In this report, ESCAP explores the future of urbanization in Asia and the Pacific, focusing on the dynamic shifts in the region’s urban landscape. It highlights the region’s demographic transformations, including population ageing, and the persistent challenges of urban poverty and inequality. The analysis covers urban areas of all sizes, …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has started the first in-depth survey to assess the sources and extent of pollution in the Krishna river. The survey that was scheduled to be launched in November last year is now expected to be completed in the next six months. The survey consists …
An amount TK 8,100 crore has been allocated for the much-hyped Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project in the new Annual Development Programme (ADP) for fiscal 2014-2015. The approval of the new ADP of TK 86,000 crore came from the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting held at the NEC conference room in …
The river Gomti is reeling under multiple ailments which need a multi-pronged treatment. More than promises, a strong political will and sustained development plan are needed to revive the city's lifeline. Most of the river's 24 tributaries have dried up due to extensive deforestation, frequent change in land use and …
An additional financial boost of USD 17.4M was received yesterday from the World Bank’s International Development Association credit. The money would be used to finance the second urban development project, in that to improve infrastructure services in northern Thimphu and support implementation of the urbanisation policies under the 11th Plan. …
BHOPAL: Rapid urbanization and change in lifestyle are leading to a rise in cases of itchy, flaky rashes on kids' skin, experts said. Called paediatric atopic dermatitis (PAD), skin ailment affects one in every 10 children in the city. The condition affects young and old children. Experts attending a CME …
FORMER head of state and All Progressive National caucus member, General Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday commissioned 75-kilometer road constructed by the administration of Gov. Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar at the cost of N7.1 billion. Addressing hundred of people gathered to witness the event shortly after commissioning the project at Kaura Namoda council, …
Victorian government commits $250,000 a year to landmark in move seen as ‘win-win’ for council and conservationists Controversial plans to build a tourist resort at Victoria’s Hanging Rock have been scrapped after the state government committed $250,000 a year to maintain the landmark. The funding, announced on Friday, will fund …
Many trees have been felled in the name of development, complain residents Is Bezawada going the Hyderabad way in losing the green cover? Yes, feel many residents. Rising apartment culture, real estate boom and road widening works, the big and shade-providing trees are slowly but surely vanishing in different areas …
Administrator Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Rauf Akhtar Farooqui on Wednesday said that KMC has decided to include more than 100 uplift schemes worth over Rs13billion in upcoming fiscal year 2014-15 including construction of seven flyovers and three major roads in different areas of the metropolis. While addressing a review meeting at …
ISO 37120 establishes definitions and methodologies for a set of city indicators to steer and measure delivery of city services and quality of life. As part of a new series of International Standards being developed for a holistic and integrated approach to sustainable development and resilience, this set of standardized …
The United States has pledged to provide $90 million for the construction of Kalat-Quetta-Chaman Highway (N-25), according to an agreement here signed on Monday. Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, National Highways Authority (NHA) Chairman Shahid Ashraf Tarrar and US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson signed the agreement. …
Local people have protested the ongoing construction of a road near the no man’s land in the Indian side, saying that it is likely to inundate Hiraminiya, Bhawaniyapur and Piprahawa VDCs as it lacks proper drainage system. Rishiraj Gautam, secretary of Hiraniminiya VDC, said the villages may be at risk …
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests, conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India Environment Portal, 03 - 10 May, 2014.
Rapid urbanisation, road expansion, infrastructure projects and expansion of Delhi Metro are being blamed for dwindling green cover in the national Capital, which resulted in the increase of suspended particulate matter (SPM) in the air. According to reports by Forest Survey of India (FSI), in 2011, Delhi’s green cover reduced …
The emerging markets of India, Brazil, and China in particular, have been the story of the century so far, with rapid economic development driving poverty reduction and rising prosperity on an unprecedented scale. Meanwhile, having recovered from a profound financial crisis, most of the developed world is starting to return …
Vehicular pollution is the major reason for increase in asthma cases, say city doctors on World Asthma Day which falls on the first Tuesday of May every year (May 6). A majority of respiratory physicians in the city say that out of the total number of out-patients, around 50 per …
The forest department has decided to send a fresh proposal to the state government for the construction of a 25-km cycle track that it had planned in the interiors of Harsul, Peth and surrounding areas. The department is also planning for an alternative route for the track and will be …
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests, conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India Environment Portal, 27 April - 03 May 2014.
To encourage adoption of new materials and technology in road construction, the Highway Ministry has formulated a policy where new technology can be adopted through pilot projects. To try the new technology, the incremental cost of adopting the new technology as against the tried and tested methods will have to …
While social activist Aires Rodrigues has approached the high court of Bombay at Goa against the proposed concretization of the Miramar-Dona Paula road alleging that public funds are being squandered, the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) will discuss the issue threadbare at its general body meeting on May …
