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 Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has fined the Maldives Road Development Corporation (MRDC) by an amount of MVR739,500 for constructing roads in Addu without conducting the prerequisite Environment Impact Assessment (EIA). The EPA said that it has ordered the MRDC to pay the fine within a period of 30 days.
Having kicked off the greenery campaign along the Maitighar-Tinkune road, the Kathmandu Valley Development Authority ( KVDA ) is set to take it on to other major roads under the “City Beautification Project” in a bid to give the Capital a greener look ahead of the 18th Saarc Summit in …
France has proposed to give India a 1 billion euro ($1.4 billion) credit line to fund sustainable infrastructure and urban development projects, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday. The credit line would be available over three years and would be delivered through the French Development Agency, Fabius, who began …
Every year, a huge amount of fund is allocated for the Bhimdhunga-Lamidanda (Sitapaila-Galchhi) road but only a 45 kilometre stretch of the road has been completed in 28 years. Construction of the 52-km road had started as an alternative route to Naubise –Nagdhgunga road as monsoon rains damage the latter …
The BJP-led NDA government will put five major road projects worth Rs 4,570 crore in Haryana and Punjab on fast track. The Central Government will also review the National Toll Policy for commuters’ convenience. Announcing this here today, Minister of State for Surface Transport, Highways and Shipping, Krishan Pal Gurjar …
Kabeli Corridor Project has halted due to land dispute at the Phidim-Jorsal road section in Panchthar, the locals are demanding compensation for their land. Construction work had begun from Lakhanpur in Jhapa to Kabeli of Panchthar to establish four sub-stations in the area. The construction had begun with the aim …
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) approved on Wednesday eight development projects having an estimated cost of Rs38.5 billion, including a foreign exchange component of Rs20.8bn. Presided over by Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal, the CDWP meeting also expressed concern over poor education indicators in rural …
The ministry of road transport and highways has approved road projects worth about Rs 40,000 crore, besides setting a target of building 30 km of roads a day from 2016. At a meeting on Monday, minister Nitin Gadkari reviewed about 250 projects, worth Rs 60,000 crore. “These projects were mainly …
The government on Tuesday okayed a Tk 289 crore project to excavate a new canal in Cittagong city in a bid to put an end to nagging water-logging in the port city. The approval came at a time when most areas of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) were flooded during last …
The Punjab government on Monday approved 10 development schemes of different development sectors with an estimated cost of Rs7.936 billion. These schemes were approved in the 45th meeting of Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) of current fiscal year 2013-14 presided over by the Punjab Planning and Development Board Chairman, Muhammad …
PUNE: NCP MP Supriya Sule's demand to restart riverside road construction work has riled city environmentalists, who have asked the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) not to succumb to the NCP leader's pressure and engage in illegal work. Sule had recently threatened to undertake an agitation if the PMC failed to …
In India, traffic accidents are not on the health agenda. It's high time the agenda was changed. When Gopinath Munde, the Union minister for rural development, met with a tragic accident on the road in Delhi, the issue was highlighted. Even so, there is little understanding of the seriousness of …
The Narendra Modi government would augment the administrative support to expert committees on environment, ensure that approvals take virtually no time once due diligence is done and attempt to converge the process of environmental and forest clearances (ECs and FCs), environment minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday. Speaking at the …
The Chhattisgarh Government has added another feather in its cap by receiving the Centre’s nod for developing a ‘Smart City’ between Raipur and Naya Raipur on Thursday. The approval is being considered as a major boost to the State’s ongoing developmental push for taking up a large number of infrastructure …
LUCKNOW: With losses in Lok Sabha elections not far behind, the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP government has done a reassessment of its governance strategies in the state. Keen on bringing the focus back on the party's development initiatives, the state budget for the 2014-15 fiscal is all set to show a …
KATHMANDU: The Kathmandu Valley Development Authority under the Ministry of Urban Development today planted approximately 700 trees and shrubs on the eight-lane road strips stretching 2.66-km between Maitighar and Tinkune as part of initiation towards landscaping and promoting greenery in the capital. Minister for Urban Development Narayan Singh Khadka inaugurated …
The National Highway Authority (NHA) gave on Wednesday a go-ahead to the construction of Karachi-Lahore Motorway. A meeting of the NHA’s executive board, which gave the approval, was informed that the government had been working on a plan to put in place a network of highways in the country in …
The govt has proposed that the agencies be allowed to make one-time payment for all compensation and rehabilitation charges to the hit property owners In a move to fasttrack land acquisition for highway projects, the road transport ministry has proposed that the agencies concerned including NHAI should be allowed to …
Despite a stay order by the Lahore High Court (LHC), the Punjab government could not get the work on a road in the Salt Range stopped, Dawn has learnt. Having a support of a member of the National Assembly, Pakistan Public Works Department (Pak PWD) recently started work on 11.83 …
A day after a traffic police constable was allegedly fatally knocked down by a motorist when he tried to stop his vehicle for checking, Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung on Monday approved the formation of district-level Road Safety Committees in Delhi. The committees, which have been constituted under the provision of Section …
