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 …
City accounts for 34 of 90 locational clearance applications received and 7 of 8 projects sanctioned While the Maharashtra Government is encouraging special townships under the new housing policy and 90 applications for locational clearances have so far been received, Pune is emerging as one of their major destinations. It …
Aimed at meeting the skilled manpower shortage in the water supply and sanitation sector in the country, a state-of-the-art water training centre will come up in the National Capital Region.
The Centre is likely to launch a Rs 152 crore scheme for urban transport planning to encourage states to upgrade public transport systems which are crumbling in most cities, including the metros. The urban development ministry's programme, aimed at promoting eco-friendly, safe, comfortable and affordable public transport, will push cities …
Sahara raised unauthorised constructions, it says High Court pulls up LDA for carrying out late night demolitions Illegal acts of company deprived public of free access along area: plea The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday moved the Supreme Court questioning the interim relief granted by the Lucknow Bench of the …
DDA bans concrete construction on Yamuna banks Some more good news: Away from the Yamuna riverfront, renovation work under way at the ancient Humayun's Tomb in Delhi on Wednesday. In a development that has come as a big relief to environmentalists and conservationists in the Capital, the Delhi Development Authority …
The Citizens Welfare Committee has won the first round of battle against the South Goa Planning and Development Authority when the PDA handed over copy of the Outline Development Plan (ODP) for Margao to the activists. The plan, however, cost the CWC around Rs 1500
This study explores urban spatial growth patterns in three middle-sized Metropolitan Regions (MRs) in three world regions: Quito, Ecuador in Latin America; Xi
The Steering Committee of the Civil Aviation Ministry, which considered the proposals of the Karnataka government to set up greenfield airports at Gulbarga, Bijapur, Hassan and Shimoga, on Friday granted "in principle' approval for the projects. The approval is subject to the condition that the Standard Operating Procedure will be …
Under the new industrial policy announced in 2002 and the export-import policy announced thereafter, SEZs have been sought to be created in several parts of the country for promoting industrial production and export growth. Their strategic view was looking to target foreign investors in combination with domestic suppliers, in order …
Failing to kick-start its ambitious Rs 1,850 crore Nanocity project -building a sustainable city with world-class infrastructure - in Haryana's Panchkula district, Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia's company Nanocity Developers Pvt Ltd has initiated talks with private property developers to bail out the project. Confirming the company has finalised Parsvnath Developers …
The Union Government's plan to construct a heliport near the sprawling new Akshardham Temple on the Yamuna floodplains in the Capital has set off a wave of concern among activists fighting to save the grand old river. Reacting to the Central Government's statement that a suitable location was being sought …
As China continues to boom in the coming decades, it would be well advised to think big. Big cities, that is. So far the migration from rural areas that has driven China's growth has fed the rise of many cities, and this scattered pattern is magnifying the key problems of …
Bank team, state bodies try to identify financial resources for Rs 2.60 lakh-cr business plan In a boost to its much-touted plans to transform Mumbai into an international city and improve the quality of infrastructure in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the State Government is tapping financial sources to help …
Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy has come to the rescue of NGOs in the capital, who were being sealed out by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The minister asked the NGOs to suggest some norms and criteria that can provide the basis for regularisation of NGO activity in residential and …
It's a battle of the bulge in major cities of Uttar Pradesh. Be it Agra, or the more sedate towns of Aligarh and Meerut, the Manchester of the East Kanpur or pilgrims' delight Varanasi and Allahabad or the industrialised hub of the state, Ghaziabad-it has spread everywhere. The mounting pressure …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has just two day ago given its in principle clearance for the Rs 4,000-crore Navi Mumbai international airport. MoEF, in March, had deferred environment clearance for the project on the grounds that the airport would involve reclamation of low-lying areas in an ecologically …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday posted for hearing in July a writ petition filed by the residents of Rajouri Garden challenging certain provisions of the 2020 Master Plan for Delhi as being "arbitrary", "unreasonable" and "violative" of the citizen's Fundamental Rights. A bench of justices Arijit Pasayat and P. Sathasivam …
The city topped in the implementation of Jawaharlar Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). With abundant funds available the execution of the projects is going at a fast pace. According to sources, after Ahmadabad, Vijayawada stands in the best position in following the guidelines of the mission in the implementation of …
