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 …
According to K.R. Sivaraman, former Geophysicist, Public Works Department (Groundwater), at least one hundred ponds were created in these abandoned quarries in Tambaram Taluk and the volume of rainwater stored in them was huge. "One month ago, we undertook a study of abandoned quarries in Tirusulam and the depth ranged …
For years, they have been known as Delhi's killer buses. But not for much longer. The Delhi Government has finally decided to phase out the 4,200-bus Blueline fleet system, involving hundreds of private operators. In its place, the government is planning to invite corporate organizations to control the capital's public …
The CDP aims at developing Srinagar as major tourist city by addressing the issues of ecological preservation, economic growth, poverty, good governance, development of infrastructure, improve traffic and transportation and delivery of basic services to the urban poor through a consultative process of strategizing and visioning. A collective city vision …
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission has been launched by Govt. of India in the year 2005-2006 to carry out development of selected city. To access the funds under JNNURM, the selected city is required to prepare City Development Plans (CDPs) and implement the reforms at the state and the …
Though RJD president Lalu Prasad disappointed Bollywood "dream girl" Hema Malini by not making roads in Bihar as smooth as her cheeks, the Nitish Kumar government is in no mood to give her a chance to complain. Laying quality roads and repairing the potholed ones across the State are being …
The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has approved a policy to develop residential areas in smaller towns and villages having a population of more than 10,000 and offer plots at reasonable rates, the Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, said after presiding over a meeting of the HUDA Board here on …
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, asked major cities in the country to evolve their own technically and economically feasible solution in mass transport systems, keeping in mind their individual transport requirements. "While we need more such metros in other cities, each city must evolve its own technically and economically …
Deopahar, a hillock situated by the NH-39, three kilometre off from Numaligarh is a biodiversity hots pot in the Assam State. The area is also the habitat to several species of wild animals. According to the belief, the very name comes from the living of Devatas, gods. Many also term …
In what could be seen as an indictment of jobless growth, over 50% of the country's employable population was without jobs in 2004-05 with a majority of them concentrated in urban India. These startling figures, forming part of an NSSO survey, were released on Friday.
Ruling out the possibility of issuing an Ordinance on the lines of what the Maharashtra Government did to regularise illegal buildings in Ulhasnagar township, the Congress party on Thursday decided to form another committee to coordinate with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Delhi Government to look into the …
Rural households are more in debt vis-a-vis urban households, and account for over 60 per cent of the total debt in the country. The latest data on household indebtedness in India brought out by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) shows that rural households account for roughly 63 per cent …
The Union urban development ministry is all set to go ahead with its ambitious project, the JawaharLal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), intended to develop 63 cities around the nation, with the setting up of a mission directorate in the Capital. The directorate will coordinate with the state governments …
Congress president Sonia Gandhi presented the keys of new houses to a few families affected by the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) and the Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project (MUIP), which are being implemented by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority. About 50,000 houses for families who are affected by the …
Demolition squads of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Wednesday targeted 18 properties in four civic zones under its ongoing citywide demolition drive against unauthorised constructions even as residents' welfare associations and some trade organisations organised protests accusing the civic body of adopting a pick-and-choose policy and not taking action …
It was in October that Delhi High Court asked the DDA to study a Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) report on the clover-leaf at the Akshardham flyover
Barring the launch of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the Urban Development Ministry went into conceiving during 2005, and not delivering. Delhi kept waiting for the regularisation of unauthorised colonies, notwithstanding the recommendations of GT Nanavati Commission. The Master Plan for Delhi 2021 did not get any impetus. …
In what could be described as a major step towards biodiversity conservation, a group of scientists, researchers, and experts in biodiversity and livelihood issues have come out with a comprehensive action plan to conserve the biotic wealth of Assam. The strategies and actions, which they have recommended are part of …
The Chhattisgarh government has decided to conduct roadshows all over the country to register its pres- ence on the national tourist map. During the inauguration of the State Information Centre in Bhopal, Chhattisgarh tourism min ister Brijmohan Agarwal (formerly home minister) said his state's tourist potential still remained largely unexplored. …
In order to relieve traffic congestion in the town, the government had prepared a Rs 114-crore scheme for building a network of roads and bridges which would be completed in the next 18 months. This was stated by the Congress MP, Mr Deepender Singh Hooda, in Rohtak, Haryana while talking …
