The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
New Delhi: In rural India, ceiling should be imposed on irrigated lands above 15-20 hectares and holdings of non-irrigated lands should be limited to 10-15 hectares, a committee of rural development ministry on agrarian land reforms has recommended. The ceiling limits should be implemented with retrospective effect, the committee said. …
New Delhi, Oct. 29: The Centre today approved the four-laning of the 84km Barasat-Krishnagar section of NH 34 at an estimated cost of Rs 859 crore. The cabinet committee on infrastructure cleared the project, which will help reduce travelling time between Calcutta and north Bengal. The highway is the only …
Gandhinagar: The World Bank (WB) has agreed to enhance total funds to be made available for development and modernization of urban infrastructure in selected towns from $162.5 million to a maximum of $300 million. WB is seeking to aid non-Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (non-JNNURM) cities, even as insisting …
Perfect urban infrastructure is where basic civic amenities for healthy living are made available before the actual construction of dwelling units. This does not exist in developing countries easily. In India particularly, it is far from satisfactory. This happened due to a major mistake made by our leaders post-Independence. The …
Jagraon: In an effort to uplift rural infrastructure and provide basic amenities to rural areas, Manpreet Singh Ayali, chairman of zila parishad, Ludhiana, today handed over the grant of Rs 5.21 lakh to Hans Kalan village sarpanch near here. This grant will be used for construction of toilets, construction of …
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday said Delhi was getting ready to showcase a world-class road infrastructure during the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Addressing a gathering after formally inaugurating two new flyovers in South Delhi, the Chief Minister said she was confident that visitors during the Games would get …
A Knowledge City would be established in Ujjain district under Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor. It may be mentioned here that Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) is an ambitious project of the Central government. Four investment regions are proposed to be developed under its jurisdiction in Madhya Pradesh. Of these, under Pithampur-Dhar-Mhow investment …
Illegal and unscientific mining continues to mar the fragile environment and the scenic beauty of the hill state as the state mining department fails to perform its regulatory role effectively due to an acute shortage of technical staff, vehicles and other infrastructure. The ever-growing number of development projects like construction …
Most countries in the Commonwealth are involved in planning urban transportation futures to combat climate change. The proposed technical fixes will have little impact unless urban transportation planners resist the move toward infrastructure development that fixes our future to high energy use and CO2 emissions. Pressure for changing policies will …
The proposed routes are from Rahon Road to Gill village and BBMB Power House to Ayali Chowk Station Jyotika Sood The two-member team of the Delhi Metro Rail Project (DMRC) that carried out a feasibility study of the metro rail project in the city stated today that it was possible …
Confederation of Indian Industry, Eastern Region, organised a session with Prof. John D. Macomber, Lecturer in Real Estate at Harvard Business School, on sustainable development of urban infrastructure and construction sector here on Wednesday, according to a CII release. Focusing on advance research interests in the area of policy, finance …
For most of us, Goa stands for fun and frolic, but there is a lot more to India's smallest state than its tropical beaches and casinos. While a coastline of almost 30 km helps the state attract over 2.5 million tourists a year, the state also has thriving industrial and …
Around a decade ago, the national capital was known for its pollution and chaos on roads. The rapid growth of unauthorised colonies had made matters worse. Over 50 per cent of power was lost to theft in transmission and distribution. The public transport system was more of a bane than …
History has a way of repeating itself. The adage gains special significance in case of Punjab, which, thanks to the seeds sown over the time, is reaping rich dividends today. With Punjab emerging as the best overall state since 2003, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal attributes its repeated success …
The South Goa Zilla Panchayat on Wednesday has unanimously demanded that the government to create better infrastructural facilities in the mining areas of the state in terms of roads and other amenities. At a meeting held on Wednesday, members unanimously supported a resolution tabled by ZP member Subhash Faldessai that …
The World Bank today approved four loans worth $4.3 billion (about Rs 20,631 crore) to help India finance its infrastructure programmes and further strengthen the capital base of state-run banks. The approved loan includes a a budgetary support of $2 billion for capital infusion in select public sector banks to …
MUMBAI: Mumbai's infrastructure agencies have come under fire for focusing only on the capital intensive sea-link, iconic tower and metro rail projects and "ignoring the medium and short-term transportation infrastructure solutions''. TranSforM, a study conducted recently by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) recommends completion of a total of 3,462 …
BHUBANESWAR: The aluminium major NALCO today signed a memorandum of understanding with the State Government for establishment of an aluminium park at Angul. The proposed park will be a joint venture of the NALCO and the Orissa Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) and it will be close to the smelter …
Many of the world's largest deltas are densely populated and heavily farmed. Yet many of their inhabitants are becoming increasingly vulnerable to flooding and conversions of their land to open ocean. The vulnerability is a result of sediment compaction from the removal of oil, gas and water from the delta's …
