Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The waste management scenario in Coimbatore was lagging behind due to inadequate infrastructure and was unable to meet the norms stipulated under the MSW Rules, 2000. Hence, the SWM project under JnNURM was prepared with a view to augment the existing solid waste management system by adopting an integrated approach.
The city's development authority has sought central government funding for setting up an infrastructure project to allocate water from Surya dam in Thane to areas such as Vasai, Virar and the Mira-Bhayander belt. The MMRDA wrote to the Union Urban Development ministry last month requesting for 35 per cent funding …
Project estimated to cost 6,500 cr; funds to be sought from World Bank The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has embarked on an ambitious plan to interlink 56 lakes in the City by connecting them to stormwater drains (SWDs). The lakes in Dasarahalli, Mahadevapura and Bommanahalli will be considered for the …
Many A Slip To The Sip • 30 Number of Indian cities where private sector and MNCs have been roped in by civic bodies to manage the water supply. • 0 No project has so far delivered on lofty commitments; most continue to face major opposition from the consuming public …
Lucknow: The department of urban development is all set to send a proposal worth Rs 1,000 crore to the Centre for carrying out civic projects under the flagship scheme, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The funding will cater mainly to cities like Lucknow, Agra, Meerut and Kanpur. The …
The projects would be finalised and sent for central approval by month-end The Uttar Pradesh government is preparing a blueprint for 'slum-free cities' in 21 urban centres under the centrally-sponsored Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY). The projects estimated at Rs 1,000 crore would be finalised and sent for central approval by …
Rajahmundry: Urbanisation and migration of wage seekers is the cause of the sharp rise in slums in the city. In East Godavari, both the commercial city Rajahmundry and port city Kakinada are plagued with increasing slums in the last decade. As per Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas …
Pune: The Development Plan (DP) for the old city areas has insisted on the formulation of a long-term strategy to tackle water supply-related problems. It requires rigorous distribution, modeling and amalgamation of the present network after carrying out detailed distribution and sufficiency analyses, and pressure monitoring. “A master plan considering …
'Second phase of Kudcemp work will deal with water supply' The urban development department is pursuing the proposal to include Mangalore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM), said Urban Development Minister Vinaya Kumar Sorake. Chairing a meeting to review the progress of various development work in the …
Government has ordered constitution of District Level Review and Monitoring Committees (DLRMC) to ensure satisfactory implementation of projects and schemes under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The DLRMC will be headed by the Member of Parliament representing the concerned district. Its members will comprise all MLAs of the …
'There was no Monitoring Cell to supervise expenditure incurred by Panchayat Raj bodies' The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) found serious lapses in the implementation of water quality component of National Rural Drinking Water Programme in the Sate. The CAG, in a report on Local Bodies for the …
Coimbatore Corporation is going to replicate a Singapore power project that utilises domestic waste to generate electricity. Mayor S.M. Velusamy told journalists here on Thursday that half the 800 tonnes of waste generated every day in the city was disposed of through landfills at Vellalore, and the rest could be …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said Tuesday the state government is preparing a “Master Development Plan-2031” for Faridabad and assured industry all its present problems will be addressed by it. Hooda, who was addressing industrialists at the 60th AGM of the Faridabad Industries Association, which is celebrating its diamond …
Hyderabad: The planning commission appreciated Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy’s welfare initiatives including the ‘Bangaru Talli’ (monetary assistance to girl child) and approved the annual plan of Rs 53,000 crore. The plan expenditure in the state Budget grew by 8.2 per cent against Rs 48,935 crore in 2012-2013. The state …
HYDERABAD: The state government will send proposals worth Rs 2, 122 crore to the Centre under the JNNURM scheme for infrastructure projects including construction of grade separator at Tolichowki, railway under bridge (RUB) at Uttam Nagar and development of new roads including link road from Raj Bhavan to Begumpet. This …
Projects include purchase of new buses, construction of flyovers and underpasses, and laying of new roads. With the aim of improving civic infrastructure in Bangalore and Mysore, the State government has sent proposals for at least 30 projects worth Rs 1,600 to the Centre under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban …
New Delhi: A controversy seems to be in the making between the urban development (UD) ministry and the road transport ministry on specifications of low-floor buses with both coming up with their own norms for “commuters’ convenience”. Recently, the UD ministry came out with a fresh set of specifications for …
In the 'Report to the People', released by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi on the fourth anniversary of UPA-II, the government presented figures to highlight growth in employment and doubling of wages under MNREGA, three-fold increase in food subsidy, growth in social sector schemes and tele-density. …
Apprehensions are rife over the amount of water to be supplied by the Kerala Water Authority to the city once the Rs 201-crore Maradu Water Treatment Plant is commissioned. As per the original detailed project report (DPR) 52 per cent of the water recycled at the treatment plant with a …
SHILLONG: The Government-run public transport system in the city – the SPTS bus service and the SSPTS maxi taxi service – has been appreciated by the Central Government, Principal Secretary, Urban Affairs, P Naik claimed here. Naik informed that a meeting was held in New Delhi recently on the JNNURM …
