Order of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Samsuddin Jainulabiddin Shaikh & Others Vs The State of Gujarat & Others dated 06/05/2025. A petition was filed by 58 people who are residing near Chandola lake, Ahmedabad. The petitioners have constructed hutments along the periphery of Chandola lake. …
Rajahmundry: Urbanisation and migration of wage seekers is the cause of the sharp rise in slums in the city. In East Godavari, both the commercial city Rajahmundry and port city Kakinada are plagued with increasing slums in the last decade. As per Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas …
'Second phase of Kudcemp work will deal with water supply' The urban development department is pursuing the proposal to include Mangalore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM), said Urban Development Minister Vinaya Kumar Sorake. Chairing a meeting to review the progress of various development work in the …
Centre sanctions 50,000 additional houses to state this year Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Friday said, implementation of the Indira Awas Yojana, a housing scheme, was very poor in the state during the BJP regime. Implementation of the Indira Awas Yojana is very bad in the state. …
Mincing no words, Union Rural Development Minister Minister Jairam Ramesh today told the Congress Government in Karnataka that grants for various Central schemes would be withheld as done during the previous BJP regime if it does not deliver in implementing them. “If this government does not change the way the …
JAIPUR: In an attempt to woo the electorates ahead of assembly polls, chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday laid the foundation stone of a rehabilitation housing scheme for the residents of Sanjay NagarBhattaBasti under Rajiv Gandhi AwasYojana (RGAY). Gehlot also extended the date of ongoing "PrashasanShahronKe Sang" campaign. Touted as …
Titled as 'The Chennai Residential Real Estate Report', it also said the housing loan market of Chennai was expected to be Rs 800-900 crore, calculated on a monthly basis The demand for housing in Chennai is expected to be in the range of 30,000-35,000 units annually, driven mainly by IT …
It will allow developers to seek all permissions in a time bound manner Having paved the way for protection of consumers against inordinate delays in the completion of housing projects through the introduction of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2013, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation …
“We have refused permission unless we do an on-site inspection and see the actual situation,” said the Conservator of Forests The Delhi Government is all set to go for massive cutting down of trees to pave the way for flats for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) at Bawana, promised under …
Government has ordered constitution of District Level Review and Monitoring Committees (DLRMC) to ensure satisfactory implementation of projects and schemes under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The DLRMC will be headed by the Member of Parliament representing the concerned district. Its members will comprise all MLAs of the …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report, released recently, has states that the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has failed to implement housing projects taken up under the Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP). Of the 1,524 houses proposed to be built in the year 2007, only 63 houses …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has assured Arunachal Pradesh to consider more projects under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) to increase connectivity in this land–locked State. The assurance came when Chief Minister Nabam Tuki called on him at New Delhi yesterday, official sources informed here today. The present …
As part of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN), TERI has made an assessment of the risk and vulnerability of the city of Guwahati (Assam, India) and has prepared a detailed City Resilience Strategy (CRS). The focus of TERI's assessment is to facilitate adaptation initiatives and mainstream them …
ALLAHABAD: The city slums are set for a makeover. The slum dwellers would be provided concrete houses under a comprehensive project under the Rajiv Awaas Yojana. On Monday, a workshop was organized for the same where corporators and district authorities exchanged views, complaints and suggestions over it. District magistrate Raj …
Taking its sanitation drive a step further, the government has revised the guidelines of Indira Awas Yojana, making it mandatory for all houses constructed under the scheme to have a toilet. According to the Rural Development Ministry, currently only 21 per cent of IAY houses have toilets. IAY, launched in …
Loan granted under concessional International Development Association window on a long-term basis for 25 years The World Bank has approved a concessional loan of $100 million to the National Housing Bank (NHB) for implementation of low income housing programme. The loan has been granted under the concessional International Development Association …
Keen to take advantage of the decision of the United Progressive Alliance regime to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in the housing sector, the state government plans to set up satellite townships in the public private partnership mode. The Urban Development Department and the Town and Country Planning Department have …
Pune Bachao Samiti - a citizens' group has decided to approach the national green tribunal to raise issues pertaining to the development plan (DP) for the old city areas. "The committee has several objections regarding details given in the development plan about the existing land use and proposed land use. …
Highest priority to social services sector The Planning Commission today approved a Rs 27,072-crore Annual Plan for Haryana. The outlay includes Rs 7,513 crore for state public sector enterprises (PSEs) and Rs 1,559 crore for local bodies to be met from their own resources. The net State Plan outlay, excluding …
Mumbai: The state forest department wants to take over all vacant private forest land for which no building proposal has been sanctioned. Principal secretary (revenue and forests) Praveen Pardeshi said the department had made the demand before the Supreme Court, which is currently hearing various matters on the private forest …
Gujarat High Court on Friday directed the Central Government to decide within four weeks the issue of granting approval to the allocation of forest land to Essar Steel Ltd (ESL) near Hazira in Surat district. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J B Pardiwala, while disposing …
