-level works in the past three years. Recently, several corporators from the …
Jan. 16: The government issued orders (RT 35) for the release of Rs 173.18 crore to the Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation (GVMC) as part of the Central and the state government
First Instalment Of Funds For 24 Projects Under JNNURM, Work Already On Ambika Pandit | TNN New Delhi: With the state of preparations for Commonwealth Games causing concern and the state government complaining about a cash crunch
Three months after the state government released funds worth Rs 800 crore for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for Commonwealth Games-related projects, the cash-strapped civic agency is set to receive additional funds worth Rs 1,000 crore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). A letter from the …
The progress made so far in some key projects of the government as well as its flagship schemes like Bharat Nirman and Nrega came in for scrutiny at a meeting in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) chaired by T.K.A. Nair, principal secretary to the PM on Tuesday. At the meeting, …
5-Yr Target Set To Provide Housing To Slumdwellers Under Rajiv Awas Yojana Mahendra Kumar Singh | TNN New Delhi: Moving on its ambitious target to make India slum free over the next five years, UPA government is finalising guidelines which hugely bank on substantial participation of private players under the …
Putting an end to a three-month-long wait, 14 low-floor buses reached Chandigarh late on Monday evening. These buses are expected to hit the roads within ten days. By February, the remaining 86 buses will be delivered by Tata Motors.
LUCKNOW: At a time when municipal bodies seek to put burden on denizens by raising the house tax, a latest geographical information system (GIS) survey has revealed an astonishing picture: Over 50% of the houses are either not assessed for the tax or are under-assessed. The municipal corporations like the …
The high level committee on Urban Development Ministry on Tuesday approved two major projects worth Rs 35 crore under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The two big budget projects
PUNE stands on the ground that rises on either side of the Mula and Mutha rivers. While the confluence of the two at the heart of the city gave it its original name
RAJLAXMI BHONSALE: "NEARLY Rs. 100 crore has been spent on dredging the river beds." THREE-TIME corporator and currently Mayor, Rajlaxmi Bhonsale has played a pivotal role in preparing Pune
THE Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) was launched in December 2005 by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in keeping with its Common Minimum Programme. It was a form of reform that urban areas in the country desperately needed before they spiralled into haphazard and over-flowing cities. The …
The number of people living in acute poverty in Mizoram are fast increasing but the successive governments continue to display indifferent attitude to this issue. In Aizawl alone there are over 60,000 people living in Mizoram version of slum areas. They are officially called
The housing and urban poverty alleviation ministry is facing teething problems trying to formulate the implementation and financing pattern of the UPA government
Tripura Government has urged the Centre to introduce an employment guarantee scheme for the urban poor on the lines of NREGA. Addressing the National Conference on the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in Delhi recently, Tripura Urban Development Minister Manik De said ascheme, like NREGA, ought to be …
