SC rejects MCD plea on notification
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea by the MCD seeking clarification on DDA's recent notification on allowing mixed use of land in residential areas, which is coming in the way of sealing illegal shops. The MCD counsel was told that the situation was the Central Government's own making …
Delhi govt shells out Rs 387 crore
The Cabinet cleared the release of Rs 247 crore and an additional Rs 140 crore for implementing the Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways project around Delhi. The decision was taken in a Cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The CM said her government
1,432 Delhi colonies might pay fines for regularisation: Centre
The Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government has forwarded a fresh draft of guidelines to the Delhi Government for regularisation of the 1,432 unauthorised colonies in the Capital, clearly stating that the process would require a fee to be paid. In other words, people residing in these colonies will …
6-member MCD team to study UDM notification
Amid pressure from the Supreme Court to seal shops in residential areas and also from the Urban Development Ministry to allow the shops to operate, the MCD found a way out to buy another 24 hours of time as confusion prevailed all over. The MCD constituted a six-member Technical Committee …
Jal Board to spend Rs 500 cr
The Delhi Jal Board(DJB) has decided to spend Rs 500 crore on various water projects. Once completed, the parched Capital would have some hope of getting an adequate supply of water. Besides this, Rs 249 crore for sewerage schemes have been allocated out of a total plan outlay of Rs …
Town planning from below
The haste with which the draft Master Plan 2021 for Delhi has been amended by the DDA and notified by the Union urban development ministry, to legalise mixed land use in the city, does not bode well. The conflict of interest between residents and traders has, in some cases, sharpened …
Shops in home zone: 186 roads may get nod
With the mixed land use policy in place, the 186 roads in the MCD hitlist are very likely to escape action. Following Supreme Court's order, the civic body has begun sealing shops operating from residential areas. However, now decks are being cleared to give these roads a clean chit. Following …
MCD starts sealing shops in home zones
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi started a Supreme Court-ordered sealing drive against shops and showrooms in residential areas even as MCD Commissioner Ashok Kumar Nigam said that properties on roads which come under the mixed land use provision of the 2001 Master Plan would be spared
Bharat Nirman may hang fire
The government doesn't have too many bright ideas on how to mobilise resources for the Rs 48,000-crore rural roads component of the Bharat Nirman programme. Unless it comes up with an urgent proposal, the rural roads plan may hang fire. The rural development ministry had spent, sources said, around Rs …
MCD starts removing jhuggis near Pragati Maidan
The process of removal of about 1,200 jhuggis from the fly-ash pound on Ring Road near Pragati Maidan, where a power plant is proposed to be constructed, under massive police presence and about 250 tenements were removed. Former Prime Minister V.P. Singh also reached the spot in the evening and …
High Court forms teams for survey on hawkers
To find a lasting solution to the problems of hawkers, the Madras High Court formed three teams to survey 10 zones in the Chennai Corporation and directed them to submit reports by March 31. The First Bench, comprising Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice Prabha Sridevan, passed the order, and …
Centre paves way for shops in home zones
Setting the stage for a possible face-off in Supreme Court on the issue of commercialisation of residential areas, the Union Urban Development Ministry issued a notification allowing mixed land use in all roads across Delhi. The notification, released late today, essentially allows shops to function on ground floors
Core plans for 5 cities okayed
The urban development ministry has cleared infrastructure projects worth Rs 524 crore in Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Indore, Surat and Rajkot. Twelve projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission are to be undertaken in the five cities, an official statement said. "In its second meeting held, the central sanctioning and …
PM reviews Bharat Nirman
Prime minister Manmohan Singh reviewed the implementation of six projects under the ambitious Bharat Nirman programme that envisages building rural infrastructure. In the review, the presentations were made by the ministries concerned on irrigation, rural water supply, rural roads, rural electrification, rural housing and rural telephony, a release said.
Outer ring road to hit 84 villages
The Outer Ring Road project will affect 84 villages in Ranga Reddy district, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh besides five places of worship and an educational institution. Under phase-1, the ORR will pass through 15 villages and 69 villages in Phase II, municipal administration minister Koneru Ranga Rao informed the Assembly. He …
HC wants affidavits on closure of illegal farmhouses
The Delhi High Court asked the MCD and the DDA to file sworn affidavits in support of their claims that no illegal farmhouses were functioning in the Capital. A division bench of Justice Vijender Jain and Justice S N Agarwal granted four weeks to the two agencies to file their …
Centre clears 7 urban projects
The Central government cleared a total of seven urban projects from Andhra Pradesh under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The decision was taken at a meeting Union urban development minister S. Jaipal Reddy accompanied by urban poverty alleviation minister Kumari Selja held with senior municipal and urban …
New policy will benefit small traders: Maken
Brushing aside criticism that the proposed mixed land use policy for the Capital would benefit the builders' mafia, Union Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken asserted that "no blank cheque'' had been given to the "big fish'' and only small traders and middle families would benefit from the …
Govt. finalises tourism master plan
The Goa Government will enter into a tie-up with private sector to add water sports, adventure sports and eco-tourism to tourist packages in the Western Ghats. Aware of the need to offer more to retain its edge in tourism, the Government has finalised Tourism Master Plan: Goa-2011(TMP) with emphasis on …
