Union Cabinet may take up Bill on Thursday
A proposed Bill to halt for a year court-ordered demolitions and sealing of illegal commercial structures in Delhi to accommodate changes in its Master Plan is likely to be taken up for discussion by the Union Cabinet on Thursday, informed sources said. "The Bill to provide relief from demolitions and …
Nod likely for Fords ski village project in Kullu
The Himalayan Ski village project being set up in Kullu valley by auto giant Henry Ford's great-grandson Alfred Ford, will finally get the cabinet nod. It faced virulent opposition from the BJP, which has called it a sellout. The first foreign direct investment in Kullu, the $300 million project was …
HUDA projects likely to give
Faridabad, often referred to as a poor cousin of fast growing Gurgaon in the matter of overall development, may find itself on the frontline of growth if the projects conceived and proposed to be taken up by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) are realised in due course of time. …
Go Rural is tourism's new mantra
With a view to exploiting to the hilt India's cultural richness and varied excellence in the field of health and spirituality, the Government is planning to diversify tourism. Concepts like rural, adventure, wellness and medical tourism would be aggressively sold to the world in the coming days. "Apart from yoga, …
Water scarcity forces villagers to fell trees, abandon cattle
Residents of nearly 40 villages in the Siwani block of Bhiwani district, Haryana have been facing the wrath of nature for the past eight years. Scanty or no rainfall leading to repeated crop failures year after year has forced the villagers to migrate to other places or resort to desperate …
Ministry focus on Northeast
The tourism ministry is planning to boost tourism in the Northeast as the government believes the area has huge potential and there is a need to develop infrastructure to give it a fillip. To this end the ministry has set apart 10 per cent of its plan allocation for tourism …
Mega facelift ahead for old city pockets
A Rs 225-crore facelift project will be undertaken in 14 old pockets of Calcutta and Howrah, West Bengal as part of a redevelopment plan for eight metros. Named
SMS campaign to save water in Madhya Pradesh
Concerned about scarcity of water in Madhya Pradesh, the people here have launched a Short Message Service (SMS) campaign to save water. "Sir, kindly save water for a safe future," says the SMS doing the rounds here. It also requests receivers to forward the message to "as many people as …
Bangalore to get five townships
Taking a cue from archrival Hyderabad, Bangalore is carving out alternate self-contained industrial-residential townships to reduce pressure on the main city. Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's promise, after assuming office three months ago, to develop new townships around Bangalore was given the form of an official announcement. The Karnataka government …
Panel on artificial recharge
The Centre announced setting up of a high-level advisory council to popularise the concept of artificial recharge among all stake holders and to create public awareness. To be headed by water resources minister Saifuddin Soz, the council would have representatives of various central ministries including rural development, urban development, Planning …
Centre working on comprehensive Bill: Reddy
The Centre is working on a comprehensive Bill to tackle all aspects like unauthorised construction and commercialisation which have been ignored for decades, said Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy. Speaking after meeting a group of 14 Congress MLAs, Reddy said the government would also take into account the views …
Little input' from Councillors, MLAs for new Master Plan for Delhi
While a large number of Municipal Councillors are crying themselves hoarse over the sealing and demolition issue, Councillor and member of the Board of Enquiry constituted to consider the suggestions and objections to the Master Plan for Delhi-2021, Virender Kasana, has said that not one Councillor, MLA or MP from …
Make permanent account number must for vehicle permit in other states too
The Delhi government's order for mandatory submission of permanent account number (PAN) and bank account number (BAN) for grant of permit for transport vehicles (both passenger and goods carriers) will set a right example for other states. Other states may replicate the measure to curb transport operators, who have been …
Goa to divert Madei water for Vridi dam
Goa has agreed to Maharashtra's request to divert Madei river water passing through its territory in Sindhugurg district for construction of a dam at Virdi. Goa will get double the amount of water from the dam that will have a capacity of 15.38 million cubic litres per day. The dam …
Model village scheme hangs in balance
Residents of the remote and backward gram panchayat, Hadal, in this subdivision had dreamt of getting a facelift under the "model village scheme' on December 10, 2001, when former Union Minister of Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs. Shanta Kumar had laid the foundation stone of the model village scheme. The …
HC orders MCD to stop construction in Ridge area
The Delhi High Court directed the MCD "to forthwith stop all kind of construction activity, which is going on unabated in the Ridge area in south Delhi.' The direction came after the court commissioner pointed out the same to the HC. Terming it as a "complete breakdown of the supervision …
Power outage, drinking water crisis, bad road, drain condition
The residents of Manikganj Pourashava (Bangladesh) have been facing a host of problems which include deplorable condition of roads, inadequate street lights, absence of proper drainage system, shortage of accommodation, lack of proper sanitary arrangement, mosquito menace, frequent failure of electricity, acute scarcity of pure drinking water and recreational facilities. …
Yamuna slum cluster near Mayur Vihar removed
The drive to remove slum clusters from the banks of the Yamuna gathered momentum as 510 tenements were removed from Yamuna Khadar in the Mayur Vihar area of East Delhi by the Irrigation Department of the Delhi Government. The jhuggi cluster, which had come up on the banks of the …
Multi-level parking on MG Road planned
Haryana Urban Development Authority proposes to build a multi-level parking facility on the congested Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road. The administrator, HUDA, Gurgaon, Mr S P Gupta said that the government has a piece of land measuring around three acres on MG Road on which facility this may be built. On the direction …
