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 …
Puts Congress-NCP alliance under embarassing situation ahead of Lok Sabha polls About 23 farmers from the hailstorm and untimely rainfall hit villages in Maharashtra have so far committed suicides. Six each are from the underdeveloped Vidarbha region and Nashik in north Maharashtra, 10 from Aurangabad and one from Sangli. These …
The following draft of certain rules which the State Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section 109 of The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (30 of 2013) is hereby published, as required by section 112 of …
BHOPAL: Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) is yet to get on with survey of encroachments around Siddique Hassan Khan Talab. Also, the state government hasn't yet drafted a rehabilitation policy for encroachers around the water body. Taking a serious view, National Green Tribunal (NGT) central zone bench ordered the BMC and …
After extending legal cover to all slums that came up prior to January 1, 2000, the Congress-led Democratic Front government has now legitimised occupants of protected slum homes till 2013. In a notification issued by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan-led Urban Development (UD) department on March 3, the government has said …
The members of four different organizations named Youth Against Social Evils, Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), Sara Bharat Krishak Sabha and Sara Assam Nirman Shramik Union along with the inhabitants of Manikpur GP under Borkhola constituency staged a protest demonstration in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner …
The 400-km-long Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway, expected to cost Rs 27,000 crore, is among the four expressways that may be scrapped unless the state governments concerned are prepared to take care of the land cost that includes resettlement and rehabilitation of the affected families under the new acquisition law, making completion of …
In a setback to Coca-Cola and UltraTech Cement, which are setting up plants in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat has declared that he is not focusing on industrialisation. "I am not focusing on industrialisation," said Rawat, commenting on the two top companies which had signed MoUs with the government last …
After some dilly-dallying on the matter, the Gujarat government finally filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court against the planned translocation of some lions from Gir to Kuno Palpur wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh. Earlier, in October last year, the apex court had dismissed Gujarat's review petition seeking a …
Activists Say Hutments Should Be Removed From Wetlands Dahisar, the last suburb within Mumbai limits on the western track, primarily needs a comprehensive slum rehabilitation plan to protect its mangroves, free public space and allow affordable housing. Developers and home buyers are rushing to make R-North ward their address, its …
The ongoing slum rehabilitation project in Yerawada for the urban poor has been awarded the first prize in the HUDCO Design Awards 2013 in the ‘cost-effective rural/urban housing including disaster resistant housing’ category. The award was received by Prasanna Desai in Delhi from Girija Vyas, Union minister for housing and …
Earthquake Reconstruction, Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) extensively reviewed 94 small and mega projects of Rs.3.261 billion in Khyber Pakhtunkwa and affirmed to complete these schemes in stipulated time-frame. While presiding over the review meeting here at ERRA headquarters Deputy Chairman ERRA Maj.Gen. Muhammad Azeem Asif called upon the projects mangers and …
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has said special status will be given for five years to Seemandhra region - the residual state of Andhra Pradesh following creation of a separate Telangana. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha on the bill to create a separate Telangana state yesterday, Dr Singh said: "I …
The Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Tuesday, in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), directed the State Government to form a high- level committee to settle issues of Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar projects. Double bench of Chief Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice JK Maheshwari directed the …
Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court on Tuesday directed the state government to constitute a high-level committee under chief secretary to discuss and resolve issues pertaining to Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar canal project in Narmada valley. A double bench of Chief Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice J K …
World Food Organization (WFP) has distributed almost US $ 10.8 million among flood affectees including US $ 4.7 million under Food For Work (FFW) and US $6.1 million under Food For Cash (FFC) program to improve community infrastructure and rehabilitate their livelihoods. In FATA, most of the cereals distributed were …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Ramdas Janardan Koli Vs The State of Maharashtra dated 18/02/2014 regarding constructions by CIDCO in CRZ area. The applicant has said that CIDCO has undertaken certain activities to change the nature of property by causing destruction …
Several land oustees on Sunday torched Posco's containerized office and dismantled a 300-metre boundary wall at Nuagaon in Jagatsinghpur district, triggering fresh tension in the steel company's project area. Agitated over the non-fulfillment of their demands, the land oustees, believed to be affiliated to the United Action Committee (UAC), a …
The lion expert committee formed by the Supreme Court is likely to send a team to Kuno-Palpur in Madhya Pradesh to assess the sanctuary's preparedness for receiving lions from Gir, before taking a final decision on translocation of the big cats. Incidentally, a larger bench of the apex court has …
Hundreds of displaced families, farmers, unemployed youths and women organisations under the banner of Essar Land Losers and Displaced Welfare Society have warned to intensify their stir on February 22 if their 12 point charter of demands including compensation, job opportunity and rehabilitation package are not met. Sources said although …
The district administration has been taken to task by the High Court for not providing relief to the villagers of Kasipada panchayat who were affected by the Phailin induced flash floods in October last year. Following a petition filed by flood affected people of Kasipada, the High Court has ordered …
