Rs. 200 crore for roads in Jammu and Kashmir
Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh announced Rs. 2,000 crore for rural roads connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). The amount will be used for connecting 1,820 villages having a population of more than 500. Inaugurating the 'Editors Conference on Social Sector …
Rs 2000-cr for roads in rural J&K
The Union rural development Minister, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh announced an outlay of Rs 2000 crore for road connectivity in rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir and added that funds for other developmental projects in rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir would be no constraint. Singh also assured financial assistance for …
India plans to revive urban infrastructure over next five years
India's prime minister said the government will spend 500 billion rupees ($10.9 billion) over the next five years on urban infrastructure. "Urban areas and their renewal are one of the prime focus areas for the central government," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said. Additional resources will come from state and municipal …
Time bomb
We couldn't agree more with the United Nations' warning that the population of those living in slums the world over is a ticking bomb which governments cannot afford to ignore. The warning comes on the occasion of the release of the State of the World's Cities 2006/07 report by the …
Promotional schemes for tourist inflow stressed
Nepal tourism entrepreneurs have stressed on the need to take initiatives from all sectors towards bringing in maximum numbers of tourists by making utmost utilisation of the opportunity which opened the gate for tourism promotion following the political changes accompanied by establishment of peace in the country. Addressing an interaction …
Khadka gets clean chit over Bakraha project
The Nepal Special Court acquitted member of parliament and former government minister Khum Bahadur Khadka and four others of charges of irregularities in the Bakraha River Control Project. Others receiving clean chits from the court today include then water resources secretary Bishwa Nath Sapkota, officials Amodananda Mishra and Narayan Bahadur …
NICE all set to open road, govt says it cant
Even as the promoters of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project were firm on inaugurating a stretch of the peripheral road, the Karnataka State government shot off a letter on Thursday asking them to desist from opening the stretch without its permission. Even as the promoters of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor …
Demolished structures cant be rebuilt: MCD
Clearing the air over unauthorised structures demolished before the coming into force of the Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2006, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi today stated that all these structures cannot be re-built. The clarification came in a statement by MCD Commissioner Mr A.K. Nigam in a meeting of …
BMP demolishes 5,000 illegal huts in Kannahalli, Sigehalli
In a swift operation, the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) razed down nearly 5,000 illegal hutments in Kannahalli and Sigehalli in Karnataka. The operation has not only retrieved the BMP land earmarked for dumping solid waste, but also put an end to apprehensions over losing the prime land to land grabbers. …
Master plan to revive lakes
The Karnataka State Government is devising a master plan to rejuvenate the lakes in Bangalore. Mr Mohamed Sanaulla, Secretary- Department of Ecology and Environment on Wednesday, said the master plan would be part of a national urban development programme. "The project is still on paper and will cover the 100-plus …
Rs 1,058 cr Haryana plan for infrastructure
The Haryana Government has decided to spend about Rs.1,058 crore on development of roads, bridges and buildings during the current financial year against an allocation of Rs.695 crore last year. The state government also decided to reactivate its Roads and Bridges Corporation by appointing a full-time managing director. Haryana chief …
Delhi plans drive to curb wall posters
To curb haphazard pasting of posters and defacement of walls in view of the Commonwealth Games to be held in the national capital in 2010, the Delhi government has come up with a unique idea. It has initiated action for installation of uniform permanent notice boards to display proper noncommercial …
Building norms revamp will not wait for new Masterplan
House owners who have violated building norms as well as those running commercial establishments in residential areas are to get relief sooner than anticipated. This is so because the Union Urban Development Ministry will not wait for the Delhi Masterplan 2021 to get around the problem. Instead, ministry officials say, …
Farmers dig up expressway
A group of farmers, agitated against Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) for non-payment of "adequate compensation' for their land acquired for the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project and failure to erect a service road. The farmers launched the protest and dug up a portion of the road.
Tourism ministry, UNDP will now market rural India
The new face of the Indian tourism industry is "rural' India. After a successful spate of pilgrimage tourism, ecotourism, heritage, beaches and royal retreats, the ministry of tourism and UNDP have identified 36 village sites across 20 states in India as part of its Endogenous Tourism Project launched in 2005. …
Concern over deterioration of urban heritage
The Secretary, Union Urban Development Ministry, Anil Baijal, lamented that much of the urban heritage had deteriorated or even disappeared in India because of ignorance and vandalism. He was speaking here after inaugurating the 'National conference on heritage cities,' organised under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The …
Goa plans hydel power generation
With an eye on overcoming a shortfall of 60 MW of power during peak hours, Goa has mooted the idea of constructing several small dams on the state's rivers to generate hydel power, Goa Chief Minister Pratapsinh Rane said. After a meeting with Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, Rane said …
Visit to Moscow a great success
Healthcare, water supply, recycling of used water, city transport and education are some of the areas that will see New Delhi working in collaboration with Moscow in the near future. With Chief Minister, Ms Sheila Dikshit, having signed an agreement with the government of Moscow, the two countries are aiming …
