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 …
Three municipalities in south Chennai set up an integrated solid waste management project (Established 2002). With a private-public partnership, they are trying to find a solution to one of urban India's greatest nightmares, garbage. Every day Chennai produces 4,000 tonnes of garbage that rots on the roads and in the …
A public-private partnership, it delivers water and power services to eight states. From maintaining the water system of Mysore to distributing electricity in Jamshedpur, JUSCO (Established 2004) has won the National Urban Water Award for 2009. The Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company Limited (JUSCO), the ace water and power utility …
T. Ramakrishnan and Deepa H Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Thursday cleared the Rs.633-crore component of the Water Resources Department (WRD)/Public Works Department (PWD) in the Rs.1,448-crore project of improvement of Chennai
Experts here are annoyed over the failure of the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) in incorporating the suggestions of the seismic micro-zonation study in the Guwahati Master Plan for 2025. The Master Plan was published on July 7 last. There is also a demand for revising the city
Sudhir Nair, a Bangalore-based software professional, gets his travel expenses reimbursed by his company. But he prefers public transport to using his car. The reason: the low-floor air-conditioned Volvo city buses.
Sudhir Nair, a Bangalore-based software professional, gets his travel expenses reimbursed by his company. But he prefers public transport to using his car. The reason: the low-floor air-conditioned Volvo city buses.
Three low floor buses were flown into service by the state transport minister, Mr Ranjit Kundu, today. The vehicles have been procured under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme. The buses would ply on routes ~ 221, 214 and 32 ~ one each. The state government has …
Pune In its hurry to get on with the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), the Pune Municipal Corporation seems to have given a go-by to accessing funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) to overcome its water woes. In the last five years, no Central funding has …
Pune Seven slums in the city will be the first in the country to reap the benefits of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme. Another first will be that the novel in-situ concept that has been adopted to rehabilitate some 1,200 families are high density slums of …
The Union minister of state for urban Development, Mr Saugata Roy has urged the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) to take initiative to complete houses for the urban poor on time. Mr Roy visited Nonadanga where houses are coming up for people coming from economically challenged families. The people who …
- Four garbage transfer stations in Ranchi by end of this year The Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has decided to come up with four garbage transfer stations by the end of this year to give respite to the residents from stinking roads. A total of Rs 51.39 crore has been …
After waiting for the nod from the Ministry of Urban Development for over a year now, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has finally received the technical go-ahead for its ambitious plan of resuscitating the Yamuna
Pune Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagde on Thursday directed the civic staff to speed up the development work being carried out under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), so that new proposals could be sent to the union government for approval.
The State Government has decided to rejuvenate 180 lakes in Bangalore in the coming days, Bangalore In-charge Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, he said work has been already commenced to rejuvenate and beautify 33 lakes. While the BBMP is developing 21 lakes, the BDA has …
Pulling up states for project execution delays and slackened pace of reforms implementation, the Centre today cautioned that unsatisfactory performance under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) will make it difficult for states to get financial aid from it in future. Addressing the annual meeting of urban development secretaries …
New Delhi: The central government on Wednesday warned that the states that have not implemented projects under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) satisfactorily will find it difficult to get financial aid from it in future. Addressing the annual meeting of urban development secretaries and principal secretaries of states, …
