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 …
China has vowed to further promote the development of transport infrastructures in Tibet to make travels on "the roof of the world" much easier. The Ministry of Transport (MOT) said in a guideline that China aims to expand highways in the autonomous region to 110,000 kilometers by 2020. China plans …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the go ahead for felling of 697 trees in over four hectares of protected forests in the Taj Trapezium zone for better connectivity across Agra, Gwalior and Mumbai. A Special Bench of Justices T.S. Thakur and C.S. Nagappan on Wednesday permitted the Uttar Pradesh …
China announced it will speed up renovation and construction of urban roads and bridges in order to improve traffic safety. China's urban roads spanned 336,000 kilometers with 60,000 bridges at the end of 2013, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development on Monday. However, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Himalaya Environment & Employment Cooperative Society Ltd. Vs. State of Uttarakhand & Ors. dated 23/07/2014. The Applicant has stated that the project proponent does not have Environmental Clearance (EC) and Forest Clearance (FC) for the construction …
RAJBIRAJ: Though every year a certain amount of budget is being poured into it, the Rajbiraj-Chhinnamasta road has yet to be black-topped. Even after a decade the 10-km road is yet to be black-topped. Delay in completion of the road project has affected commuters to the district’s famed religious site …
July 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Project Minister of Ports and Highway Nirmala Kotelawala said that the government has decided to pay compensation and acquire the state and private land within 26 weeks to expedite the construction of the Colombo - Pelmadulla expressway via Ratnapura. The Project Minister explained that according …
The Punjab government on Monday has approved 6 development schemes of different development Sectors with an estimated cost of Rs. 5316.587 million. These schemes were approved in the 3rd meeting of Provincial Development Working Party of current fiscal year 2014-15 presided over by the Punjab Planning and Development Board Chairman, …
More extreme droughts, floods and wildfires — these are just some of the impacts of climate change that won't just occur in the distant future to our great-great grandchildren, but are happening now. To address the changing climate's current effects on communities in the U.S., President Barack Obama announced a …
The government today said that there is no proposal regarding radar station at Narcondam Islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands pending for wildlife clearance. Minister of State for Environment, Prakash Javadekar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha said that for environment clearance of defence projects, a dedicated Expert Appraisal …
The Environment Ministry has constituted an Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) to consider the defence sector proposals and expediting environment clearance for projects in the sector. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha that all defence sector proposals are kept in Category "A" in the …
The Prime Minister’s Project Monitoring Group has facilitated clearances of 155 projects, which entail an investment of around Rs 5.5 lakh crore, of which one-third are road and port building projects. “We are trying to digitise all the processes by March 15 this year. Industry can file applications in digitise …
LAHORE: Civil society has termed `illegal and unlawful' the public hearing pertaining to proposed further widening of the Canal Road project, being arranged jointly by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at Alhamra Cultural Complex on Ferozpur Road on Wednesday. "The public hearing is not …
MUMBAI: Internal roads, street-lighting, water supply and sewage networks in Mumbai's satellite towns like Kalyan-Dombivli, Bhiwandi-Ulhasnagar, Mira-Bhayander, Panvel, Ambernath, Kulgaon-Badlapur and Nallasopara may get better soon. Officials expect a reasonable slice of the Rs 7,060 crore earmarked for satellite towns will benefit these areas and convert them into smart cities …
Rs. 3,000 crore for the North-East alone; fillip to PM’s rural scheme The Union Budget 2014 has given importance to fast-tracking highways and improving the road infrastructure to augment the nation’s arterial network. “The sector had taken shape between 1998 and 2004 under NDA-I. The sector again needs huge amount …
Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Transport Kumar Welgama says that about 40 percent of the funds allocated for development of rural roads are wasted. Addressing the coordinating committee of his electorate, Matugama, the Minister explained how the wastage occurs. According to the Minister, when a contract of a rural development …
Stating that infrastructure development was a key to the country’s progress, the Economic Survey for 2013-14 points out that the core sector investment in India has been hit due to design flaws in policies that need to be corrected. Stating that delays in 110 central infrastructure projects have caused a …
Policy focus needs to be on revival of private investment Keeping with the overall tenor of the Economic Survey 2013-14 on reforms, the section on industry argues that the downturn now is an opportunity to push ahead with “critical reforms and remove infrastructure bottlenecks”. Some of the issues that need …
BAJURA: Deforestation in the name of road construction in Bajura, as well as haphazard use of dozers in most under construction roads has triggered rapid tree felling. Logging is taking place in more than a dozen road projects including Martadi-Kolti, Dab-Khaptad, Tourism and Agriculture Road, Pandusen-Jaggannath, Martadi-Badimalika, Sera-Aatichaur, Wai-Jaggannath road …
Feasibility studies for the Colombo-Ratnapura expressway from the Kahathuduwa interchange on the Southern Expressway are being finalised and construction work is expected to begin this year, Ports and Highways Ministry’s Project Minister Nirmala Kothalwala said. The 71.8-kilometre expressway will be stretch from Colombo to Pelmadulla via Ratnapura and will be …
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has released Rs2.3 billion for starting construction work of the Swat Expressway. In this regard, Chief Minister Pervez Khattak chaired a meeting at the CM Secretariat here on Wednesday and asked the authorities concerned to ensure transparency in the project at all costs. The meeting …
