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 …
In one of the major decisions, and a long awaited once concerning at least 20,000 people in the peripheral areas of Shimla town, the Himachal Pradesh Cabinet today decided to withdraw the newly merged area from the jurisdiction of the Municipal Coporation Shimla and instead set up Notified Area Committees …
Two months of the six-months extension which the Supreme Court gave for commercial vehicles in Delhi to change over to compressed natural gas (CNG) are almost over. There has been little progress as far as conversion of diesel buses into CNG is concerned.Sources in the Delhi government say that Chief …
Minister for Information N Siva Prasad has today announced that Holland and Italy has come forward to execute Urban Slums Development Programme in Andhra Pradesh. Speaking as chief guest at the one-day workshop Municipal Action Plan for Eduction of Poverty' organised by the AP Urban Slums Project, Prasad said the …
The traffic police have welcomed the Supreme Court's orders on industrial pollution and CNG whole-heartedly. Beleaguered by the rising incidence of pollution-related ailments, the apex court's order have come as a respite for the traffic policemen.
The Delhi Development Authority, Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Housing and Urban Development Corporation will soon undertake two pilot projects each to ascertain the "feasibility of commercial exploitation" of slum land in Delhi.
Recognising the involvement of the builders in the massive loss of human lives in the recent Gujarat earthquake, the Union Government has decided to draft a Bill to regulate their activities. According to the Union Urban Development Minister, Jagmohan, the move comes as part of a three-pronged strategy to ensure …
Archeologists working in the windblown coastal desert of Peru have discovered the ruins of a city as old as ancient Egypt and more than 1,000 years older than any previously reported urban center in the Americas.
The World Bank (WB) has in principle agreed to release a loan of Rs 1,635 crore out a total project cost of Rs 2,030 crore for upgrading and improving 2,300 kms of state highways in Karnataka.
The Ministry of Rural Development has taken a serious view of the "parallel structures" created by the Madhya Pradesh and Haryana Governments as against decentralised 3-tier Panchayat Raj system under the 73rd Amendment Act of the Constitution.
The Mumbai transport authorities' commitment to checking the authenticity of CNG taxis has declined after the deadline expired on Saturday, allege petrol pump owners and taxi drivers. March 31 was the deadline set by the petrol pumps after which taxis without certificates authenticating their CNG cylinders would not be allowed …
The Gujarat Pollution Control Board and chemical industries in Vadodara and other industrial area of the state have been severely criticised by the High Power Committee (HPC) appointed by the Government of India at the instance of the Supreme Court, to investigate the hazardous waste situation in India.
The local self-government department in Madhya Pradesh has prepared an ambitious 20-year action plan to provide plots having basic facilities to those who come to cities from the rural areas in search of employment and make all urban areas totally slum-free.
About 33,000 kilogrammes of outdated hazardous chemicals-pesticides and insecticides-have been lying in storage at a makeshift shed in Paro for the last two years as government officials from Bhutan and India discuss its disposal.
The Madhya Pradesh Government plans to mobilise funds from the World Bank, financial institutions and private sector for a Rs.205-crore Slum Networking Scheme for development of slums and environmental improvement here in the State Capital.
Slum-dwellers will be counted as a separate category in the coming census. This will give local governments an exact idea of the extent of the slum population in every city and make a realistic assessment of their impact on urban life.
On November 17, a review petititon was filed in the Supreme Court by the NBA asking for a review of the verdict, which it says "was delivered on false premises in respect of rehabilitation of thousands of families and also environmental clearance of the project." The petition is yet to …
This book envisages to re-create the process by way of which buildings and entire habitats can be designed to respond to nature with climate as the basic parameter of design. It discusses the methodology of design, design tools, latest developments in energy efficient architecture and materials, and is suitably aided …
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) has been launched by Govt. of lndia for promoting urban reforms and investments in the selected 63 cities of India. Ludhiana is one of the eligible cities. CDP is a requirement to access the funds under JNNURM as per the guidelines. A set …
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has finally felt the heat of the compressed natural gas (CNG) crisis in the capital. He has convened a meeting on August 30 where petroleum minister Ram Naik, law minister Arun Jaitley and all the seven MPs from Delhi will discuss the issue.
