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 …
Digambar Kamat has been known to let things lie dormant and only make empty promises, writes Ervell E Menezes. The Regional Plan 2021 has been dormant for a couple of years after the Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) had started its protest over it as far back as 2006. Thankfully, the …
Sandeep Ashar / DNA Mumbai: Amidst heavy police bandobast, the demolition squad of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) pulled down a two-storey illegal structure at Versova on Thursday. The RCC structure, constructed along the coastline, was in violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms, said assistant municipal commissioner Ramesh …
As the Rs. 12,136-crore Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd (HMRL) project gets into the crucial financial bid stage, the Andhra Pradesh Government is planning to develop satellite townships along its course to encourage development of new areas and thereby help decongest the city. Following a review meeting of this major urban …
This recent HBF publication focuses on the role of cities in solving the climate crisis and presents models of sustainable architecture and urban planning. Visions of how cities should be built or transformed reflect the diversity of views and perspectives on how people will and should live in cities, since …
8 Rapid Rail Projects Planned To Check Permanent Migration Dipak Kumar Dash | TNN New Delhi: To check influx to the capital of vehicles as well as migrant families from nearby districts, the government plans to put in place eight suburban rail projects aiming to provide fast mass connectivity to …
The aim of World Health Day 2010 is to draw attention to urbanization and health, recognizing that in an increasingly urbanized world, health issues present new challenges that go far beyond the health sector and require action at the global, national, community, and individual levels. World Health Day 2010 is …
This report focuses on the links between urbanisation and environmental sustainability, looks at historical development of Indian cities and at the future of urbanization. Models the implications of different urban development trajectories, especially with regards to energy use and presents recommendations for sustainable urbanization in India This report is part …
Geomorphology is an important aspect which guides immensely in urban planning. Mapping of geomorphology not only gives an idea about the variations in landscape but also indirectly facilitates in evaluating the resources of an area. Present study shows the capability of satellite data in delineating major geomorphological units in an …
Cities represent a challenge and an opportunity for climate change policy. As the hubs of economic activity, cities generate the bulk of GHG emissions and are thus important to mitigation strategies. Urban planning will shape future trends and the concentration of population, socio-economic activity, poverty and infrastructure in urban areas …
Land is the heart of infrastructure development. The first India Infrastructure Report (IIR), which was brought out in 2001, identified the process of land acquisition as the most important structural constraint to the development of infrastructure. This IIR 2009 to examine various facets of
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurated the Delhi State Spatial Data Infrastructure Project at the Delhi Pavilion in the ongoing India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan here on Thursday. The geo-portal with geo-spatial data of the Capital has been developed by the Information Technology Department of the Delhi …
Amruta Dave Ahmedabad: If people are at the centre of planning than machines, it can help reduce carbon emissions in a city, said faculty at CEPT University Talat Munshi at the 10th international congress of Asian Planning School Association (APSA) on Tuesday. According to his argument, with rise in urban …
PRASHANT PANDEY Three more cities -- Ambala, Kanpur and Dehra Dun -- were on Wednesday included on the list of counter-magnet cities for the national capital region (NCR) with the aim to check migration in Delhi. The funding for the development projects in these cities may be made available through …
The urbanisation of the state has thrown up a number of challenges. The re-distribution of political power away from the villages, the migration of large numbers of people to cities (including from other states), the changing nature of the new economy, the threats to the environment and the character of …
M G Devasahayam Seawater desalination finds no mention in the Chennai Second Master Plan. Desalination plants are energy guzzlers and their cost of production would be high. Yet, the government is aggressively pursuing these projects CHENNAI Second Master Plan's (SMP) mission statement on water reads thus: "Provision of water supply …
Jam-bred wastage Rs 10 crore worth fuel wasted every day Rs 1.5 crore subsidy lost to exchequer 1.6 litres fuel lost to jam by each vehicle daily The Capital
M G Devasahayam The Second Master Plan has no mention of high-speed corridors or the likes. Yet what comes out as projects nowadays are nothing but such fancy plans There is a famous saying: "East is East and West is West
