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 …
Critically polluted cities in India need a massive transition to public transport, running on clean fuel, so that they can deal with the challenge of pollution and congestion. This was the verdict of the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA), the pollution monitoring arm of the Supreme Court, which …
MUMBAI: With the July 26, 2005, floods still fresh in public memory, the civic body continues in its quest for a flood-free Mumbai. The Chitale Committee, set up immediately after the calamity, recommended that the existing network of Storm Water Drains (SWD) be augmented to cater to a rainfall intensity …
HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, JAN 28 The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) is proposing to move the High Court to pre-empt moves being made to take back land handed over to it at Bainguinim for its solid waste management and treatment plant. The Mayor Tony Rodrigues said,
Ahmedabad : City's outskirts like Bopal, Mehmdavad, Dehgam, Kalol and Sanand are on state urban development department's radar. This is because Rs 100 crore corpus fund for development activities instituted by JnNURM. Funds are being instituted by union urban development ministry with a view of developing satellite towns around JnNURM …
HERALD REPORTER Forms panels to quickly okay projects PANJIM, JAN 21 In a bid to tap central funding under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNURM) for development works for Panjim, the State-level Steering Committee has constituted sub-committees to identify priority projects for approval on a fast track. During a …
Ahmedabad : Eyeing the rolling stock fund under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has put a parking policy on fast track. The fund, offered by the Union urban ministry to be used for procurement of BRTS buses for the city, requires certain urban reforms …
Special Correspondent CHENNAI: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi will lay the foundation stone on February 9 for the Rs.369-crore project to interlink the Tamirabarani river with the Karumeniyar and Nambiar, Governor Surjit Singh Barnala told the Assembly on Wednesday. The project envisaged diversion of surplus water of the Tamirabarani to dry …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Local Administration Minister Paloli Mohammedkutty has said that an amount of Rs 387 crore has been earmarked for various projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram cities. The Minister said here in a statement that the Union Government would provide 80 percent …
All City areas would come under BMC piped water supply network. As the Union Urban Development Ministry on Wednesday cleared Rs 415.45 crore Water Supply Distribution Network Project for Bhopal under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). In a meeting at New Delhi, the Central Sanction and Monitoring …
KOLKATA, Jan. 16: The state government will seek Rs 150 crore from the Union urban development ministry to replace the 15-year-old buses and minibuses which had been banned by the Calcutta High Court from plying on the Kolkata streets from 1 April onwards. According to estimates by the state transport …
15 Jan 2009, 0015 hrs IST, Megha Suri, TNN NEW DELHI: In a move that could push more reforms in the Capital's transportation system, the state government is approaching the Centre to fund new buses required for operation on the two Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors being planned in the …
New Delhi: The Union Urban Development Ministry on Monday announced a scheme under the second phase of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) as an incentive to cities and states across the country to implement modern bus systems, in particular the Bus Rapid Transit System. Urban Development Secretary M …
Guidelines announced by the Ministry of Urban Development on funding of buses for urban transport under JNNURM. Under this, one-time assistance will be provided to all mission cities for the purchase of buses for urban transport systems till June 30. Under the second stimulus package announced by the Government on …
A national mission to make investments in 63 Indian cities over seven years has run half its course, but there are concerns about how projects are being chosen and whether all the money and effort will finally deliver an improved and inclusive urban environment. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal …
The Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) aims to pursue reform, good governance and planned development in urban areas. It seeks to set up participatory, transparent and accountable processes, mechanisms and institutions to enable all citizens - poor and rich, men and women
This study compares basic transport and air quality indicators for 12 Indian cities. These indicators are reported in city development plans, comprehensive mobility plans, comprehensive traffic and transport studies and detailed project reports submitted to the Ministry of Urban Development between 2005 and 2007. The list was created with an …
Durgapur has been chosen as the best city in the country in managing solid waste. The Durgapur Municipal Corporation received the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) Excellence award in the
