HC revives Arkavathi dream
The Bangalore Development Authority's ambitious Arkavathi layout project received a green signal with the Karnataka High Court declaring that the BDA is "empowered to take up developmental schemes in Bangalore Metropolitan Area'. The Bangalore Development Authority's ambitious Arkavathi layout project received a green signal with the Karnataka High Court declaring …
Townies spend more on non-food items
Urban India spends much more on non-food items than on food items while the reverse trend holds true for rural India. While the urban-rural divide in spending pattern is wider in Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar, it is the narrowest in Kerala and Maharashtra. Urban households spend 88% …
Delhi clears 3 projects to tackle traffic woes
In a bid to strengthen the Capital's infrastructure so that it can fare well during the 2010 Commonwealth games, the Delhi government set afoot three infrastructure projects, including the construction of a new bridge at Wazirabad to ease traffic and movement of pedestrians. Stressing the need to ease the movement …
Rajasthan road project gets financial closure
An over Rs 1,000-crore mega highways project in Rajasthan achieved financial closure yesterday. To execute the project, the Road Infrastructure Development Company of Rajasthan Ltd was incorporated in October last year as a 50:50 joint venture of the government of Rajasthan and the Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services. This is …
Expedite feeder services: Sreedharan to Dikshit
Unhappy with the ridership figures, the Metro Man has sent an SOS to chief minister Sheila Dikshit, asking her to help start the muchdelayed feeder services to bring in more commuters. In his letter to Dikshit, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) managing director E Sreedharan has written that the Metro's …
Godavari Gatha
Luxury and religious tourism may draw Asian visitors, while ecotourism could draw travelers from Europe and the U.S. who want more than a beach holiday. Faced with a decline in tourist spending, Sri Lanka is trying to shift away from dependence on beach lovers and budget travelers and lure more …
Commercialisation case: MCD submits list to SC
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi today submitted a list of number of roads in Supreme Court to inform it the kind of encroachment and commercialization of residential areas in 12 zones of the corporation. The list was submitted after direction of the Supreme Court to furnish a detail of those …
Rs 1 lakh crore national urban renewal mission cleared
The government has approved a mission for the development of urban facilities in 60 cities with a combined investment by the central, state governments and the urban local bodies of more than Rs 1 lakh crore to be utilised over a seven-year period. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission …
Multi-crore city revamp plan set for launch
The National Urban Renewal Mission, which is expected to lift the infrastructure of 60 Indian cities to global level, will be launched on December 3 after being cleared by the Cabinet. The Centre was not allowed to launch the Mission before the Bihar elections as Patna and Bodhgaya were benefiting …
Commercial activity in 94 pc of residential areas: MCD tells SC
The MCD has told the Supreme Court that 126 of the Capital's 134 wards, over 94 percent of the total residential space, have been affected by commercialisation in violation of the Delhi Masterplan. In an affidavit filed today on the apex court's directions, the MCD says not a single ward …
World Bank to finance Rs 1,000-cr road project
The World Bank has agreed in principle to finance a road development project to enable the state to advance the implementation of major roads. The project is to be implemented from 2007. The Himachal Pradesh government took up the matter with the bank, which agreed to finance the project. It …
SC maintains Chandni Chowk hawking ban
The Supreme Court said its order banning hawking and squatting from Chandni Chowk area will continue and asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to make guidelines for rehabilitation of those displaced due to this. A bench comprising Justice B P Singh and Justice Arun Kumar said MCD will make the …
National urban revival mission soon: Selja
A Rs 50,000-crore national urban revival mission would be launched to ensure proper growth and development of 60 mega cities in the country, including the queen of hills. This was disclosed by the Union Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation Minister, Ms Selja Kumari. She was the chief guest at the …
Metro to head for Gurgaon, Noida in 4 months
It is finally official. Putting behind flip-flops by state governments and having overcome funding hiccups, the Delhi Metro has tied up all loose ends of its plan to extend the network to Gurgaon and Noida and within four months work on this will start in full swing. About 23 km …
Rainwater harvest solves water issue
Turning to rainwater harvesting option for drinking purpose has come as a boon for several girls in Nepal villages, particularly those who in the absence of government water supply have to travel several distance from their house to fetch water from river or lake for potable needs. Representatives from Plan …
In fast lane, NHAI inks pact to widen Chandigarh section
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has signed a concession agreement for four-laning the Ambala-Chandigarh section of national highway (NH) 21 and 22. The agreement was signed by NHAI with GMR Ambala Chandigarh Expressway Pvt Ltd, earlier this week. The agreement involves the highest negative grant so far received …
Highway project moving at snails pace
The ambitious Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) project, that is expected to connect the four mega-cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, has been held up with at least 18 of the 57 under-construction stretches running behind schedule. The ministry of statistics and programme implementation's quarterly report released recently notes that on …
Govt to move towards 6-laning of golden quadrilateral: Montek
The Government has decided to move towards six-laning of the golden quadrilateral road network, which connects the four metros of Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata, the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, said. The golden quadrilateral network runs into a length of 5,846 kilometres and over …
