Housing

Order of the High Court of Gujarat regarding illegal encroachments in and around Chandola lake, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 06/05/2025

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. …

Funds for Housing Urban Poor, Solar Power get Cabinet Okay

The central government has decided to establish a . 1,000 crore mortgage risk guarantee fund to facilitate lending for housing for the urban poor and also announced a low-cost housing scheme that could benefit from the funds. The union cabinet also approved a fund for solar power producers to cover …

Health in the green economy: health co-benefits of climate change mitigation housing sector

The WHO has launched a report on health co-benefits of climate change mitigation in the housing sector, the first of a new series of reports on health in the green economy. The series undertakes a systematic analysis of climate change mitigation and green growth strategies in five economic sectors: housing, …

Govt estimates housing shortage of 25 million

New Delhi: The proposed change in laws on rent control may come as a shock to tenats paying monthly rent of Rs 50 or 100. Though rent control is a state subject, the Centre is seeking adoption of the model law by mandating that only states that enact this law …

Development of slum areas Govt's top priority: Bhalla

JAMMU, Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla has said that the Government was committed to develop all underdeveloped bastis and slum areas by providing facilities like adequate drinking water, electricity, hospitals, education, road connectivity besides better lanes and drains. The Minister said this while interacting with the people …

Renovation of houses for tribal people under way in Anamalai Tiger Reserve

POLLACHI: The 130 houses of the tribal people in Kozhikamudhi, Erumaiparai and Koomatti hamlets in Anamalai Tiger Reserve area near Top Slip have been taken up for renovation at a cost of Rs 19.50 lakh. Tribal people have been living in these settlements for ages and are helping the Forests …

Model Property Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, 2011

An Act to provide for facilitation of inclusive growth and slum-free cities, including basic amenities and affordable housing to the slum-dwellers; for this purpose to lay down general principles applicable to slum-free cities in all spheres of government, to define the functions of State and Local governments in respect of …

Bhalla for visionary land use bill

SRINAGAR, A meeting of Select Committee on "the Jammu and Kashmir Prohibition on conservation of Agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes Bill 2011" was held under the chairmanship of the Minister for Revenue and Chairman Select Committee Raman Bhalla, here today. Threadbare discussion was held on various issues relating to the …

Slum Housing Project to provide basic facilities to urban poor

GUWAHATI, Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has come up with a new project called the Slum Housing Project with the objective of providing Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP). Talking to The Sentinel, a GMC official said,

Law in offing to ban conversion of farmland

The government has initiated a move to protect agricultural land in the wake of

Slum-free Hyderabad to be funded by Centre

In a major boost to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, the Central government has decided to fund the

Empower collectors to determine compensation to landholders

PANJIM, Goa State Law Commission has recommended that district collectors should be empowered to decide compensation to be paid to land holders in case their holdings are acquired by State government. The Commission

Kenya's Construction Boom Hurting Unique Game Park

A construction boom risks destroying a game park on the Kenyan capital's edge, where lions hunt in the shadows of skyscrapers, a wildlife official said. Nairobi has a population of about three million people but that is expected to surge to eight million within two decades, fuelling demand for housing …

Funds-starved CDA to launch another housing project

Capital Development Authority (CDA) has announced Park Enclave- an environmental friendly model housing project in the heart of Islamabad- consisting of 700 houses in phase-I and other 600 houses in phase

Farmers protest at RCC housing project

Several hundred farmers in the Rajshahi city on Monday staged a demonstration and submitted a memorandum to the deputy commissioner, protesting at the land acquisition by the Rajshahi City Corporation for its housing project. They said with this they would have to give up their land property for the seventh …

Upgradation of slum bastis Govt's priority: Bhalla

JAMMU, Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla, today said Government is launching several reformative measures to better living standards of urban slum population of the State. This was stated by the Minister while interacting with locals after assessing the development related problems of the residents of Kaccha Talab …

MCD sanitation staff to get houses

The sanitation workers of MCD, who do not have their own dwelling spaces in the city, will be allotted houses at concessional rates under Dr Ambedkar Housing Scheme. The scheme was launched here on Thursday to mark Dr Ambedkar Jayanti. The process of allotting houses to at least 254 sanitation …

Centre wakes up to housing deficit

6,000cr Likely To Be Approved For Rajiv Awas Yojana New Delhi: The UPA government

Cavelossim opposes Fisheries Dept proposal at Mobor

The gram sabha of Cavelossim Village Panchayat on Sunday opposed the land acquisition proposal of the Fisheries Department for the proposed construction of ship building, docking and repairs of boats at Mobor. Sarpanch Edwin Cardozo said the proposal to acquired 17800 square metres for the proposed ship building project has …

817cr funds lie unused as Maha is home to largest no. of urban poor

Maharashtra is home to the largest number of urban poor in the country, but Rs 817.63 crore meant to provide them basic amenities remain unused. Latest Union minister of housing and urban poverty alleviation figures reveal that the state has utilized only 42% of funds released under Jawaharlal Nehru National …

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