The Bikaner Development Authority Bill, 2025, passed by the Rajasthan Assembly, aims to establish a Bikaner Development Authority to regulate development activities in the Bikaner district. The bill was passed by voice vote, with the opposition Congress walking out of the House due to insufficient discussion. The bill was introduced …
KOCHI: At a time when the city authorities are going gaga over the integrating public transport system, town planning experts have emphasized on the need to put in place an updated master plan for the city. Though several talks and discussions have been carried out as part of implementing a …
The Maharashtra government has in its draft of the new housing policy proposed foreign direct investment (FDI) for the development of special townships. Grant of additional floor space index (FSI), especially to encourage affordable housing and creation of land bank are among the proposed measures. The policy is currently being …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slammed the state government for not finalizing draft master plan for Mandideep since July last year. Master plan has not been in existence since last 10 years. NGT central zone bench said on Tuesday that future development and land use without finalisation of master plan …
LAHORE - The government is perhaps towing the policy of destruction after construction. The Traffic Engineering and Planning Agency (Tepa) has started digging the newly-constructed Ferozpur Road to build a bridge on the Samanabad Nullah – one of the portions of LOS-Multan Road Dual Carriageway. The digging has deeply disturbed …
PUNE: Effective implementation of the Development Plans (DPs) in big cities like Pune can now be realized faster by executing Town-Planning (TP) schemes after President Pranab Mukherjee approved the Maharashtra government's proposal to make changes in the Land Acquisition Act. Deccan Gymkhana and Prabhat Road are examples of town planning …
Even as hundreds of residents are waiting for a decision on new guidelines and rules for regularisation of unauthorised buildings constructed on or before July 1, 2007, urban planners have started focusing on ‘structural stability’ and ‘fire safety.’ Once the recommendation on new guidelines and rules are made, Chennai Corporation …
As per the standards of draft concept note on smart city scheme, released by the Union ministry of urban development only Jaipur is fit enough to become a smart city . Among the conditions needed to select smart towns, ministry has specified certain benchmarks. It includes an existing master plan …
The State Government has been preparing master plans for a total of 169 cities and towns of the State, officials said on Wednesday. It has appointed an Ahmedabad based company as its Consultant which will complete the preparation of the master plan within three years. Chief Minister Raman Singh on …
Khartoum - The Khartoum State land authority has made a new compensation offer to inhabitants of old Omdurman neighborhoods whose housing areas will be affected by re-planning. The state ministry of planning said compensation against one meter ranges between SDG 700 to SDG 2343, apart from compensations against removed constructions …
The Green Growth Best Practice (GGBP) initiative has issued a report to help governments transition their economies successfully to climate compatible development.
Uncertainty over the fate of the 20 town planning (TP) schemes, which Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) had failed to come up with in the prescribed time limit has now ended. The civic body will hold a consultation over four of the remaining 20 TP schemes on Thursday. VMC had last …
Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday clarified that the stay on acquisition of land and issuance of any change of land use (CLU) licences to developers to build colonies in Gurgaon and the National Capital Region (NCR) area would continue till further orders. The HC on January 23 had …
JAMMU, Feb 19: The draft Srinagar Master Plan was put in the public domain once, but was withdrawn due to the fact that the required notification of the Government was pending which is pre-requisite as per the J&K; Development Act, 1970 and a private consultancy Sai Consultants has been hired …
New Delhi: Haryana has a bizarre and logic-defying formula to balance urban development and environment protection in NCR. The state government has proposed that some of the nature conservation zones, which are critical for sustainability, could be scrapped in “urbanizable” areas and relocated somewhere else. This sub-regional plan will be …
The National Capital Region (NCR) witnessed another expansion on Monday with the inclusion of two Haryana districts, Jind and Karnal. Based on requests from the Haryana government, the National Capital Region Planning Board approved the inclusion of adjoining districts of Jind and Karnal in the NCR zone, Urban Development Minister …
New Delhi:In what is being described by activists as an environmental disaster, the NCR Planning Board on Monday cleared crucial provisions to allow tourism in natural conservation zone (NCZ) such as Aravalis, Yamuna riverbed and areas around major water bodies, albeit setting a cap on the area that can be …
The year ahead is critical from the point of view on environment and development. Click on this interactive for the top 14 developments you need to keep track of in 2014.
New Delhi: One of the last patches of pristine forest land adjoining Delhi may be lost soon if the draft regional master plan for the national capital region (NCR) 2021 is passed in its current form—a “limit of 0.5% on constructions” in the natural conservation zones such as Aravalis has …
Friday, November 01, 2013 - Lahore—Lahore Transport Company (LTC) is playing significant role in transforming the traditional transport culture on modern lines and paying special emphasis on planning, enforcing and regulating the urban transport. Foreign direct investment and projects completed under effective mechanism of public private partnership has far reaching …
Is the Delhi Development Authority the appropriate agency for drafting a Master Plan for the city or has it taken over the mandate of the municipal corporations? Even as the DDA is readying the Delhi Master Plan 2021, there is a growing murmur about the mandate of the DDA and …
