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 …
BHOPAL: The master plan for Upper Lake is likely to be out by October. The plan, prepared by Ahmedabad-based Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, would be integrated into Bhopal master plan 2031. It is another matter that nobody still knows the fate of city master plan. Sources …
New Delhi : A proposed amendment for allowing high rise buildings has been introduced in the Master Plan Delhi-2021 during the review process of the document. Buildings higher than 15 m and without stilt and those higher than 17 m with stilt in all land use zones will be considered …
Terming the recent flash floods in Uttarakhand a “man-made disaster,” noted geoscientists, environmentalists and social activists have cautioned against showing any haste in carrying out construction activities in devastated areas without proper survey and planning. They have called for much-needed defining of flood paths of all rivers in the hill …
Jaipur: The Pachpadra village in Barmer where the new refinery will come up, will have a separate master plan for regulated development of the region. The urban development & housing department on Wednesday took a decision to keep Pachpadra expansion aside from the master plans of Barmer and Jodhpur and …
New Delhi: Under attack for its poor project implementation track record, the government plans to remove environmental and coal-related hurdles for large projects on a weekly basis. Starting this week, the Project Monitoring Group (PMG) constituted recently by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will take up projects that have been stuck, …
MARGAO: In a decision that will have a bearing on the fate of the illegal structures on Comunidade land atop the Talzanzor hillock, Margao, the Margao Communidade on Sunday firmly rejected any proposal from the government or individuals for regularisation of the 112 structures atop the hillock. The Margao Comunidade …
To develop Mullanpur, now New Chandigarh, as a city of excellence, the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has begun an exercise to modify its master plan. The developing town has been renamed as New Chandigarh by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in a meeting of the Punjab Regional and …
Meghalaya for 2013-14 was on Tuesday finalized at Rs 4151 crore following a meeting between Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma and other members of his Cabinet colleagues. At the same time the Planning Commission, after a marathon meeting at the Yojana …
The nondescript Jasauti village in Pahari tehsil of Bharatpur district on the Rajasthan-Haryana border has emerged as bhindi gaon (village of lady’s fingers) sending over a dozen vehicles filled with the vegetable every day for six months in a year to Gurgaon and Delhi. Eighty per cent of agriculturists in …
New Delhi: In a bid to deliver on its promises to residents of unauthorized colonies, the Delhi government is seeking relaxation in Master Plan 2021 and building control norms so that regularization becomes possible for the 1,639 colonies that do not meet town planning and fire safety criteria. The state’s …
MUMBAI: The city's draft development plan (DP) will not be published in October as planned. It will be delayed by six months as the civic body has no urban planners to analyze the data, said sources. The BMC has placed advertisements to recruit urban planners and the posts are likely …
Hectic parleys with political parties have been ongoing in the past few months to reach a consensus on the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, so that it gets passed in the current Parliament session. In principle, it is the Manmohan Singh government’s effort at addressing the problems in …
In a major decision, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the authorities not to grant permission for raising any new constructions at Gulmarg and has asked them to expedite the Gulmarg Master Plan and complete it within three months. The court has also banned grant of any fresh …
The Delhi Development Authority’s public notice announcing its intention to excise 61.59 acres from the Zone O (River Zone) and include it in Zone D has drawn sharp criticism from environmentalists and river conservationists. Reacting to the DDA’s public notice that appeared on Wednesday and proposes to change land use …
New Delhi: Delhi may be far from being the global city that the government tells us it is, but in a new survey on the state of city systems, the capital has done well on at least two parameters — first in urban capacities and resources and second in urban …
Bangladesh is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that by 2050, 17 per cent of Bangladesh will have been claimed by rising seas, forcing 20 million people to relocate. In order to reduce the level of vulnerability the country …
The new land pooling policy, which will encourage active involvement of the private sector, is likely to be tabled for approval at a meeting of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Tuesday. Land pooling is being seen as an alternative to land acquisition by government agencies. It is based on …
KARACHI, Jan 3: KMC administrator Mohammad Hussain Syed has directed master plan department officials to begin preparing the city’s master plan for the year 2020 and beyond and ensure that the development works being carried out at present are done according to the current master plan. Speaking at a meeting …
The 12th Plan will strategise on a greater role for the private sector in agriculture. With 58 per cent of the population dependent on agriculture, the growth of the sector is imperative not only for ensuring food security but to achieve inclusive growth, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar told the …
With the effects of climate change becoming evident by the day and farmers having to face the worst, the good news is that the agriculture ministry's attempt to prepare district-level contingency plans across India to deal the contingencies seem to be working. Many farmers in coastal Andhra Pradesh, participating in …
