Sans potable water for six months
Nearly 10,000 residents of Ramayan and Dhandheri villages, located near the Delhi-Hisar national highway near Hansi subdivision, have been drinking contaminated water for the past six months. According to the villagers, their repeated requests to the department and the district administration have fallen on deaf ears. The situation will worsen …
Greater role of states in roads sector sought
Increased participation of state governments is envisaged in the highways sector, as part of the Centre's initiative to accelerate growth and attract greater investment. LK Joshi, secretary, ministry of roads and highways, while addressing the Essar India Today summit, said that phase IV of the National Highway Development Project (NHDP), …
Old autos still a menace
The registra tion numbers of every other autorickshaw in Delhi is DLR, DHR, DIR, DAR, DL1R, DL1RA and DL1RB. These were the autos that were licensed before 1992. Then came DL1RC and DL1RD. According to a Supreme Court ruling, autos older than eight years would have to be scrapped. They …
Centre to own up mess, ask SC help in framing land-use policy
The Centre is likely to seek the Supreme Court's help in framing guidelines for a proper landuse policy, which would take into consideration the city's rapidly-expanding population and consequent problems. In its petition likely to be moved before the apex court, the Union urban development ministry, sources in the government …
CNG & LPG set to drive 2-wheelers
The US may be sold on hybrid SUVs, but in India it's the hybrid and alternative fuel 2-wheelers that are all set to scorch the asphalt. After green 3-wheelers and 4-wheelers, India's huge 2-wheeler market will now have some CNG & LPG options. A clutch of big volume twowheeler companies …
Sonia concerned over Delhi developments; calls for solution
Even as a section of Congress MLAs in Delhi upped the ante against their own United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre over the issue of sealing of shops in the Capital, Congress president Sonia Gandhi is understood to have taken stock of the situation and issued directions to sort …
Delhi Cabinet clears policy to speed up delayed projects
The Mission Mode policy, formulated to ensure that important projects, which are on hold due to red tape and other such problems, are expedited, was cleared by the Delhi Cabinet. Delhi Finance Minister Dr A K Walia had floated the policy during this year's budget session. To begin with, the …
Govt to move SC today
The Central Government in all likelihood would approach the Supreme Court to seek six months' to settle issues - including finalisation of the local area plan with Master Plan for Delhi 2021 and identifying roads and areas for commercial activity under the new mixed land use policy. The plea would …
Deora helps Bank-roll urban transport project in Mumbai
The World Bank has agreed to revoke the suspension of aid for the Maharashtra Urban Transport Project (MUTP) as oil minister Murli Deora weaved his Mumbai magic on officials of the multilateral agency in a sideshow to his sales trip to the US for hawking 55 exploration blocks. The decision …
Kalams intervention sought on canal project
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan sought President A.P.J Abdul Kalam's intervention in directing the Union Government to reconsider the Sethu Samudram canal project, saying it would damage the ancient site and hurt religious sentiments of people.
Rajasthan Govt to seek Centre's help
The Rajasthan Government will seek Centre's intervention in order to impress Haryana for providing the State its fair share of Yamuna water under the 1994 Agreement. Chief Minister Vasudhara Raje will raise the issue in the meeting of Upper Yamuna River Board. Union Water Resource Minister Saifudin Soz will preside …
School buses directed to go for CNG in Agra
Beginning this April, the environment of Agra will witness the precursors of a complete makeover with CNG finally available in Agra. The GAIL-Indian Oil joint venture company, Green Gas Ltd, began dispensing CNG from its first pumping station in Agra, setup at the Inter-State Bus Terminal. Another four CNG stations …
Traders take their case to Rashtrapati Bhavan
A delegation of Delhi traders met President A P J Abdul Kalam and sought his intervention in the ongoing demolition drive against illegal constructions in the Capital. They claimed that the business community was neither a petitioner nor respondent in the Public Interest Litigation against illegal constructions in the Capital. …
Sardar Sarovar: Soz submits rehabilitation report to PM
The three-member team led by Union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz returned to Delhi after reviewing the rehabilitation of the people affected by the Sardar Sarovar Project and met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The team has submitted a report to the PM on the rehabilitation work. The other members of …
DDA gets pat from Reddy on planned Dwarka
The Union Minister for Urban Development, Mr S. Jaipal Reddy, congratulated the DDA over the planned development of Dwarka sub-city, saying that it was an important part of the national Capital. He called upon it to take up development of other sub-cities also and assured full assistance and cooperation of …
Govt plans bill to seal fate of sealings
The Centre will consider bringing in "a bill or an ordinance' to seal the fate of demolition and sealing of illegal constructions in the Capital if the Supreme Court does not give it enough time to address the problem, Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy said. The Ministry will approach …
Another move to break up unhandy MCD
The controversial issue of splitting MCD into smaller units for more efficiency, as strongly advocated by Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, will now be examined by PMO. It is learnt to be setting up a committee to study two earlier reports on this issue and make recommendations that can be …
Centre plans legislation to stop MCD's demolition drive
The Ministry of Urban Development may move a legislation in Parliament to stop the demolition drive and sealing of shops in the Capital, being carried out by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) following the Supreme Court's order. The Central Government is also considering whether to seek six month's relief …
