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 …
New Delhi: The government’s ambitious national urban development plan will ease up on the reform agenda for state and municipal governments. This is a major departure from the take-it-or-leave-it set of reforms that stymied them from dipping into the R60,000-crore corpus of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). …
As government funds for sanitation are inadequate, the private sector should pool in. More people die from inadequate sanitation-related causes in India everyday than 10 aeroplanes filled with 200 people each. This has high economic costs. Therefore, achieving adequate sanitation is an imperative. A summary of the report on economic …
Businesses related to water may lack the glamour of sunrise sectors like education and healthcare, but it has attracted over 500 crore in private equity in the past year. The trickle will turn into a flood, says Ahona Ghosh. The inability of the state to deliver on basic services has …
Announcement comes at concluding session of ITS seminar The Union Urban Development Ministry will fund 80 per cent of the cost of preparing master plan/ detailed project report for intelligent transport system (ITS) in important cities across the country, including those in Karnataka. A senior Ministry official announced this at …
SHILLONG: After the successful implementation of the SPTS buses in the East Khasi Hills, the State Government has now decided to introduce ten buses, procured under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), in Jaintia Hills district. Urban Affairs Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh will formally flag off a fleet of …
It Will Also Introduce Hand Held Ticketing Machines Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Services (AMTS) is going in for a makeover. No more a city bus service, the AMTS is being groomed to play a larger role — feeder bus service for the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) and also …
LUCKNOW: Even after five years of its sanctioning by the Centre under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme, the much-awaited municipal solid waste (MSW) treatment plant in Lucknow remains a non-starter. There is no concrete affirmation as when the city will be free of garbage that gets …
1.43 lakh units for economically weaker sections: R.Vaithilingam The State will get an additional 1.85 lakh housing units in the next five years at a cost of Rs.17,230 crore. Of these, 1.43 lakh units would be for the economically weaker sections, R.Vaithilingam, Minister for Housing and Urban Development said on …
Meghalaya Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma has flagged off the Shillong Supplement Public Transport Services at U Soso Tham Auditorium here for the benefit of the people in the capital city. Twenty five vehicles have been flagged off and the remaining 15 vehicles will be put to operation within 15 …
The Delhi Jal Board has been given the go-ahead to expand its sewerage system in the city. At a Jal Board meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday, several key projects were discussed and approved. To lay a sewer network in the non-sewer areas of Delhi and trap …
The Chennai Corporation will construct a stormwater drain network, totalling nearly 800 km, in the areas that have been merged with it as part of the measures to prevent water-logging. The new areas come under the Corporation zones of Tiruvottiyur, Manali, Madhavaram, Ambattur, Valasaravakkam, Alandur, Perungudi and Sholinganallur. Areas where …
The Coimbatore Corporation is moving towards the status of a “Solar city”, which is aimed at reducing the conventional energy consumption by a minimum of 10 per cent at the end of five years, through a combination of enhancing supply from renewable energy sources and energy efficiency measures. The initiative …
Biometrics, UID methods used for identifying beneficiaries The Delhi Cabinet has approved certain amendments in guidelines for allotment of flats constructed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme for eligible slum dwellers in Delhi to facilitate grant of ownership rights to the allottees. Besides, bio-metrics and unique …
NEW DELHI: In a relief to slum dwellers, the Delhi government today decided to give ownership rights of flats given to them through a central city modernisation scheme after the 15-year lease period. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Delhi Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit …
Investment to be upped to Rs 2 lakh cr The Centre is working on a new Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) that will see more cities covered by the infrastructure improvement project, with a massive hike in investment. The Union Urban Development Ministry has started working on the …
The unused land of the FACT should be utilised for setting up a waste treatment plant, which can produce organic manure, suggested L.N. Sethumadhavan, a former member of the committee which drafted the solid waste management project report for Kochi Corporation. The organic manure production will complement the FACT's established …
From traditional means of palanquins to modern means of transportation, the face of Indian transportation system has progressed at a rapid pace since the inception of economic liberalization of the 1990s. India's public transports systems which is rising by almost 10% a year are among the most heavily used in …
The State Cabinet on Wednesday decided to make available Government security worth Rs387.40 crore under Integrated Housing and Slums Development Programme and Basic Services for Urban Poor. With this, decks have been cleared for the construction of 60,000 houses for the urban poor. Under Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme …
The Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand on Tuesday convened a meeting of senior officers to review the pace of progress of various schemes launched by the Municipal Corporation here today. He said mega development projects have been launched in the capital cities to upgrade urban infrastructure, adding that prestigious projects …
PANJIM: Whether it is a detailed project report (DPR) for solid waste management plant at Bainguinim or DPR for development of St Inez nullah, there’s no possibility either projects will receive funds under current phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme. Launched in 2007, JNNURM scheme …
