Encroachments to be removed in HP: CM
The Himachal Pradesh Government has decided to come down heavily on the encroachment mafia in Himachal Pradesh with immediate effect. Talking to mediapersons, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, reiterated that strict action would be taken against encroachers and officials who had acted in connivance with them. Mr Singh said there would …
Kerala Assembly passes Water Conservation Bill
The Kerala Assembly unanimously passed the Kerala Irrigation and Water Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2006, which seeks to strengthen the powers of the Dam Safety Authority in taking decisions on matters pertaining to the safety of 22 major and minor dams in the State. The Government had called a special two-day …
Rs 972-cr WB loan for State projects
The Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) will take up in phases the project, which is tipped to cover around 200 towns in the State. The World Bank has approved a $216 million (Rs 972 crore) loan to Karnataka to finance the delivery of urban services through enhancing …
MCD passes three resolutions
Amid strong protests from the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party councillors, the Congress-ruled Municipal Corporation of Delhi House passed three resolutions seeking relief for the people of the Capital from the ongoing demolition drive, sealing of illegal shops in residential areas and removal of hawkers and vendors from the pavements. The …
Flash flood of upgrade funds
The newly-launched National Urban Renewal Mission Fund, the Vivekananda Road flyover, widening of the EM Bypass's southern-most flank and setting up the rotary flyover at Dunlop are all being given the green light. Bengal will get nearly Rs 1,200 crore in six years against specific schemes on infrastructure development for …
Commonwealth Games to have 18 venues
The government said it had identified 18 venues for infrastructure development for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Answering a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister for Urban Development Jaipal Reddy said the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports had identified 18 venues for 15 approved and three proposed disciplines for the …
Demolitions: MCD all set to clear exemption resolution
With the Supreme Court deadline for sealing unauthorised shops and showrooms in residential premises fast approaching, the MCD's legislative wing is all set to clear the resolutions passed by the civic body's standing committee on March 13 at the behest of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee chief Ram Babu Sharma. According …
Go-ahead on dam height reversed
The Narmada Control Authority (NCA) has cleared an increase in the Narmada dam height from 110.64 metres to 121.92 metres, an elated Gujarat government began construction at the site, virtually within minutes of the announcement. The excitement has been short-lived, however, with Minister for Water Resources Saifuddin Soz now saying …
Delhi govt takes tax shortcut
Hit badly by the demolition crisis and barely a year to go for the municipal elections, the Delhi Government had the aam admi in mind while unveiling a feel-good Budget, taking the tax-cut route to bring down prices. With the Centre allowing states some leeway on fixing Value Added Tax …
Unauthorised colonies to be regularised: Singla
In a decision of far reaching economic and social consequences, the Punjab Finance Minister, Mr Surinder Singla, today announced in the Budget speech that all unauthorised residential colonies and slums in the state will be regularised. The only condition is that these colonies and slums should not be located on …
Maheshwar Singh locks horns with CM on ski village
The Chief Minister, Mr. Virbhadra Singh, who is the scion of the erstwhile Rampur Bushaihar state and the BJP leader and the former Mandi Lok Sabha MP, Mr. Maheshwar Singh, who is the present scion of the former Kulu state are on a collision course over the proposed $ 135 …
Clinics running in residential sectors under fire
The policy of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) allowing existing nursing homes and private hospitals to function in residential sectors developed by it has come under fire from certain quarters. A social activist here has issued notice to HUDA to withdraw the policy and demanded the closure of all …
Govt identifies corridors for monorail, Light rail transit
The Delhi Government has identified corridors for operating Monorail and Light Rail Transport systems while submitting the revised Parking Policy before the Supreme Court. While three corridors have been identified for running monorail, six have been earmarked for the LRTs as part of a plan to ease traffic flow. Acting …
Start removal of encroachers: SC
Streets and markets in Delhi may not look the same anymore. Acting decisively against illegal hawkers and squatters, the Supreme Court today directed the state government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to start operation clean-up within two weeks. The direction came from a bench of Justice Arun Kumar and …
SYL canal: No early hearing
The Supreme Court refused to grant an early hearing to the Haryana government's request to take up the Presidential reference on the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal without any further loss of time. Senior counsel Shanti Bhushan, who mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal, said …
Haryana turns off tap as Delhi thirsts
With the Haryana Government deciding to cut short the water supply to Delhi, the water problems for Delhiites seem to be increasing with each passing day. The Capital is already facing a crisis due to technical errors in the Bhagirathi Water Treatment plant and this step would only add fuel …
HC issues notices to Centre, Delhi, DDA, MCD
The Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Centre, Delhi Government, DDA and MCD in a matter seeking relief for the inhabitants of unauthorised colonies who were duped into buying small plots of agricultural land by the land mafia. It has been alleged that the land mafia of Delhi …
Illegal structures: Admn cracks the whip
After a long wait, the district administration has finally cracked the whip against those who have illegally constructed basements in their shops and other unauthorised structures within the city's municipal limits. On the directive of the Deputy Commissioner, Mr R. P. Bhardwaj, the Municipal Council has issued about 100 notices …
MMRDA sanction Rs 50 lakh for 27 exempted KDMC villages
The Health and construction committee of the Thane Zila Parishad has finally succeeded in sanctioning Rs 50 lakh from the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority for the development of 27 villages which were not included in the Kalyan Dombivali Minicpal Corporation (KDMC).
