Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jagan Prasad Tehriya Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 23/05/2025. The applicant has alleged large-scale illegal felling of green trees within the Agra district, Uttar Pradesh. The application revealed instances of illegal tree felling at Fatehabad, Sadar, Kiraoli and Agra …
With growing urban expanses, one of the pre-requisites for effective governance is Urban Information Systems (UIS) with content down to individual properties (and individuals). The basic input i.e., a map, in UIS should show individual property boundaries showing the plan outline of all structures existing within, at a scale of …
With unauthorised expansion already consuming more than 50 per cent of the total area under the Nayagaon Nagar Panchayat, the Punjab government has not found any plot available for a city centre in Nayagaon. The draft Master Plan of Nayagaon-2021 proposes only a district centre as a greenfield project. Though …
An expenditure of nearly Rs 3.90 crore has been incurred in district Rajouri till July of current fiscal. This was disclosed and a meeting of all sectoral officers held here on Tuesday under the chairmanship of District Development Commissioner, Rajouri, Sheikh Rafiq Ahmed. While reviewing the sector wise physical and …
Big-ticket sports events such as Olympics & Commonwealth Games are becoming fast-forward catalysts for infrastructure development. John Sarkar & Shantanu Nandan Sharma report THE Romans did it first. Now the Englishmen are at it. When the plans were revealed for London's Olympics stadium, a "coliseum-style' setting in east London, skeptics …
Delhi has been experiencing phenomenal growth of population since 1951 recording decennial growth rate of 52.44%, 52.91%, 52.98%, 51.45% and 47.03% during 1951-61, 1961-71, 1971-81 and 1991-01 decades respectively. One of the main causes for this spurt in the growth of population is migration into the city not only from …
The Ministry of Housing & Poverty Alleviation is the apex authority of Government of India at the national level to formulate policies, sponsor and support programme, coordinate the activities of various Central Ministries, State Governments and other nodal authorities and monitor the programmes concerning all the issues of urban employment, …
The Ministry of Urban Development & the Ministry of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation are the apex authority of Government of India at the national level to formulate policies, sponsor and support programme, coordinate the activities of various Central Ministries, State Governments and other nodal authorities and monitor the programmes …
Seven locations identified where dumping of animal and poultry wastes goes unchecked DIAL delegation meets MCD panel chief Number of bird-chasers to be increased NEW DELHI: Municipal Corporation of Delhi Standing Committee chairman Vijender Gupta on Tuesday said the civic body would initiate necessary steps to curb bird menace around …
: Renting a twobedroom luxury flat in Mumbai is more expensive than that of Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur or even Seoul. The cost of petrol is higher than that of Tokyo. And the price of 1 kg long grain white rice in a medium priced establishment is more than that …
NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan on Monday said the Sheila Dikshit Government's move to issue provisional regularisation certificate to unauthorised colonies by organising camps amounted to misleading the residents of these colonies as till now the State and Union governments had not submitted the scheme -- along with …
New Delhi: The majestic Rajpath was completely choked on Monday as numerous vehicles of visiting political leaders were parked at the historic stretch in the heart of the Capital. As the parking lots around Parliament filled up, vehicles of leaders headed to see the debate on confidence motion were parked …
The growth of Indian cities is chaotic at best It is a migration that is unstoppable. throughout Asia, including India, the wave of people moving to cities will only swell as years go by.
K. Manikandan Poor roads, illegal water connections, delayed projects hinder growth SHADOW OF WATERBODY: Many waterbodies in Pallavaram Municipality are in dire need of rejuvenation. A case in point is the Ramasamy Kulam near Pallavaram Railway Station. TAMBARAM: Pallavaram Municipality presents a unique, contrary picture of massive development works in …
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow July 17, 2008, 0:18 IST The project will not be able to meet its Commonwealth deadline The Centre has put the proposed Rs 3,500-crore global airport hub at Noida in Uttar Pradesh into cold storage and the ambitious project would not be able to keep …
MCD chief warns junior officials of strict disciplinary action if they fail The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has ordered disciplinary action against negligent junior officials, who fail to act on complaints of potholes on roads within 24 hours of getting them. The move comes in the wake of potholes …
THE World Bank is funding development of new financial instruments for providing home finance to the unorganised sector in the country in the light of the subprime crisis. According to the World Bank, there was confusion that the subprime crisis was caused by loans to low-income borrowers, when actually it …
Slum dwellers will soon be part of a year-long survey covering nearly 15000 villages and blocks in urban centres. The survey will be carried out by the Union urban development ministry starting July 1. According to the National Sample Survey Organisation director general, P K Ray, the survey will bring …
