New website launched
The Minister of state for Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation, Bandaru Dattatraya, today launched a new website aimed at disseminating and promoting exchange of information on urban issues.
Slums giving hell to South Delhiites
The slum clusters have all but ruined the lives of many residents in South Delhi colonies. Though the authorities have made numerous promises to relocate the slums, the change seems like a distant dream. Most of them came up as a result of construction work inside the residential complex. The …
Centre blocks funds to Manipur
In a serious blow to the rural development work being carried out in Manipur, the Union ministry of rural development has blocked the release of funds under PMGSY scheme after reports of siphoning of funds to militants.
Govt. working on package to provide Margao slum dwellers basic amenities
For an ordinary citizen of Margao, Goa, Monte Dongor (hill) is synonymous with slum dwellers, hutments and illegal constructions inhabited by the migrants. Stench emanates all around, there is no sewage disposal worth the name and unsanitary conditions pervades the area situated on the hillock overlooking the city. But, not …
Slum-dwellers to be housed in flats
In a bid to rid the Capital of slums, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD) Slum Department will be introducing multistorey flats for slum-dwellers in the next couple of months. The pilot social housing project was conceived by Union Urban Development Ministry to incorporate as many families in the same …
Gyandoot expands to more districts
With the expansion of Gyandoot project in five more districts viz. - Ratlam, Panna, Jhabua, Neemuch, and Balaghat more and more people of Madhya Pradesh will derive the benefits of information technology.
Linking the lost India
The Dichotomies that cut across India cannot be better explained than through the wide differences between rural and urban road linkages. If more than five decades after Independence, nearly 40 per cent of the villages in the country remain unconnected despite several plans, the emphasis that was placed on public …
Over 150,000 slum dwellers without amenities
Over 150,000 people in Islamabad live in Kutcha Abadis where no basic amenities like water, electricity, gas, sewage, health and education have been provided by the authority concerned. An official source said out of a total of 16 Kutcha Abadis established in Islamabad, 11 are being upgraded or regularised while …
'New Jaipur' township
Rajasthan government has proposed to develop "New Jaipur" township and collaborate with INTAC in conserving the heritage character of the old pink city.
Rajasthan all set for new campaign
After successful completion of a three month long ' Prashasan Gaon Ke Sang ' campaign, the Rajasthan Government intends to launch a ' Prashasan Shehron Ke Sang ' campaign from January 26 to redress the grievances of citizens in towns across the State.
HC order shifting of slums
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Centre and City Government to shift all the slum clusters that had come up in the capital after February 1997 to an area earmarked for the same.
Ashraya scheme to be extended : Krishna
The Karnataka Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, announced that the Ashraya Housing Scheme for the rural poor would be extended to urban areas, and the beneficiaries given a grant of Rs 10,000 per unit. He was inaugurating the Rs 274 crore Nirmala Jyothi Slum Improvement Project, jointly launched by the Housing …
Call for strategy to control slum population
To arrest the exponential growth of population in Delhi's slums, the National Commission on Population has asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to formulate an Information, Education and Communication strategy incorporating the various demographic factors that contribute to the goal of population stabilisation.
70 per cent slum dwellers from UP, Bihar
An internal sample survey carried out by the Slum department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has revealed a large number of interesting and at times surprising facts about the Capital's slum dwellers. Carried out last month as part of the MCD drive to relocate more than 75,000 juggis from …
NHPC gifts Chamba valley
The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation(NHPC), which has been contributing to the development of Chamba valley of Himachal Pradesh, has come to the rescue of people of the area by gifting them with a Rs 2.25 crore hospital building and by replacing the 100 year old Shitla bridge the only entry …
Ethanol blended petrol will be mandatory in 9 states from Jan
Ethanol blended petrol has proved successful and will become mandatory in nine states and four Union territories from January 1, 2003. This was announced by Ministry of state for rural development M K Annasaheb Patil on Monday. He was speaking at a conference hosted by the Centre for Bhartiya Marketing …
Real potential
India needs 41 million dwellings at an investment of Rs 2,00,000 crore. There is demand for 15 million homes in urban centres alone. Another Rs 2,50,000 crore is needed to provide the infrastructure. If the money is available, it could become a strong driving force for the Indian economy.
Haryana to use satellites for town planning
The Haryana Government has decided to have satellite imaging for a Geographic Information System (GIS), to prepare base maps of towns, their master plans and identification of municipal lands to check encroachment and improvement in collection of taxes. A spokesman of the Urban Development Department said on Wednesday that he …
Western Ahmedabad witnessing rapid growth of slums
Is the western part of Ahmedabad, known for its wide roads and better infrastructure, gradually falling prey to cancerous growth of slums? Looking at the recent trend, the growth of slums is no longer confined to eastern parts of the city and the Sabarmati river bank.
