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 …
Some good news for Bangaloreans to cheer about. US magazine Newsweek, in its cover story 'Capital of style', has named Bangalore as one of the world's top 12 "cutting-edge cities that are driving a new wave of design", along with the likes of London, New York, Tokyo and Beijing.
ITC Hotels' property in Agra, Welcomgroup Mughal Sheraton, has been declared as the winnder of "Environment Champion of the Year" amongst large hotels by the Environment Awards Committee of Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association of India (FHRAI).
After 10 months of chasing Chief Ministers, Government representatives of neighbouring countries, NGOs at home and overseas, bankers, economists and ecologists, the Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers, believes the project's feasibility has increased due to thawing of Opposition.
Everyone loves a good cause. And helping the world's biggest slum metamorphose into a swish suburb is a great one just for its sheer pluck and potential. Located in the middle of Mumbai, the 432 acres of Dharavi straddle the western and eastern lines of the city. Any business district …
The Centre has sanctioned a special package for the revival of tourism in Kashmir for the uplift of economy through tourism that has suffered over the past 14 years of militancy. Disclosing this the Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir said the package was sanctioned following the recent …
Soft drink majors PepsiCo India and Coca-Cola India are expected to get a chance to present their views before the joint parliamentary committee (JPC), probing allegations of high levels of pesticides in soft drinks, on Tuesday. The two will be represented by the delegation of trade chambers like Federation of …
Indian highways are among the cheapest in the world in terms of construction costs. According to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) estimate, the per kilometer cost of build-operate-transfer (BOT) roads being constructed in the country is just half of that in Pakistan, which comes second in cost-efficiency in road building. …
Close on the heels of the Taj Heritage corridor project comes another scam in Uttar Pradesh where Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's much-hyped Golden Quadrilateral project has been derailed following blockage of a service road connecting the starting point of the project. The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) board documents show …
The Housing and Habitat Policy of the government of India plans to provide additional two million housing units per annum, announced Union minister of state for urban development and poverty alleviation Bandaru Dattatraya on Wednesday.
The Uttaranchal government has identified 22 places to be developed as tourist destinations to take off the pressure of tourists from Mussoorie and Nainital. Uttaranchal tourism minister TPS Rawat said a Rs 58 crore scheme to improve infrastructure in these places had been prepared and the state tourism department had …
Over the last decade, governments around the world pursued policies to involve the private sector in the delivery and financing of infrastructure services. The scale of this move away from the hitherto dominant public sector model was far more rapid than had been anticipated at the start of the 1990s. …
This paper presents and discusses primary data from a survey of 1,070 households in four poor settlements in Mumbai comprising slum-and pavement-dwellers and squatters on the living environment and health conditions. The study attempts to examine the consequences of socio-economic and environmental factors in terms of income, literacy, sanitation and …
The Urban Development Ministry unveiled guidelines for Masterplan 2021, which will come into force either in December or early next year. The guidelines spell out sweeping changes for the city, promising regularisation of unauthorised colonies and pledging additional Floor Area Ratio (which means taller buildings). It was a dramatic first …
In what has been described as a major breakthrough by the Mufti Muhammad government, the Indian Banks' Association has decided to provide Jammu and Kashmir with a loan of Rs 1,000 crores on easy terms for the fund-starved Baglihar hydel project on Chenab river. The project, which on completion will …
The progressive farmers of Kandi belt of Jammu division especially of Nagrota and surrounding villages have been asked to preserve rain water in different water bodies to use it for their ensuring crops. This advice was given to the farmers by the Agriculture experts during a joint meeting of Agriculture …
It has hardly been two months since Rajiv Gandhi Setu was inaugurated with much fanfare by the Delhi Government in the presence of the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi. Two of the roads leading to this designer flyover, which incidentally has rain water harvesting facility, have developed big potholes. Same is …
The North-east is a paradoxical situation. On one hand you relate the region to beautiful natural vegetation surrounded by three mountain ridges, with the Brahamputra cutting across on one side. On the other you hear about insurgent uprisings, violence, bandhs, drug abuse and AIDS. Is this the real picture of …
The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to review the 600 mw Sawalkot hydroelectric project following an over 100 per cent escalation in the estimated cost of the project.
The World Bank, "the apostle of privatisation," is now having "a crisis of faith" seeing the results of privatisation of water and electric utilities in developing countries, a media report said.
