Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Devavrat Kumar Sahani Vs State of Bihar dated 07/04/2025. The application was being registered on the basis of a letter petition dated December 27, 2024 sent to the NGT by the applicant, Devavrat Kumar Sahani, Muzaffarpur, …
PARADIP: Hundreds of fishermen staged a demonstration in front of the oil refinery project of IOCL on Monday demanding removal of encroachments over the Atharbanki Haldiapani river. Nearly 5,000 fishermen families from Gandikipur, Gopiakuda, Kaliapata, Taladanda, Duadia, Kabalpur, Hansina, Bariha, Fatehpur, Bishali, Paradipgada and Mangarajpur depend on the river, a …
As per preliminary assessment done by state government agencies, Assam would need around Rs 2,500 crore “as immediate fund requirement” for restoration of infrastructure damaged by floods. This year’s flood has been the worst in Assam since 2004 and caused severe damage to state’s infrastructure and agricultural crop. Government sources …
Guwahati: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday announced an ad-hoc financial assistance of Rs 500 crore to flood-ravaged Assam, where floods and landslides have claimed 81 lives so far. The PM made the announcement here after making an extensive aerial survey of flood induced damages in three districts of …
The government today told the Supreme Court that a high-level committee has suggested that an alternative alignment – other than the mythological Ram Sethu – for the Sethusamudram project was not economically and ecologically feasible. However, Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman submitted before a bench comprising Justices H L Dattu and …
In yet another push to bring a marked development in Chennai’s civic infrastructure, which would significantly contribute to decongest traffic, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday ordered building of flyovers and subways at an estimated cost of `231.68 crore. According to an official release here, a flyover and a subway …
In a set-back to Bangladesh, the World Bank has cancelled with immediate effect its $1.2-billion financial assistance to the Padma Bridge project, citing massive corruption in the programme. In a strongly worded statement, the World Bank said that the Bangladesh Government has failed to take any action to check corruption …
The Tamil Nadu Government has finalised plans to construct bridges and subways at a total cost of Rs 231.68 crore to tackle traffic congestion in the suburbs. Three bridges and walkways will be constructed in the suburbs to the South of Chennai and to the North to ease traffic congestion …
The World Bank (WB) on Thursday approved credit worth US$ 60 million to help Nepal maintain and construct bridges on its strategic roads network. The strategic roads network refers to roughly 10,800 km of national highways, feeder roads and other roads of national importance. The Bridges Improvement and Maintenance Programme …
The World Bank on Thursday approved a US$60 million credit to help Nepal maintain and construct bridges on its Strategic Roads Network. The strategic roads network refers to roughly 10,800 kilometers of national highways, feeder roads and other roads of national importance. Supporting the vision behind Nepal's Bridge Policy and …
To compensate any adverse impact of the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) on the ecology along the alignment, the development agency in charge will implement a list of measures, including construction of a flamingo park, a mangrove park and environment education centres. A Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) official …
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned a loan of Rs 809 crore for irrigation projects in Uttar Pradesh. These projects will provide irrigation to 200,000 hectares of farmland across 67 districts. The bank has also sanctioned Rs 90 crore as loan to the Himachal Pradesh government …
Aiming to spur progress and development in the worst Maoist-affected Gadchiroli district, the Maharashtra government has taken up construction of strategic inter-state river bridges and expanding the road network in the area, a minister said Monday. The project, estimated to cost around Rs1.86 billion, has been taken up under a …
Including new railway line, four-laning of highway and bridge Union Road Transport and Highways Minister C. P. Joshi and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday laid the foundation stones and inaugurated by remote control several projects worth Rs. 1,337.76 crore. They laid the foundation stone of Jind-Sonepat railway …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has stopped authorities from taking any final decision to begin work on the country's longest sea link from Sewri in Mumbai to Nhava in Navi Mumbai, saying the project entails questions on environment. It said "substantial questions relating to environment are involved" in the over …
MALKANGIRI: The Odisha Government must follow the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Area (PESA) Act and the decision of the Palli Sabha regarding setting up of any industry in the scheduled area should be final, said Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh. He was speaking to PRI representatives on the premises …
GUWAHATI : An effort on the part of the Public Works Department (PWD) of Assam to get funds from the World Bank for the development of the State’s road connectivity has finally paid dividends. The World Bank has already sanctioned the funds to the State PWD. The funds of the …
Dibrugarh (Assam): The railways are battling time and resource crunch to complete the country’s longest 4.94 km rail-cum-road-bridge across the mighty Brahmaputra at Bogibeel. The bridge will provide connectivity to upper Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and cut down by 10 hours access to the border with China. The railways say …
NGO City Connect gives design inputs to Chennai Corporation Residents of the city may soon have more recreation spaces at an unlikely venue – beneath flyovers. The Chennai Corporation has planned to turn untidy, unused areas beneath all its flyovers into vibrant public spaces. Accepting many of the proposals made …
NABARD extending big assistance The government has sanctioned Rs.1,000 crore for the Public Works Department (PWD) to take up works of road and construction of bridges.The funds have been made available for the Rs.701-crore projects announced in the last budget and for the Rs.291.33-crore road development project being implemented with …
A section of local residents on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court for a direction to the Government to build a pedestrians' over-bridge on a busy road near Jangpura metro rail station here. The plea, made by Jangpura Residents Welfare Association (JRWA), is likely to come up for hearing today …
