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 …
V Ashok Kumar | INSPIRED by former President A P J Abdul Kalam, a group of college students here has formed an association to uplift villages in the district. Around 1,000 students from 50 colleges across the city are members of Kalam Students Foundation, which will focus on improving the …
ANGUL: Coal transportation in Talcher coalfield area, which supplies coal to seven states, has been hampered due to lack of infrastructure facilities. Millions of tonnes of coal stocked at various colliery pit heads could not be evacuated due to poor and dilapidated roads, according to sources. The internal roads are …
The Ganga continues to be threatened by environmentally unsustainable development projects, of which the Ganga Expressway is the most recent example. But the campaign to save the Ganga is seemingly caught in recrimination and bad governance.
An illegal make-over of the ambitious Bengaluru Mysore Corridor leaves slumdwellers on the road and the Supreme Court toothless. FOURTEEN YEARS ago, 256 Dalit families from a village slum located just outside Bengaluru pitched tents and fashioned homes out of nothing. Come May 12, 2009 and not a single house …
MUMBAI: The National Capital Region may soon emulate lessons on infrastructure development from Mumbai. Delhi Lt-Governor Tejendra Khanna held discussions with officials of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) about using the public-private partnership (PPP) model for developing projects in the capital. He also invited MMRDA officials to come …
In view of Asia's enormous untapped economic potential and the ongoing global economic crisis, the challenge now is to build efficient and seamless connections across Asia and to the rest of the world to foment a more competitive, prosperous, and integrated region. This book addresses major challenges in developing regional …
The Himalayas are a unique natural asset and the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) forms the major share of this. This report presents a set of guidelines and best practices for the governance and sustainable management of the Himalayan ecosystem.
The Supreme Court has given the go-ahead for the Commonwealth Games Village on the Yamuna river bank. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan set aside a 2008 Delhi High Court judgement directing the setting up of a committee to monitor the environmental impact of the project. …
Delhi has witnessed massive infrastructural growth in the last decade, and the Masterplan 2021 was prepared after endless discussions on how to balance that growth with the quality of life. However, a group of citizens with diverse educational backgrounds, who have joined hands to host the 1st Habitat Summit, feel …
Seek withdrawal of PIDF from basmati varieties A heavy dose of taxes has made the rice industry economically unviable in the state and were being forced to move out of other states where the tax structure was more rational. The Punjab Rice Millers and Exporters Association said here today that …
Rs 5.8 crore has been injected by the Centre into nineteen projects for tourism infrastructure development in North Sikkim during 2007-08. The Centre has funded twelve projects as Centrally- sponsored schemes while six projects have been funded under Border Area Development Programme.
Kerala Tourism proved wrong the predictors of doom in the context of the global economic downturn by improving performance through well-designed and attractive packages, promotion of new destinations and infrastructure development. The State, which had anticipated a 20-per cent fall in the inflow of foreign tourists due to recession in …
The public-private partnership model has emerged as the favoured model of project execution in India, especially in infrastructure, health and education. This article traces the theoretical underpinnings of PPP under a neoliberal, marketdriven and growth-oriented state. It describes the economic imperatives for public and private resource management and the case …
The rapid growth in motor vehicle ownership and activity in India is causing a wide range of serious health, environmental, socio-economic, and resource use impacts, even as it provides mobility to millions, and contributes to employment and the economy. The loss of accessibility for pedestrians is one of the most …
Investment scenario in Assam is likely to look up in the coming days with several major industrial houses of the country including Tata group, Godrej group and others having expressed their willingness to invest in different sectors including hospitality and infrastructure sectors in the state. Official sources told The Assam …
