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 …
The Forest Advisory Committee headed by Chief Secretary Mohammad Iqbal Khandey today discussed and approved several proposals for allowing use of forest land coming under various developmental and connectivity projects in various forest divisions of the State. The Committee gave forest clearance for 2 MW Khari MHP in Ramban Forest …
Drive to be held in all HS schools in district The Career Guidance and Counselling wing of the Department of Higher Education, in association with the Motor Vehicles Department, launched a district-level road safety awareness campaign for higher secondary students of government and aided schools on Monday. District Collector Pranab …
Crores of rupees also earmarked for improving water supply and make the Yamuna navigable Delhi’s infrastructure is expected to get a fillip with the Centre planning to allocate almost Rs.4,000 crore for the development of Ring Road here. Funds running into crores of rupees have also been earmarked for improving …
The amount received for the Pancheswor Multipurpose Hydel Project to be developed in Mahakali River is to go on freeze. The government had provided Rs. 50 million for this year. The amount was to be spent in road construction, feasibility study, and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Rs. 4.3 million allocated …
Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure has signed an agreement with Jiangsu Provincial Transportation Engineering Group Co Ltd, China for the construction of the Laamu Atoll Link Road yesterday at the ministry. Permanent Secretary Dr. Mohamed Shareef signed the agreement on behalf of the ministry and Mr. Wand Yein signed on …
The strategic Urban Development Project centered round the historic Kandy City, would be launched in August this year. Initially US$ 100 Million would be spent on this project handled with the active contribution of the Defence and Urban Development Ministry. This was revealed at a special meeting held at the …
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday unveiled a Tk 2,041.87 crore budget for the 2014-2015 fiscal year, keeping a plan for the construction of the 9.5km elevated bus rapid transit (BRT) and expressway from Gabtali to Azimpur in the capital but without proposing any allocation. A firm, Maisha Construction, has …
GURGAON: The six-km-long cycle track on Raahgiri route, including stretches connecting Huda City Centre to Golf Course Road and IFFCO Chowk crossing to Golf Course Road, will be ready within a week. "Gurgaonites might use the cycle track on next Sunday. I have suggested engineers to put a continuous red …
Environmentalists have expressed serious concern over the Centre's approval to the Uttarakhand government to take up development projects on five hectares of forest land in disaster-affected areas without any clearance under the Forest Act. The Centre has announced its decision on the matter but is yet to issue a government …
Sri Lanka will upgrade and maintain roads connecting more than 1,000 villages to the highways and expressways in a 906 million US dollars project with 800 million US dollars coming from the Asian Development Bank, a minister said. Information minister Keheliya Rambukwelle said 106 million US dollars will come from …
The recent meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec), which approved 12 mega projects worth Rs440 billion, left people of Chakwal shocked after it dropped the Chakwal-Sohawa Road project that had been launched by the former prime minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf, along with Mandra-Chakwal Road project. …
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of $197 million for the National highway Development Project of Balochistan, state media reported on Sunday. Under the project, the two lane highways Zhob-Mughal Kot and Qila Saifullah Waghum will be rehabilitated. The Bank says the project will help boost economic …
Farmers are up in arms about the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited’s (NPCIL) action of digging a road connecting Gorakhpur village and Kajal Heri Head of Bhakra canal in Gorakhpur village where a nuclear power project is proposed to be set up. The road, which was the only link …
ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approved on Thursday 12 development projects with an estimated cost of over Rs440 billion, including Rs310bn for the Karachi-Lahore motorway. Presiding over a meeting of the council, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar asked the departments concerned to devise a mechanism to …
The Executive Committee of National Economic Council on Thursday approved a dozen development schemes worth Rs428 billion including projects related to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and raising of Balochistan Constabulary. Under the chair of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, the ECNEC also approved the construction of Karachi-Multan-Lahore Motorway Project’s Sukkur-Multan leg. The …
The Punjab government has approved 4 development schemes of different development Sectors with an estimated cost of Rs. 1997.48 million. These schemes were approved in the 1st meeting of Provincial Development Working Party of current fiscal year 2014-15 presided over by the Punjab Planning and Development Board Chairman, Muhammad Irfan …
Prakash Javadekar assures of bringing down clearance timeline Prakash Javadekar, who is the first environment minister to function out of offices in the new ecologically friendly Indira Pariyavaran Bhavan, is focusing his energies on improving the ministry's image. Javadekar, who doesn't want to get into blame game mode, says he …
The roads of Uttar Pradesh account for more deaths than any other state in the country. The National Crime Bureau Record (NCRB) Report 2013 indicates road mishaps claimed 1,37,423 lives in 2013 and UP accounted for 15,630 of them. Tamil Nadu was at the second spot with 15,563 casualties. While …
ITANAGAR: Union Minister of State for Environment & Forests (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar has assured Arunachal Pradesh to expedite forest clearance for the 3000 MW Dibang Hydropower Project in the State. Javadekar’s assurance came when Chief Minister Nabam Tuki called on him at New Delhi yesterday, a communique from the …
Five development projects of Tk 3,445.17 crore got nod from the government’s top economic policy making body on Tuesday, including a Tk 2,600 crore project seeking to improve urban governance and infrastructures. The approval came from the meeting of Ecnec held at the NEC conference room in the city with …
