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 …
Water body adjacent to Botanical Garden being filled up, say environmentalists The widening of the road adjacent to Botanical Garden at Kondapur has run into controversy with environmental groups questioning the filling up of what they claim was a water body, for the project. The GHMC had taken up the …
The 400-km-long Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway, expected to cost Rs 27,000 crore, is among the four expressways that may be scrapped unless the state governments concerned are prepared to take care of the land cost that includes resettlement and rehabilitation of the affected families under the new acquisition law, making completion of …
The Government of Sri Lanka has received a loan of Rs. 9.8 billion (Japanese Yen 7.62 billion) from the Government of Japan through its lending arm, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to protest the national road network of the country from landslide disasters. The Landslide Disaster Protection Project of the …
The World Bank has threatened to cancel its grants if the blacktopping of Salyan-Rukum road stretch on Rapti Highway is further delayed. In 2012, World bank had provided Rs 690 million to blacktop the road stretch. The bank’s Nepal-based representatives have warned that the grant amount will be taken back …
Delays in land acquisition and environment clearances have hampered the progress of expressways in the country, Minister for Road Transport and Highways Oscar Fernandes said. "Land acquisition and environment (clearances) are some of the issues which one has to deal with. Expressways are greenfield projects and a lot of planning …
Considering the challenges being faced by the State in highways development, CII will soon come out with a report titled ‘Repositioning of National Highways in Kerala – 2030.’ The problems pertaining to highways in Kerala, according to CII, are worsening by the day and this is having an adverse impact …
The National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) has identified four regional rapid transit system (RRTS) corridors falling in Haryana sub-region of NCR. These corridors will help in fast movement of men and material thereby effecting decongestion of roads, less pollution and lesser travel time. This was stated by Haryana chief …
After protests by Surat district farmers, the ambitious Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway project is facing stiff opposition by agriculturists in villages of Bharuch taluka. At a public hearing conducted in Dahegam village on Monday evening, large number of farmers and villagers vehemently opposed giving land for the project. Situation turned tense after …
Minister for Forests and Environment, Mian Altaf Ahmad today instructed the authorities of the Forest Department to expedite the process for disposal of project proposal cases pending with the department for forest clearance, particularly PMGSY and PWD roads of Kishtwar district. The Minister was chairing an officers meeting convened to …
B'lore, Mysore JnNURM projects get Centre's nod. Picture taken from the webite of JnNURM The Centre on Tuesday approved 10 infrastructure projects including building of flyovers, grade separators and diversion of sewerage waters in Bangalore and Mysore, involving expenditure of Rs 1412.76 crore under the Centrally sponsored Jawaharlal Nehru National …
Construction work of the Northern Expressway from capital Colombo to northernmost city of Jaffna has started, the Director General of the Road Development Authority (RDA) W.A.S. Weerasinghe said. According to the official, the 300-kilometer long highway will be constructed under four stages and the first stage of the project from …
Having submitted several representations to officials at various levels and staged different forms of agitations in vain scores of Betta Kurumbas, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), of Allur Kodamoola, near Gudalur gathered in front of the Collectorate here on Monday and raised slogans in support of their demands. M. …
The cabinet Monday approved cutting down and removing some 498 'Sal' trees of the reserved forest from Joydevpur to Mawna for implementing the Joydevpur- Mymensingh road development project. The decision of the cabinet came partly for relaxing the decision taken on December 30, 2010 that restricted the cutting down of …
In an innovative way to save environment, Rajasthan Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Yunus Khan has approved a project to build roads by using plastic waste and fly ash in Jaipur and Dausa districts. A total of 24 roads - 19 in Jaipur and five in Dausa - would be …
The Government today decided to convert 7,200 km of state highways into national highways. “The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given nod for declaring 7,200 km of state highways as national highways,” a senior minister said after the meeting here. With this, the total length of the state …
Establishment of emergency service in 12 tehsils and a medical college at Gujranwala were among the nine development schemes approved by the Punjab government on Wednesday with an estimated cost of Rs9,793.131 million. Approval was also granted for the provision of sewerage system for union councils 117, 118 and 120 …
Punjab government has given green signal to initiate Leh Expressway project. Rawalpindi divisional and district administration sought details on the progress so far made on this project following the yes nod by the government for launching of this project but the administration could not obtain noteworthy details from Rawalpindi Development …
The government has so far released Rs. 182.597 billion under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for various projects against total allocations of Rs. 540 billion for the fiscal year 2013-14. According to the latest data of Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms, Rs. 37,250.403 million have been released for various …
Highlighting the importance of PMGSY in the State, Minister for Roads & Buildings and Mechanical Engineering Abdul Majid Wani has said that with the implementation of this flagship programme the road connectivity has substantially improved in the rural areas of the State. The Minister was replying to the discussion on …
Central Leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Member of National Assembly, Dr. Imran Khattak has announced Rs 60 million under developmental package for Gandheri Union Council. Addressing a public gathering at Gandher Union Council, he said the allocated amount would be utilized for the construction of roads, streets besides replacing worn …
