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. …
PANJIM: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar led House Committee, constituted to look into the issues pertaining to the traditional inhabitants, who were served demolition notices by local panchayats as per Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification 2011, will be having its first seating next week. Environment Minister Alina Saldanha said that the …
Report of Madhav Gadgil-headed Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel The report of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) headed by Madhav Gadgil has generated much heat and dust in Kerala, with environmental activists and pro-development experts adopting diametrically opposing views. But meaningful debate on the issue has been hampered …
New Delhi In a bid to spur real estate players to build homes for the low-income population, the proposal to allow them to access end-use linked external commercial borrowings (ECBs) for low-cost housing will soon be implemented. According to a senior government official, “the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is …
PANJIM: Goa Government on Wednesday constituted a House Committee led by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to look into the issues pertaining to the traditional inhabitants, who have been issued notices by local panchayat for demolition of houses under CRZ rules 2011. The issue was raised on the floor of the …
Agartala: To ensure development of forest-dwelling communities, the Tripura Government has designated as many as 62 locations in remote parts of the state as ‘Forest Village’, said state Forest Minister Jitendra Choudhury. In such locations the state government had already extended development projects for 1508 people of 236 tribal families …
Wave would develop 1,400 housing units with a starting price of over Rs 1 crore, 900 studio flats, 370 high street comples and more Wave Infratech, the realty arm of Ponty Chadha's Wave Group, today said that Noida Authority has approved the master plan for its ambitious Rs 10,000 crore …
Reiterating its stand on the Adarsh housing society, a former Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) official told a judicial panel here on Monday that the building has to be demolished as it does not have environmental clearance. Former MoEF director Bharat Bhushan told a two-member inquiry commission set …
Reiterating its stand on the Adarsh housing society, a former Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) official told a judicial panel here today that the building has to be demolished as it does not have environmental clearance. Former MoEF director Bharat Bhushan told a two-member inquiry commission set up …
The controversial Adarsh housing society building did not have a Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance from either the state or central government, a former environment ministry official told the Adarsh commission on Monday. The statement was made by Bharat Bhushan, a former director of the Union Ministry of Environment and …
Having exhausted most of its land bank, the Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) is planning to take up joint ventures with private land owners in the city, as well as in other parts of the State. According to sources in TNHB, the proposal has been initiated as there is a …
Land Acquisition, Tardy Planning To Blame Jaipur: Jaipurites dreaming of owning a house in the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) proposed schemes may have to wait longer with several projects hitting a roadblock. Land acquisition is plaguing as many as six colonies proposed by the authority. Lack of planning is another …
The city will lose more of its green cover to pave way for houses. On Friday, the Tree Authority committee, chaired by municipal commissioner Sitaram Kunte, gave its approval to axe 481 trees in Goregaon (East) for construction of residential buildings. According to Tree Authority, the proposal was submitted by …
Not applicable to towns and cities; Opposition criticises Bill in Council The Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Bill, 2012, to regularise unauthorised houses built on government land in places other than towns and cities, was approved in both Houses of the legislature on Thursday. While members across parties welcomed the bill …
This study, which uses a resilience strategy document developed for Gorakhpur as a baseline, suggests potential entry points for climate adaptation in the existing policy and regulatory framework. It also identifies specific action points that may be taken up at the city and state level to mainstream climate resilience.
Social enterprises (SEs) have the potential to make India’s spectacular growth story work better for its poor citizens. Currently, India’s rapidly growing economy has not managed to alleviate the extreme poverty of nearly half the country’s population that lives below the $1.25 per day poverty line. There are several reasons …
Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) is a flagship scheme of the Ministry of Rural Development to provide houses to the poor in the rural areas. The objective of the Indira Awaas Yojana is primarily to help in construction/upgradation of dwelling units of rural BPL householders belonging to members of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled …
Lucknow In a move that could push up up the price of land across Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authorities, land acquisition rates as well as the land development rates in these three areas have been hiked substantially between 20-40% across all categories, including residential, commercial, industrial …
Compensation To Farmers For Acquisition Goes Up By 10.4% . Noida/Greater Noida: Buying a house or land in Noida, Greater Noida and the Yamuna Expressway areas has become costlier. In a board meeting held on Wednesday, the three development authorities announced a substantial hike in the allotment price across all …
Bhopal: Thousands of acres of slum land in four major cities of Madhya Pradesh may go into the hands of private builders, if the proposal mooted by the housing and environment department under the plan to make the cities slum-free, is any indication. The plan will cause major urban displacement …
Collector can order closure of buildings not conforming with safety parameters The district administration is gearing up to crack down on high rise buildings in the city functioning with scant regard for fire safety measures. District Collector P.I. Sheikh Pareed told The Hindu that suo motu inspections will be carried …
