Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
The Delhi High Court directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to take action against politicians, including Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Mayor Satbir Singh, on whom it had served notices for allegedly violating building by-laws, and file a status report on February 16, the next date of hearing. A Division …
The long wait for finalisation of the Master Plan for Delhi-2021 will soon get over as the Delhi Development Authority has set itself an internal target of completing the important planning document by this coming February-end. "We have already framed the issues and conducted meetings to finalise the chapters. The …
• Repeal Urban Land Ceiling and Regulation Act • Reform of rent control laws • Rationalisation of stamp duty to 5 per cent • Property tax reforms • Levy of user charges • Adoption of double entry accounting system; and • Computerisation of land and property registration.
Water in the abandoned coal mines of Ranigunj and Asansol will be treated and made fit to drink. The government will undertake a Rs 1-crore project for the purpose, to be implemented by the public health engineering department at Salanpur in Asansol, about 200 km from Calcutta. The water will …
The Rabindra Sarobar banks having been freed of encroachments, the government has set its sights on a "complete revival' of the national lake with active inputs from experts of Jadavpur University. Calcutta Improvement Trust (CIT), the nodal agency in the revamp of the 192-acre waterbody, has engaged the university at …
Oppossing the Delhi High Court order that building bylaws are applicable in Lal Dora areas as well and that MCD should demolish unauthorised constructions there, villagers from over 360 rural villages all over Delhi have decided to go on a dharna and hunger strike beginning February 5. In a Mahapanchayat, …
The NCR Planning Board has approved a plan of Rs 8000 crore for the development of the National Capital Region (NCR). Four major programmes have been approved in the plan, including the development of national highways and roads in areas adjoining Delhi, establishment of seven metros and 11 regional centres …
The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chauhan, said in Bhopal that tourism was a priority and his Government would do every thing and ensure adequate budgetary provisions for promoting tourism in the State. He was speaking at a function to inaugurate the Interactive Session held as part of the …
A source in the Union Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation Ministry has said that allocations in the Union Budget for schemes meant for providing shelter, livelihood and basic amenities to slum dwellers and urban poor in the country are "grossly inadequate' and have not made any impact on their lives. …
A new planet-hunting technique has detected the most Earth-like planet yet around a star other than our sun, raising hopes of finding a space rock that might support life, astronomers reported. "This is an important breakthrough in the quest to answer the question 'Are we alone?'' said Michael Turner of …
So far at least three people including a 22-year-old woman are confirmed dead in the fire, which erupted in Geeta Colony in East Delhi. The probe in the case has shown that the fire in the slum cluster had spread after the residents of the area had left a pile …
In deference to the recent Delhi High Court directive, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi posted the list of 18,000-odd unauthorised and illegal constructions booked between 2001 and 2005 on its website. The civic body will also be writing to the power distribution companies and the Delhi Jal Board to withdraw …
Expressing confidence that Delhi would host the Asiad 2014 and Olympics 2016, Chief Minister Ms Sheila Dikshit said the national Capital was set to become a world-class city in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi in 2010. "These international events are a big challenge …
It has been touted as the world's largest slum rehabilitation scheme. And it aims to cover an area almost as large as the 600 acres of mill land in central Mumbai and 13 times larger than Nariman Point. As builders
The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) has formulated the City Development Plan with an outlay of Rs 15,738 crore. The development plan will be implemented by the proposed Hyderabad Metropolitan Authority (HMA). It will get funds for implementing the plan from the Centre under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal …
Assuring residents of the Capital's "Lal Dora" rural areas that no large-scale demolition would be carried out in their localities as widely feared, Municipal Commissioner A. K. Nigam on Monday said the civic body's demolition squads would be targeting only the big malls and shopping complexes that have come up …
Bangalore Mahanagara Palike will take up the improvement of living conditions in 169 slums in the City as part of Sub Mission II of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. The Mission is aimed at providing basic services to the urban poor and the BMP is ready with a …
