The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday announced the constitution of a separate dedicated corporation for the implementation of urban development schemes in Bihar. Inaugurating the Chief Minister Urban Development Scheme here, Mr. Kumar said urban local bodies receive monetary help for taking up different development schemes but in …
NEW DELHI: Questioning the bona fides of the National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on their shifting stands over the construction of the Commonwealth Games Village along the Yamuna riverbed in East Delhi, the Delhi High Court …
Environmental quality assessment is essential for urban development. Rapid urbanisation has made it all the more essential now than before. But there is dearth of appropriate techniques to assess urban environment quality (UEQA). Here is a technique that is feasible, flexible and valid.
Planning for development in rapidly urbanizing Asia requires a fresh look. This book contrasts the urban development experiences and practices of the two giant countries in Asia: the People
Supreme Court orders worry Mumbai residents Mobile hoarding vans that advertise brands, bollywood films, saas-bahu serials among other products will remain on Mumbai roads, said a September 4 Supreme Court order. The same day, the court ordered redevelopment of dilapidated buildings built before 1940. These orders overruled Bombay High Court
All commercial, institutional and hotel buildings, which use hot water, will have to install a solar water heating system of adequate capacity. The existing buildings which do not have this facility will provide it within one year from the date the orders are notified in the official gazette. UT Chief …
NAGPUR: It was a temptation that 65-year-old Daulat Moon could not resist. The deal was too big for him to reject: Rs 40 lakh per acre of land or a little less than Rs100 per sq feet.
By Rashme Sehgal New Delhi, Oct. 7: Delhi Lt. Gov. Tejendra Khanna, chairman, Yamuna River Development Authority, has finally announced a moratorium on future construction along the flood plain of the Yamuna. Mr Khanna announced this decision during the course of a meeting with water activists who are part of …
There is an unacceptably weak global policy response to the water and sanitation crisis in the rapidly expanding slum areas of the developing world. Without a serious commitment to redress the low political and financing priority given to sanitation and water in housing and urban development, and slum upgrading, the …
The North East Region (NER) refers collectively to the eight states located in the midst of the East Himalayan region in the north-eastern part of India, constituting Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. The region is well endowed with natural resources and ideal climatic conditions for …
There is growing recognition on the part of policymakers that cities play a crucial role in the national economy, and current policies mark a significant rupture from those followed over the years. Based on two compelling, though not fully comparable, case studies of Hyderabad and Mumbai, this article argues that …
There is growing recognition on the part of policymakers that cities play a crucial role in the national economy, and current policies mark a significant rupture from those followed over the years. Based on two compelling, though not fully comparable, case studies of Hyderabad and Mumbai, this article argues that …
Finally, Delhi gets its first fully automated multi-level parking lot. The system at Delhi HC will house over 1,500 cars Megha Suri | TNN After years of contemplation, the Capital will finally be getting its first fully automated multi-level parking lot where vehicles will be parked without any human intervention. …
SRINAGAR, Sep 22: If all goes as planned, the streets of Srinagar may soon be illuminated as the Srinagar Municipal Corporation is contemplating to install street lights across the city. Informed sources said, sodium-vapour lights
Ahmedabad: Will the city be grey or green? That's the question before Ahmedabad's citizens and its civic body as a slew of mega civic projects swamp the city, from Bus Rapid Transit System to Kankaria Lake Front Development, Sabarmati River Front Development and numerous other flyovers and railway overbridges. This …
AHMEDBAD: The axe is ready to fall on builders, real-estate developers and mall owners who have till now flouted tree norms with impunity while constructing swanky malls, shopping arcades and multiplexes. One visit to any one of the malls on Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway or at Law Garden gives the real picture …
DH News Service, Bangalore: The High Court has ordered maintenance of status quo in the land acquisition from a petitioner for the Metro Rail project at Jayanagar South End Circle. Hearing a petition by M J Sumanth and four others, Justice Abdul Nazeer has ordered an emergent notice to the …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government has constituted a State Mission on Urban Poverty to bring down the number of poor living in the towns and cities to half by 2015. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje had announced the decision to establish the mission in her Budget speech in the Assembly earlier this …
