Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Delhi government’s environment department has reservations about the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) draft regional plan 2021. It has raised concerns about a provision in the plan that may facilitate tourism and development activities in the Aravalis, Yamuna river bed and other ecologically sensitive areas. Sanjiv Kumar, environment secretary, …
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 …
Bihar had the lowest per capita Net State Domestic Product (NSDP) at Rs 23,435 in FY'12 among the Indian states at current prices, Finance Minister P Chidambaram informed Rajya Sabha today. "As per information published by Directorate of Economics and Statistics of respective state governments, the per capita NSDP at …
To check if regional plans are in sync with the Master Plan The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) has signed an agreement with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRCS) in Hyderabad to prepare satellite images of NCR towns to assess whether the norms laid down by the Board have …
Planners and urban experts on Sunday warned that climate change and sea level rise would displace 30 per cent of country’s population who would be forced come to the cities for their survival. To meet the challenge of climate change and growing influx of climate refugees to the cities, the …
In a boost to planned development around Mumbai and other cities, the legislative council on Wednesday unanimously approved a Bill for revision in town planning norms. The amendments introduced in the Bill will enable planning authorities to notionally acquire private plots in an area identified as suitable for a township-like …
Says policies ill-defined; calls for change Goa Bachao Abhiyan on Monday claimed the draft Regional Plan 2021 showed 89 active mines whereas the current notified plan shows 129 making it very clear that 40 mining leases have been released during the last three years. The GBA addressed a press conference …
Urban Development Minister Joaquim Alemao on Sunday promised to fix up an appointment with the Town and Country Planning Department officials to enable the villagers of Cavorim Chandor to check the map of their village before it is notified as part of the Regional Plan 2021. While asserting that he …
The State Government should now prepare to face fireworks from Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) which is yet again gearing up to fight government on the issue of Regional Plan (RP). The GBA activists which met in the city today to discuss RP came to the conclusion that the government has …
Regional Plan 2021 charts a brave and bold new path, says DR OSCAR REBELLO It was audacious, it was historic and it was pure, undiluted magic. The week that lapsed, must be a golden week for Goa. The sun truly rose bright and incandescent from the west. The SEZs were …
PANJIM, NOV 10 Village group of Cansaulim have insisted notification of eco-sensitive zones and restriction of construction to 50 Floor Area Report (FAR) pending finalization of the Regional Plan (RP) 2021. This was discussed during a village level meeting at Cansaulim Panchayat, on Tuesday, which was attended by several hundred …
After many reminders through many press notes the Goa Bachao Abhiyan has finally decided to get real. It will now hold corner meetings in villages to appeal to people to assemble at Azad Maidan on October 14 at 4.30 pm for a showdown. And the showdown, less unlikely to be …
Questioning the long delay in notifying the Regional Plan 2021, Camurlim villagers on Sunday demanded that the government expedite the process and notify the plan at the earliest. At the Sunday gram sabha, members demanded to know the fate of the draft Regional Plant 2021 approved by the panchayat body. …
The Gram Sabha of Seraulim village Panchayat on Sunday asked the government to notify the regional plan at the earliest. The meeting chaired by the deputy Sarpanch Joaquim Dias discussed the delay on the notification of the Regional Plan by the government and called for notifying the plan at the …
Yet again strongly protesting the slow pace of work on the Regional Plan 2021, Goa Bachao Abhiyan on Thursday said that the State Assembly was misled on the taluka plans for Canacona and Pernem stating the same would be released by August 31, 2010. In a press release issued here, …
NEW DELHI: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending a $150 million financing facility to India to develop urban infrastructure in the National Capital Region (NCR).The Manila-based bank's board, according to an ADB statement here, approved the
