Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
Children of Jeed, Beli, Handad and Janda villages in Samba district of J&K; have to walk 10 km everyday to attend their school at Sumb as these villages have no road connectivity. The four villages, situated just 25 km away from the district headquarters, are glaring examples of lopsided development …
Taking cue from the residents of remote villages in Kumaon region, the villagers from around more than dozen villages near Mussoorie have threatened to boycott the Lok Sabha elections if their demand for road construction is not met soon. The residents from more than a dozen villages from Chaijula Patti …
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 …
A total of 800 VDCs are yet to be connected with road networks, across the country. According to Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD), only about 10,000 km of the total 50,000 km rural earthen road network in the country is operational in all seasons. Dolpa and Humla …
Asian Development Bank will provide USD 275 million loan for improving rural road connectivity in five states in the country. "The Government of India and ADB today signed a USD 275 million loan agreement to continue improving rural roads in five states including Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West …
The construction and upgrading of different 56 rural roads has been in limbo though seven months of the fiscal year have already elapsed. The construction works of these roads were carried out under the Rural Road Access Programme. A total estimated cost for the 34 projects has been only allocated …
The Rural Connectivity Division of the Ministry of Rural Development has directed the in charge, Pradham Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), J&K;, to plant fruit-bearing and shelter-giving trees on either side of the roads being built under the scheme. The initial expenditure for plantation and maintenance would be done under …
The Uttarakhand government has sought a special dispensation for use of forest land to speed up construction of rural roads in the state, crucial to its reconstruction and development efforts. The government has asked that the relaxation for forest clearance given to Naxal-affected areas for construction of rural roads be …
A master plan is to be prepared with an objective to manage rural roads constructed in different villages in Baglung district. The District Development Committee (DDC) is all set to prepare the master plan for the rural road construction after the DDC received complaints from various quarters that roads were …
The Maharashtra Government has received Rs 489 crore to improve the rural road network under the Prime Minister’s Gram Sadak Yojana–II . Initially, Maharashtra had received little Union Government assistance under the scheme compared to other states, as the State’s road connectivity was considered satisfactory. However, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan …
The Centre today approved upgrade of over 1,010 km of rural road and 19 bridges in the state at a cost of Rs 960 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-II. While disclosing this here today, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda thanked the UPA president Sonia Gandhi and …
The government will spend Rs 1,700 crore on up-gradation and expansion of rural link roads, said Punjab Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Surjit Singh Rakhra on Monday. Rakhra said training would be imparted to Sarpanchs and Panchs at the block-level while Zila Parishad and Block Samiti members would be trained …
CM blames engineers for poor quality of buildings Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj H K Patil on Thursday said a study has revealed that at least 12,000 water bodies under his department and 8,000 lakes under the Minor Irrigation department have virtually died. The minister was speaking at …
The Government has taken steps to build a road network connecting 36,000 villages belonging to 14,009 Grama Seva divisions in the country, since 80 percent of the population live in rural and plantation areas, according to Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa. Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa launching the bridge building …
Denmark and Bangladesh Wednesday signed an agreement on a Climate Change Adaptation Pilot Project (CCAPP) worth over Tk 210 million aiming to demonstrate the effectiveness of climate change adaptation initiatives within rural infrastructure. Economic Relations Division (ERD) joint secretary Nurjahan Begum and Danish embassy charge d'affaires Ms Lene Volkersen signed …
The World Bank is providing US$302 million to implement the Second Rural Transport Improvement Project, which will improve around 5,250 km of union parishad and upazilla roads in 26 districts. The project will benefit approximately 22 million people living near roads and waterways that will be rehabilitated and maintained, a …
The loan will be used for 21 road and 14 drinking water projects in Haryana National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has sanctioned a loan of Rs 238.65 crore for 21 road and 14 drinking water projects in Haryana. Stating this, NABARD (Haryana), Chief General Manager, D V Deshpande, …
The Planning Commission today committed the highest ever central assistance of Rs 11, 707 Cr to J&K; including the Plan Outlay of Rs 7300 Cr for 2013-14 besides a special provision of Rs.710 Cr for meeting land acquisition cost for PMGSY roads, Rs 600 Cr for funding the state sector …
The pre-empowered committee of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) has cleared upgradation of the 2,834 km of roads in Gujarat. The estimated cost for the whole project is Rs 1,064 crore. Union minister of rural development Jairam Ramesh informed chief minister Narendra Modi about the Centre’s decision in …
The rural development ministry has released Rs 1078.72 crore proposal of the Odisha government for construction of roads and bridges under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). In a letter to chief minister Naveen Patnaik, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh said the pre-empowered committee of the ministry has approved …
