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 …
Meghalaya looks set to lose around Rs 2,600 crore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission (JNNURM) as the Centre will be wrapping up the flagship scheme in less than two years. The Centre has targeted wrapping up the implementation of the JNNURM in the country by 2012. Former …
KOLKATA, 1 FEB: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will supply an additional 60 million gallon of water per day (MGD) to Salt Lake and north and central parts of the city from December this year, mayor, Mr Sovan Chatterjee said today. After visiting Indira Gandhi Water Treatment Plant at Palta …
The Meghalaya Government is in a fix about how to get the funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Meghalaya will be eligible for the JNNURM funds only after holding civic polls. The funds are intended to improve civic amenities in six districts and one sub-divisional headquarters …
Urban renewal, with a focus on inclusive development of urban centres, is one of the thrust areas in the National Common Minimum Programme and accordingly the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission was launched. This paper analyses the present urban development policies with a focus on coverage at the state …
As crude oil prices continue to rise, diesel price reform becomes even more essential. At stake is the longterm sustainable development of India. While the case for deregulation appears strong, diesel price control imposes many costs on our country. The current diesel subsidy of about Rs 7 per litre costs …
The Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has asked the Bhopal Development Authority to complete the process of allocating lands for construction of 5200 housing units under the Jawaharlala Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. He was discussing projects of Bhopal Development Authority at Mantralaya here today. The Chief Minister gave …
The UT Administration has made projections amounting to Rs 912.12 crore for the Annual Plan 2011-12. This includes Rs 663.42 crore under normal State Plan scheme and Rs 248.70 crore under Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission. The draft plan proposals for the annual plan were discussed in a meeting held …
Work on a Rs 1,357.71-crore plan to lay an interceptor sewer along three major drains to control pollution in the Yamuna is expected to start on June this year and will be completed in 36 months, a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) affidavit in the Supreme Court said on Monday. The …
The Rs. 11 crore third new water supply expansion project that would be launched by Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday would double the water supply to residents of the municipal limit, says it's Chairman R. Selvaraj. The two existing water schemes supply around 40 lakh litres a day …
The State Government has approved the selection of a Delhi based company by the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) for collection and disposal of garbage under the Solid Waste Management (SWM) programme being undertaken at a cost of `24.6 crore provided under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). …
There are a number of issues that need to be debated about India’s urbanization. While the popular perception is that of a deluge of migrants into urban areas, others (I among them) are concerned that our urbanization is too slow. There are questions of location – whether we seek to …
The author, who has been at the helm of the transportation affairs of the Railway Board, has brought out how the transport system in our cities impacts the quality of life of our population. Issues concerning noise and air pollution, congestion and accidents, which pose a serious threat to public …
The city's administration aims to elevate the stature of Coimbatore so that its infrastructure can compare with the best in the country. WHEN a slew of development projects were placed before successive meetings of the Coimbatore Corporation Council in 2005-06 for its approval, the refrain at every session was
Faridabad: Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda said here today that his government would try to find a permanent solution to the scarcity of potable water in the entire state. Addressing a meeting organised by Minister of State for Revenue and local MLA Shivcharan Sharma at the NIT Assembly constituency here, Hooda …
After rain water harvesting, it is mandatory for all new buildings to recycle grey water and use it for non- potable purposes. The civic body has passed the by-laws and included it in the development control (DC) rule to make it compulsory for all new residential and commercial building. Now …
Ramesh S Kebbehundi, December 10 The Kabini drinking water project is sure to take more months for completion, as deadlock over compensation to ryots continues, writes Ramesh S Kebbehundi The much-ambitious project of bringing water from the River Kabini to quench the thirst of Mysoreans is likely to be delayed …
The state capital can hope to bid adieu to water woes by August 2012 if everything goes as planned. Initial hiccups notwithstanding, a revamped water supply system under the Centre-sponsored Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) has finally started taking shape. Hyderabad-based IVRCL has begun work on the Rs …
JAIPUR: The Jaipur City Transport Service Limited, established in the Rajasthan Capital recently under the Bus Rapid Transit System scheme, has bagged the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission Urban Mobility Award-2010 for new technological applications and innovations. State Transport Minister Braj Kishore Sharma received the award from Union …
