Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Balwinder Kaur Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 19/03/2024. Balwinder Kaur, the applicant raised the grievance of risk of thousands of trees felling due to likelihood of land sliding. It was said that illegal mining is being carried out …
This report was designed to analyze the traffic safety situation in India, and to identify countermeasures for areas in which the total harm caused by crashes can be substantially and readily reduced. The report focuses on two aspects of traffic safety in India: challenges and opportunities. The first part of …
Provision of adequate infrastructure is a prerequisite for sustained growth of economy and inherent to such growth is the need to ensure cost-effective movement of people and goods. An efficient road infrastructure is therefore an essential requirement. Over the successive five year plans, investment in road infrastructure has been increasing …
Construction and demolition waste will now be used for the construction of roads and pavements in the Capital. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has developed a construction and demolition waste processing plant at Burari in north Delhi, by way of which the processed waste would be used for road …
G Rajasekaran | Salem THE Sheveroy South Range Office of the forest department on Thursday arrested six tribal youth who were allegedly carrying out repairs on the road within the reserve forest area. The roadwork under the National Rural Employement Guarantee Programme in the tribal village Gundur in Yercaud has …
The Secretary, Urban Development Department (UDD) has submitted a comprehensive report in connection with the protection of the Gottigere lake on which the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) planned to build its road. In the submission, UDD stated that following a meeting with the Public Welfare Departments (PWD), Karnataka State …
This resettlement plan is prepared to deal with impacts of land acquisition and resettlement issues resulting from the rehabilitation of the road sub-project. The plan provides an analysis of the impacts, identifies the nature and types of losses, and establishes and entitlement matrix as a guide to payments for compensation …
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today asserted that the Government of India has not abandoned the four-lane highway project from Nagaon to Dibrugarh and only the alignment of the road has been changed to bypass Kaziranga National Park. In a statement here today, Gogoi said that during the tenure of the …
In a major initiative to prevent accidental death of rhinos and other endangered spices in road mishaps, the Centre has modified its earlier proposal clearing a four-lane Kaziranga National Highway bypass. Briefing newsmen after the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), Union Minister of State in the …
Development of a road brings cheers anywhere especially in the North East where transport network is very poor and in bad shape. But widening of the National Highway- 37, which rips through the famous Kaziranga National Park, has rung alarm bells for the forest officials and the conservationists. The road …
: Despite the fact that the provincial capital is in grip of pollution, the forest department has started cutting hundreds of valuable trees on both sides of the Warsak road. During a visit to the site, a group of officials of the forest department, supervising the cutting of trees, claimed …
Thousands of farmers from 20 villages in Sadar upazila staged a demonstration here yesterday protesting the government decision to acquire their croplands for the construction of a road. Over 5,000 farmers, including women and children, held a protest rally at Kashipur and formed a 21-member committee to protect their lands. …
Way to economic development The Ganga Expressway, extending from Ballia district to Greater NOIDA, will link the underdeveloped eastern Uttar Pradesh (UP) with the affluent western part. It
SHIMLA: The hill State of Himachal has the highest road density among the entire hill States of India, which as per the latest study is 53km per 100sq. kms, claimed a government spokesman here on Sunday. He said the State Government is providing high priority to the development and maintenance …
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Government has earmarked Rs.200 crore for construction of cemented streets in all the villages of the State during 2008-09. An official spokesman said here on Tuesday that the Bhupinder Singh Hooda Government was committed to raise the living standard of the villagers by providing them all modern …
ISO-14001 was developed by the Geneva International Standards Organisation as a model for business and for other organisations to use in managing their effort to comply with environmental requirements and for protection of human health and environment. The key elements of the ISO-14000 package of standards, ISO-14001, specially govern Environmental …
