Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
As India has yet to build much of its projected urban transport infrastructure, this presents a challenge as well as an opportunity. The new investment if guided by the principles of sustainability can make a lot of difference. The question that India needs to ask is whether it will be …
This citizen’s report looks upward from the city to harmonise, and align with the larger national goals while assessing the unique solutions the city needs. This discussion in one flagship city of a state has become important not just for the benefit of one city but to create a template …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai December 15, 2010, 0:42 IST The Maharashtra government has scrapped its policy to grant additional floor space index (FSI) for public parking in Mumbai city under its Development Control Regulations 33 (24). The government had notified the extra FSI for parking one-and-a-half years earlier following a …
Mumbai Pollution monitor serves showcause notices, each project built parking lots for extra FSI The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has issued show-cause notices to 13 real estate projects on the ground that they haven
After witnessing a good monsoon, the Keoladeo National Park, home to thousands of migratory birds who fly here to hibernate, was hoping to have a better tourist season. In a bid to provide better amenities to the tourists, the authorities began construction of a parking lot. However, they seem to …
The Trinamul Congress-run civic body plans to levy parking fees on vehicles on 63 more roads and create legal parking space for around 500 more vehicles. At present, there are roadside parking facilities on over 275 roads. Mayoral council member Rajib Deb held a meeting on Tuesday with the assistant …
“…………… what was the question?” If you ask someone living in one of our medium or large cities to name the most serious civic problem faced by his city, he will more likely than not say it is the growing problem of traffic. Whether it is the businessman stuck in …
The Municipal Corporation (MC) earned Rs 3.18 crore revenue through the auction of paid parking lots held today. The highest price was fetched by the one in Sector 35 which was auctioned for Rs 61 lakh. For some of the parking lots there were single bidders; so these were not …
JAIPUR: Putting an end to the confusion, the JDA board on Monday decided against any underground parking at Statue Circle. The board, while approving the beautification' and development' of the Statue Circle, said there will not be any underground parking there. However, it has decided to acquire 15 feet of …
Traffic Police & ASI Had Also Raised Objections Due To Proximity To Red Fort, Sunehari Masjid New Delhi: The plan for the parking under construction at Subhash Maidan near Red Fort
Parking woes still haunt Madgaokars If vehicular parking was an election issue in the Commercial Capital in the 2005 Civic polls, parking is not just an issue in the ensuing polls, but continues to be the major problem facing the city. This is despite the fact that the city is …
In a brazen example of working on the diktats of private developers, BMC has sanctioned over 76% of the the multi level car parking space in the Lower Parel and Dadar area. Out of the recommended proposal of creating parking space for 25,000 vehicles in the city, 19,000 has been …
Soon, you may be able to pay at parking lots with your credit/debit card and also have an exclusive parking card, which you can swipe at all parking lots across the city. This is a plan devised by the civic body to minimise dadagiri of the parking lot contractors. Regarding …
Rajasthan Tourism Minister Bina Kak and Home and Urban Development Minister Shanti Dhariwal are yet again at loggerheads, this time over the beautification-cum-parking project at Statue Circle, a landmark of the State Capital, close to the State Secretariat. Due to the ongoing tussle, the Rs 23 crore project has been …
Following a comprehensive study on vehicular traffic in the Capital, New Delhi-based environmental NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has suggested measures like levying of a hefty road tax, introduction of congestion charges and putting a high premium on car parking to the Delhi government in an effort to …
NEW DELHI: Levying of hefty road tax, introduction of congestion charge and putting high premium on parking are some of the measures the Centre for Science and Environment has suggested to Delhi Government to check growth of private vehicles and overcome the traffic mess in the city. In a letter …
The Maharashtra state government seems to have finally heard complaints voiced by developers and other stakeholders about the inordinate delay in getting environment clearance for their projects. In a first, the government has requested the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to permit the setting up of a second …
