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 Congress Government in Rajasthan is going whole hog on the ambitious plan for providing 10 lakh dwelling places for the rural poor in the next three years. The scheme titled,
JAIPUR: The Jaipur Development Authority's (JDA) dream to launch its biggest housing scheme at Ninder fall flats as the authorities are facing problems in acquiring land, a majority of whom are private land owners. In December 2010, the JDA had proposed this scheme on 1,100 bighas of land at Ninder …
Farmers of Mushtagi in the district parted with their fertile land for a proposed sugar industry, five years ago. Farmers protest in Yadgir on Wednesday, demanding return of their land that was taken over for a sugar factory. They waited for the factory to come up, hoping they could get …
In the absence of ration card, many homeless are not entitled to welfare benefits offered by the government CHENNAI: The voters' identity card of 28-year-old homemaker B. Bavani gives her address as
GUWAHATI: Big cities in our country are dotted with slums and Guwahati is no exception. The Ministry of Housing and Poverty Allevation has taken up a Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) scheme and under this scheme the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC), along with the Assam Government, has taken …
The Sri Lankan government announced that it plans to construct 7,500 housing units for the urban poor who live in underserved settlements in Colombo and adjoining areas. Acting on a proposal put forward by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the government has launched a development programme through the Urban Development Authority (UDA) …
GUWAHATI: The Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY), under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, has been launched for slum dwellers and the urban poor on the lines of the Indira Awas Yojana for the rural poor. RAY is a right-based, reform-driven programme under the Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission …
In the first phase, they would be shifted to Bawana: Sheila Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday said about 6,000 families living in 33 jhuggi clusters would soon be rehabilitated by the Delhi Government. And in the first phase of the scheme, the families would be shifted to Bawana, she …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon rope in a non-governmental organisation (NGO) to assist with the rehabilitation of over 7,000 families under the Tansa rehabilitation project. With an aim to secure the water mains from pilferage, the BMC had begun the project to remove slumdwellers along the Tansa main …
It has been a week since underground water started overflowing from various outlets in the small town of Olpad, close to Surat city in south Gujarat. If anything, the situation has only worsened in the last one week or so. And now, neighbouring villages have reported the same problem. Ground-floor …
Internet giant Google has partnered with solar power installation company SolarCity to create a $280-million fund for financing residential solar projects. In a joint statement, SolarCity and Google
During a review meeting regarding implementation of rural development schemes in the state held by the Union minister for rural development and panchayat raj, Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Chief Minister Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy requested an allotment of Rs 11,600 crore for the state.
Rural households having a member earning more than Rs 10,000 a month or anyone serving in a government or government-aided organisation or owning a landline phone will not be included in the below poverty line (BPL) category in the new poverty census being conducted by states. However, the new census, …
170 twin houses to be built for 340 families, Chandy called for a detailed project report. He will attend launch of the scheme Kozhikode: The district administration has sanctioned Rs 15 crore to construct 170 twin houses for 340 families residing in Bangladesh colony, Of this, Rs.12.61 crore would be …
Landowners, whose land and dwelling units have been acquired by a government agency or a private builder for a residential, institutional, industrial or integrated mixed land use estate, will no longer be left shelter-less. The acquiring agency will have to provide a built-up house within two years from the date …
The UPA government is aggresively pursuing its flagship housing project for slum dwellers, the Rajiv Awas Yojna (RAY), to bring in the second phase of urban reforms. The Centre is holding talks with state governments and seeking their cooperation to roll out the project that promises a slum-free India in …
AHMEDABAD: The state-owned Gujarat Housing Board (GHB) plans to launch housing schemes in Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Vadodara for lower income group (LIG) and middle income group (MIG) in the next one year. The move will ensure large housing supply in urban areas. Property rates have gone up beyond the reach …
The Union government will set up an independent financial institution to give funds for effective functioning of the self-help groups (SHGs) and better empowerment of the rural poor. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi announced this while launching the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), which will be funded through financial institutions. As …
