In order to use tenanted land for setting up of projects for community or public purpose, the Goa government has introduced the Goa Land Use (Regulation) Bill, 2024 seeking amendment to Section 3 of Goa Land Use (Regulation) Act, 1991 so as to specify in the Right to Fair Compensation …
At least seven persons have been killed so far as the flood situation in the State remained grim, affecting nearly 3 lakh people in 15 districts. Dhemaji, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Sivasagar, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Morigaon, Kamrup, Dhubri, Kokrajhar and Karbi Anglong have been affected by the current wave …
The Delhi government is reportedly drawing up an elaborate plan to clean the Yamuna river by relocating unauthorised colonies that cause pollution. Various studies suggest that sewer and filth that flows from the colonies situated in the Yamuna’s vicinity add up to 30 per cent of the pollution into the …
The proposed site has experienced several earthquakes The bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala during the former’s recent Nepal visit included an agreement to restart work on the 5,600 MW Pancheshwar multipurpose project. This has aroused strong resistance from environmentalists and anti-dam activists. …
Villagers have demanded that the 660-mw Kishao dam project on the Tons that will supply water to Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan should be scrapped. The dam will render about 6,000 villagers as oustees in the fertile Morad-Mashvad-Dharva belt along the river in Shillai. Villagers have come under the banner of …
A proposal to construct houses of 500 sq ft to rehabilitate each slum family has been submitted to the general body . A proposal about the redevelopment of slums was discussed during the standing committee meeting in the first week of August.Corporators Shankar Kemse, Ravindra Dhangekar and Prithviraj Sutar gave …
Jamshedpur: With more than 20 fresh cases of silicosis having surfaced in East Singhbhum, the chorus for revisiting the State Action Plan For Prevention and Mitigation of Silicosis has only got louder. Of the total number of fresh cases, five are women patients, who have sustained the killer disease owing …
A Bill to provide for, and expedite the process of, land acquisition for public purposes with the least disturbance to owners of the land and other interested persons and to provide for fair and better compensation to the persons whose land is acquired and to compensate in monetized form for …
Whereas certain draft rules, namely the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Social Impact Assessment and Consent) Rules, 2014 were published as required under section 112 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (30 of …
AP revenue officials have told Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu that according to new Land Acquisition Rehabilitation, Resettlement Act, acquisition of land, not only for construction of the new capital city, but also for any new industry, will be difficult. They said in addition to the lengthy process, …
New Delhi : The Supreme Court has quashed the National Green Tribunal’s order asking ONGC and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to deposit R30 crore towards proposed rehabilitation of fishermen, who allegedly lost their livelihood due to laying down of the Uran-Trombay Jawahar Creek oil pipeline and the Uran-Trombay Gas …
The West Bengal government has undertaken a Rs 500-crore programme to convert 50,000 hectares of non–arable land into cultivable area in the State’s four drought-prone districts — Bankura, Birbhum, Purulia and West Midnapore. The decision was taken by the Cabinet and an amount of Rs. 500 crore had been cleared …
Govt Wants To Water Down Clauses That Favour The Public Citing Financial Burden And Procedural Problems after Centre Seeks Opinion On Issue. Deviating from its ‘socialistic’ approach, Kerala has put forward some suggestion before the Centre to relax the stringent provisions in the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in …
Sindh Zakat & Ushr Department and Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) have pledged financial assistance for the rehabilitation of Manchhar Lake and the fishermen who inhabit in the coastline. They pledge came following the Supreme Court's orders to make the water reservoir free from contamination and rehabilitate those affected by …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on eradication of dry latrine system, 24/07/2014. One among the questions asked was about the roadmap and the time-frame for the complete eradication of the dry latrine system in India.
The State government on Wednesday informed the Kerala High Court that it had been decided to set up a well-equipped rehabilitation village for endosulfan victims in Kasaragod. The village would have facilities for providing continuous treatment and vocational training to the victims. In a statement, the government said that at …
Pakistan may adopt some concepts implemented in the Sabarmati riverfront project for its ambitious Ravi Riverfront Urban Development (RRFUD) project, said members of the high-level delegation of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) on Monday. The team led by the LDA commissioner made a detailed technical inspection of the 11-km riverfront …
PUNE: Groups of cyclists on Sunday threw their weight behind creating safe and usable cycle tracks in the city, and asked the Pune Municipal Corporation to improve the tracks it has laid in the past decade instead of converting them into business places for hawkers. The cyclists' groups are against …
Plans to set up centres in each district for victims of sexual assault and a multi-speciality hospital in South Delhi Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today earmarked Rs 2,724 crore for health sector in the Budget for Delhi during the current fiscal, including plans to set up centres in each …
From scrapping the “consent clause” for Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects to narrowing the definition of “affected families” eligible for rehabilitation and resettlement, the Rural Development Ministry has proposed a number of amendments which, if cleared, could lead to large scale dilution of the new Land Acquisition Act, making the …
