High Court pulls plug on farmhouse wedding plans
Delhi High Court refused to entertain an application filed by five farmhouses that sought to open bookings for marriages owing to the season rush. The court, while dismissing the plea, stated that citizens were equally responsible for violating the law which banned marriages in farmhouses. Division Bench of Justice Vijender …
Government unveils plan for housing boom
The Government unveiled its plans for a huge boost in house building this week by bringing forward a package of measures to reform the planning system which it says will increase investment in infrastructure to support the growth. The Government has announced plans for a massive boost to house building. …
DDA resolution generous in relief
The Delhi Development Authority resolution on amendments to the Master Plan for Delhi-2001 pertaining to norms for residential plotted development and mixed land use policy had given more concessions to people than what had even been provided by the draft provisions or the modifications suggested by the Tejinder Khanna Committee.
Farmhouse weddings: Contempt notice to MCD
The High Court issued a contempt notice to the MCD Commissioner for the alleged violations of its earlier order banning weddings in farmhouses in the Capital. While staying MCD standing committee's decision to allow functions at farmhouses located along approach roads that are 30 feet or less in width, the …
Govt to regularise shops in residential areas
Under pressure from Congress MLAs, the Delhi Government has decided to regularise commercial activity in residential areas. This comes days after the government notified 16 residential areas to be redeveloped as industrial estates. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit announced the move after a three-and-a-half hour Congress Legislature Party meeting. The meeting …
Hubli-Dharwad, Bangalore in urban renewal plan
The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), launched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will be a boon to Hubli and Dharwad districts along with Bangalore city of Karnataka, will be covered. A sub-mission, launched by the Union ministry of urban employment and poverty alleviation, aims at providing basic services …
Asharikandi etched on rural tourism map
Asharikandi, a small riverside village in Dhubri district of Assam known for its age-old terracotta art form, has found a place in the rural tourism map of India. Altogether fifty destinations around India, including the Asharikandi terracotta cluster have been selected for the Rural Development Scheme under the United Nation …
Keep India moving
The initiation of a proposal to connect all district headquarters to the stretches under the National Highways Development Programme is welcome. This will, of course, take some time to fructify, even if, as the Union road ministry says, it will be undertaken independently of the NHDP. The latter schedule is …
An urgent priority
The government has launched an ambitious urban renewal mission with on outlay of Rs 100,000 crore (around 3% of GDP) that seeks to build urban infrastructure, enhance the quality of urban services and improve governance in 86 large towns, to start with. This comes none too soon. The scheme gets …
An urban mission
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), a gigantic scheme for urban development. The aim is to improve the basic services in over 60 cities with a population of more than one million, all State capitals and select towns of religious historical …
Give land rights to urban poor: PM
Launching an ambitious Rs 1,00,000 crore National Urban Renewal Mission to improve urban infrastructure in major cities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday suggested land rights to urban poor at affordable rates to increase private investment. "A major failure of city governance has been our inability to address needs of …
PM launches mission for urban poor
Manmohan Singh launched the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission which will now focus on the "urban poor' instead of "urban infrastructure'. The Rs 1 lakh crore mission was delayed by six months and faced several hiccups right up to its launch. The Mission sprang out of the Prime Minister's …
Big project for cities launched
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched on Saturday a Rs. 1 lakh crore Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission for integrated development of infrastructure services. The Mission makes it mandatory for the States and municipal bodies to undertake reforms to avail themselves of Central funds.The Centre will initially give a grant-in-aid …
200-acre recreation centre to come up on Yamuna bank
Delhi Urban Development Minister A.K. Walia along with Education and Tourism Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely on Thursday announced that 200 acres along the Eastern Yamuna bank would be utilised for construction of a recreational centre, water sports and a tourism park adjoining the Signature Bridge site at Wazirabad in East …
Irrigation circles asked to ensure adequate water supply
Punjab Irrigation Minister Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema has directed the Irrigation Circles to ensure adequate water supply in their divisions, which falls on tail of the circle, and in case of shortage it should be divided equally in all divisions of the circle. He was chairing a meeting. He said, …
Chhattisgarh to invest Rs 100 cr in tourism
The Chhattisgarh Government will unveil a new tourism policy within two months with emphasis on attracting private investment to strengthen the support infrastructure. Chhattisgarh is viewing tourism as a growth engine and has firmed up move to invest about Rs 100 crore on the sector over next 24 months in …
New AP tourism policy on the anvil
The Andhra Pradesh Government is set to announce a new tourism policy later this month that will seek more public, private participation in tourism projects in the State, and promote better infrastructure creation. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, said that the policy framework is ready and …
AP to launch new tourism
In a bid to attract more tourists to the state and boost the tourism sector, the Andhra Pradesh government is giving final touches to a new tourism policy that would be released after September 8. This was disclosed by chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, who addressed representatives from the aviation, …
