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. …
The economy of Delhi is estimated to have grown at 8.61 per cent in 2018-19, according to the Economic Survey Report tabled in the Assembly. The advance estimate of the gross state domestic product (GSDP) of Delhi at current prices during 2018-19 is likely to attain the level of Rs …
The quality of housing has major implications for people’s health. Poor housing is associated with a wide range of health conditions such as respiratory diseases including asthma, cardiovascular diseases, injuries, mental health and infectious diseases including tuberculosis, influenza and diarrhoea. . Housing is becoming increasingly important to public health due …
Environment Ministry delegates to local bodies the power to give environmental clearances for realty project The Centre’s move to grant local bodies the power to give environmental clearances for realty projects will reduce the gestation period, bringing down overall costs and making houses cheaper for buyers. A notification by the …
Sierra Leone's capital Freetown must tackle deforestation, poor housing and decrepit drainage if it is to prevent the next disaster, its mayor said one year after a devastating mudslide killed an estimated 1,000 people and left thousands of others homeless. Rapid urbanisation in the growing city is driving residents to …
AHMEDABAD: Mahila Housing Trust (MHT), based in Ahmedabad, has been conferred the Climate Resilience Award by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the US, as part of the Climate CoLab Contest — Absorbing Climate Impacts 2018. The contest sought solutions for developing a ‘climate risk insurance’ that could be merged with …
GOPALPUR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Every year, Neelabeni and her family await the monsoon with trepidation in their mud-and-brick home in an informal settlement near the coast in Odisha. Nearly every year, cyclones that brewed in the Bay of Bengal would damage the nearly 300 homes in their settlement …
Granting small loans to help low earners in Africa's rapidly growing cities build their own homes could help solve a looming housing crisis, experts said on Thursday. About 40 percent of Africa's one billion people already live in towns and cities and the World Bank predicts the urban population will …
UN-Habitat and partners have published a new report called the SDG 11 synthesis report outlining the international community’s progress towards the so called ‘urban goal’ and the challenges faced. The report’s publication coincides with the first discussion at the annual High Level Political Forum in New York of SDG 11, …
NEW DELHI: Green area will increase three times after the redevelopment of seven government colonies in Delhi, housing and urban affairs ministry claimed on Thursday citing official data. It said the existing 3.83 lakh sq m green area will increase to 10.69 lakh sq m in these parts of south …
The first part of a series on NDA govt's flagship schemes looks at housing for all Affordable homes in Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Gurugram and Noida are moving at a fast clip On November 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) – Gramin with the …
NEW DELHI: In its effort to make 'housing for all by 2022' a reality, the Centre has proposed to ease green norms for the building and construction sector where projects up to 50,000 sq metres will not require prior 'environmental clearance'. The environment ministry had last week issued a draft …
At least 16 per cent households in the capital still do not have access to piped water supply, states the Economic Survey of Delhi 2017-18. As opposed to 81.3% in 2015, 83.42% of households in Delhi received piped water supply in 2016 says the Economic Survey of Delhi, 2017-18. As …
In a bid to make available houses at affordable prices to the lower income groups in the state, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has offered major concessions for developing colonies that will offer affordable houses to the needy. For this purpose the department has come up with an …
The Union Cabinet today approved the creation of National Urban Housing Fund (NUHF) with Rs 60,000 crore in its kitty. An official statement said this fund would be situated in Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC), an autonomous body registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 under the Ministry …
Kayunga Town Council has vowed to reject any building plans where developers lack water-borne sanitation facilities. This implies that for developers who plan to use only the traditional pit-latrines on their buildings, their plans will not be considered. Kayunga Town Clerk, Ms Margaret Nansubuga, says council passed the resolution in …
As federal and private estate developers search for affordable housing for all Nigerians, an expert has put the country’s current housing deficit at about 17 million. This was disclosed over the weekend in Calabar at the official signing and handing over ceremony of Olive Crest Estate site to Afriprops. The …
Work at BMC's environment cell that had been set up for speedier processing of project proposals has come to a standstill. Since its formation in July last year, it could give green signal to only four projects despite receiving 32 files. The functioning of the cell was crippled after the …
Their non-profit social enterprise Earth Enable ,based one hour from ,Kigali now helps to improve the quality of life for families throughout the country. Their aptly named “earthen floors” are made without industrial .They use machinery from a mixture of compacted, locally sourced materials — gravel, sand and clay. It …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Sudhir Dahiya Vs. M/s. J.M. Housing Ltd. & Others dated 22/12/2017 regarding violation of environment clearance (EC) conditions by J.M. Housing Ltd., Uttar Pradesh. Court issues notice to MoEF, UPPCB and lists the matter on 13/02/2018.
Realising the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement will require a coherent and self-reinforcing policy programme to deliver compact and connected urban development. In this context, there is a need for effective coordination across the boundaries of established policy sectors: spatial planning, transport, housing, industry and environment. This report …
