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. …
Considering the inconvenience caused to the residents of the area, President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday ordered the relevant officials to stop the construction of the 7.5 km stretch of the roadway between Kirulapone and Ratmalana Maliban Junction, with immediate effect. This decision was taken by President Rajapaksa, following a special meeting …
Housing finance options for low-salary earners and the self-employed poor in India are severely limited and have significantly affected their housing conditions. A recent session of the governing council of UN-HABITAT focussed on this theme and emphasised the need to expand financing options. The Eleventh Five Year plan estimates the …
The Punjab government is considering to move a bill in the provincial assembly of Punjab to discourage setting up of housing schemes at cultivable land. This move is being made to ensure availability of maximum cultivable land for wheat and other produces, Senior Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab, Sardar Zulfiqar …
The country, at present, is facing a shortfall of 6 million housing units and in order to bridge this gap the government needs to provide adequate funding for House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC), Vice chairman, standing committee on housing and construction industry of FPCCI, Saleem Kassim Patel said.
Five months after the Tatas shifted their small car project from West Bengal, the group is set to launch a new project in the state from the Tata Housing stable. In two weeks, the first phase of an integrated township spread over 50 acres at Rajarhat, close to Kolkata, would …
With the CRZ issue taking the centre stage along the South Goa coastal belt ahead of the April 23 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress has promised to go any extent within the law to protect the houses of people affected by Bombay High Court order regarding CRZ violation. The promise …
T E Narasimhan / Chennai April 07, 2009, 0:49 IST The corpus of Rural Housing Fund (RHF), a scheme set up by the National Housing Bank (NHB) to provide refinance for rural housing, has been doubled to Rs 2,000 crore. NHB Chairman and Managing Director S Sridhar told Business Standard …
Damage to trees during the dredging of Kestopur canal has prompted the forest department to ask the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) to stop the work, if necessary.
India's recent phenomenal prosperity has taken everybody by surprise. The rolling out of ambitious programmes and its right implementation has leapfrogged India into the category of fast developing countries. Taking over this mantle from the Centre, Maharashtra has become the first state to successfully implement the Centre's flagship schemes and …
This paper discusses the multiple benefits and opportunities that improved energy efficiency in housing brings for all the three pillars of sustainable development. Environmental, macroeconomic, microeconomic benefits, social implications and energy security issues are discussed, along with a specific case of the transition country. It reviews the current state of …
THANJAVUR: Under tsunami schemes, various development works are going on at 23 coastal villages in Thanjavur district, according to Hitesh Kumar Makwana, Tsunami Project Director. He reviewed the progress in tsunami schemes with Collector M. S. Shanmugham, the Project Officer, District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) P. Renukadevi, and other officials …
Interview with Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. BHUPINDER SINGH HOODA, who defeated the late Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal four times in parliamentary polls from his home town, Rohtak, is serving his first term as the Chief Minister of Haryana. Hooda, who humbled many political heavyweights, including former Chief …
HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, FEB 1 The Gram Sabha of Aquem Baixo Panchayat on Sunday has opposed a controversial mega housing project in the village and the rehabilitation of the kiosk owners on agricultural land acquired by State Urban Development Agency. At the meeting held on Sunday, the gram Sabha were …
Bhopal, Jan 16: The dilapidated Union Carbide premises would be handed over to the Housing and Environment department for construction of a gas monument after cleaning up of the toxic waste from its vicinity. The proposed monument would be constructed at a cost of Rs 70 crore on an area …
This report presents the concerns and observations of a wide range of organisations about the impact of climate change on the most vulnerable members of society. The broad platform is one of shared concern. Specific policy recommendations, though, remain those of the individual organisations operating in their particular field of …
In an attempt to decongest the crowded townships of Mandi and Dharamsala, the Himachal Pradesh Urban Development Authority (HIMUDA) has decided to set up their satellite townships. These townships will have all modern civic amenities. An official spokesperson said here today that 439 bighas of government and 828 bighas of …
