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 …
If the plans of the Andhra Pradesh Government come through, residents of all cities of the State will get piped water round-the-clock. The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has asked the officials to prepare a strategic action plan to ensure that water is supplied to every household in every …
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to furnish by Monday a list of residential areas in the Capital which are being used for commercial purposes. A three-Judge Bench comprising the Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal, Justice B.N. Srikrishna and Justice R.V. Raveendran, hearing a batch of …
Taking a stern view of the unchecked commercial exploitation of residential areas in Delhi in violation of the Master Plan, the Supreme court asked the MCD to provide a zone-wise list of areas where such violation was rampant. The direction came from a bench headed by Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal, …
The Delhi metro's Barakhamba-Indraprastha section, joining the central hub of the capital with Dwarka in the southwest, has hit a construction roadblock. The construction on this route may overshoot its complete target due to the delay from the power ministry in granting permission to build its corridor over the gas …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning to build automated parking lots at Mehrauli, Ramlila Grounds, Parade Grounds and Kamla Nagar. According to the proposals tabled in a meeting of the MCD's Standing Committee, the parking lot at Mehrauli will accommodate 600 to 700 cars and 200 scooters. The …
A survey jointly conducted by Delhi traffic police and Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) has assessed an annual loss of Rs 70 lakh of the citizen's money which is incurred on account of fuel wastage at the Bhikaji Cama Palace crossing. This is the second survey which the traffic police …
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The Orissa Government will immediately disburse outstanding compensation to the tune of Rs 36 lakh to the families displaced for the Hirakud dam project, said Ramesh Chandra Chau Pattnaik, chairman of the house committee on submissions. Addressing the mediapersons at Ashok Niwas at Burla, he also said that the Government …
The Haryana government has approved a proposal of the Haryana Urban Development Authority to set up an additional circle to the engineering wing of HUDA, Gurgaon Range, for development works to be carried out from the pool of External Development Charge (EDC). The proposal was routed through the office of …
The National Capital Region has been included in the National Urban Renewal Mission (NURM), set up to improve urban infrastructure in 35 cities across the country. The Mission is set to take off soon. Delhi was not on the earlier list of 34 cities, which were to receive benefit from …
Corporates should set up their back offices in rural India to generate employment for a large number of youth. With rural employment centred on agriculture, such a move would help in providing gainful engagement to the underemployed youth. "We should make rural India the back office of urban India," said …
The ministry of urban development and poverty alleviation, which is almost ready with the proposed National Urban Renewal Mission (Nurm), is likely to come up with a formal announcement on the same in the next few days. It would simultaneously announce the National Urban Housing and Habitat Policy (NUHHP). Sources …
Despite Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit claiming that privatisation of water in the Capital has been put on hold and her Government writing to the Congress president Sonia Gandhi stating that it will take a decision on this project only after receiving opinions from The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), …
The Delhi government would be inviting tenders early next year for the proposed 62.5 km rail network project connecting the Capital to the suburbs in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. "After a lot of perseverance by the Delhi government and the NCR Board, both the states have agreed to implement the …
The pace at which the repair of roads in the city has been going on suggests that the authorities may not be able to complete it within the scheduled time and the residents here may have to tread the potholed roads for more time. The Chief Minister had assured here …
If you think the second phase of Delhi Metro is just another face of relief, the studies on Phase II reveal that it has lot more to it than what meets the tracks. According to the studies, Phase II will mean cleaner air for Delhi, reduction of 610 buses on …
The Karachi city government has initiated planning to construct Southern Bypass to link the National Highway to the city and ease traffic pressure by diverting the National Highway bound heavy traffic to the new bypass. This was stated by City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal while addressing a consultative meeting of …
A division Bench of the Jammu and Kashmir high court has issued a lunad mark judgement ot streamline the traffic system in Jammu and Srinagar and issued instructions to the authorities concerned in this direction.The Bench comprising Chief justice Mr Justice Bashir Ahmad khan and Justice Mr Mansoor Ahmad Mir …
The second phase of the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP) may end by December 2008 or even later. It may be noted that the official deadline of the completion of second phase is December 2007. The second phase consists of four laning of national highways pertaining to the north-south east-west …
The tongawallahs of the national capital are fighting a losing battle against the Delhi istration as well as the increasing number of fast and flashy cars crowding the streets of old Delhi. In the early 1950s, the capital boasted of a little over 5,000 of these horse-drawn carriages and about …
