Urban Planning

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding deterioration of Nayar river, Uttarakhand, 05/06/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …

City master plan gets approval

Aug. 22: The revised master plan for the core city area, spread over 172 sq km of the erstwhile MCH, has been finally approved by the state government. The Chief Minister will release a CD containing the new master plan on August 24, which will be on sale to the …

Abad Metropolitan Region plan gathering dust

Two Years After CEPT Submitted Report On AMR, Ambitious Project Still Embroiled In Political & Regional IssuesPaul John | TNNAhmedabad: Size does matter for Ahmedabad especially after the registrar general announced the Ahmedabad Urban Agglomeration (AUA) some time back

Resolve pending issues related to Master Plan

NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi's Mater Plan Implementation Committee chairman Ved Prakash Gupta called on Urban Development Ministry Joint Secretary M. M. Kutty this past week regarding pending issues related to implementation of the Master Plan for Delhi-2021. These issues have already been placed before the Lieutenant-Governor for …

A new urbanism in Mysore?

Money comes into Mysore, especially for real estate transactions, not only through legal, banking channels but also in gunny bags, and that has been a common practice. Real estate transactions, with the exception of new apartments purchased from builders, generally include both a legal white money payment through a bank …

Amendment to TCP Act: GBA?says no

Says Bill seeks to allow development on hill slope, fields, khazan lands etc PANJIM, JULY 25 Goa Bachao Abhiyan has strongly objected to the proposed introduction of a new Bill to amend the Goa Town and Country Planning Act in the current session of the Goa Legislative Assembly. In the …

No environment clearance taken from ministry for Aerocity

Chandigarh Clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests mandatory for all townships and area development projects that cover an area of more than 50 hectares or 124 acres The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) was in such a tearing hurry to launch the 1,000-acre Aerocity township project that …

City to be showcased in Europe

Ahmedabad: The city and new Raipur have been chosen by the European Commission promoted body called International Co-operation for New Town Exchange (ICNTE) to showcase some of the best municipal practices before member nations. The two cities would be the sole representatives for the country at the convention. The ICTNE …

Master plan before Dec 2011

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The master plan for Thiruvananthapuram will be published before December 2011, Local Self-Government Minister Paloli Mohammed Kutty told the Assembly on Wednesday. In a written reply to the House, the Minister said that steps were taken to issue it before December 31, 2011, the deadline stated in the budget …

Hoshangabad: towards city-wide sanitation

This report aims guiding through next steps in achieving the goal of total sanitation for Hoshangabad. The report analyses various city-wide or Strategic level sanitation technical options available for Hoshangabad and lays down road map for achieving total sanitation.

Draft master plan Amritsar 2010-2031

Considering the role and importance of rational and orderly growth of urban centers, the Government of Punjab intends to streamline the development process in urban settlements to ensure that these settlements continue to achieve their objectives of improved efficiency and productivity. Accordingly, it is desirable to have a stringent check …

Regularisation of unauthorised colonies being speeded up

NEW DELHI: Delhi Urban Development Minister A. K. Walia on Thursday said the Delhi Government has stepped up the process of regularisation of 1,639 unauthorised colonies that were given provisional regularisation certificates in 2008. Dr. Walia, who chaired a high-level meeting on the issue, said the Urban Development Department intends …

Panels formed to prepare master plan

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As part of the efforts to find solution to the issues related to land acquisition for Guruvayur Devaswom, the Government has constituted two committees to prepare a master plan. Briefing mediapersons here on Thursday after a meeting in this regard, Devaswom Minister Kadannappally Ramachandran said the master plan would …

Uniform rules for special buildings in 9 planning areas

The regulations include provisions for areas where multi-storeyed buildings are permissible and correlating the height of multistoreyed buildings with the width of the abutting road THE Tamil Nadu government will implement the uniform guidelines relating to special buildings, multi-storeyed buildings, group developments, layouts and sub-divisions in nine planning areas and …

Meet on master plan for the city

KOCHI: The failure to implement projects formulated to manage domestic waste at its place of origin has led to the current waste management crisis in the city, former Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary P C Cyriac said here on Saturday. Inaugurating the public meeting on

City master plan to be ready soon

Hyderabad, June 8: Final touches are being given to the revised master plan for core city that covers the 172-sq-km area of the erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad spread across the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has almost completed incorporating changes in the …

Green economy: developing countries success stories

The economic analysis in the Green Economy Report builds in part on the encouraging signs and results of many initiatives around the world. A number of these come from developing countries, including emerging economies, and illustrate a positive benefit stream from specific green investments and policies, that if scaled up …

Humanization of tall buildings: Case study of the city centre of Melbourne in Australia

This research deals specifically with urban planning by focusing on passages connecting tall buildings. Tunnels built in the air, and connecting tall buildings create human passage ways for people to walk through. Australia

Orissa climate change action plan 2010-2015: draft

This draft action plan on climate change by the Orissa government proposes strategies to move towards as a carbon conscious and climate resilient state. It envisages an outlay of around Rs 17,000 crore in 11 key sectors over the next five years and with this, Orissa is the first state …

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