Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Developers cannot sell open spaces and stilt areas in their buildings as these are meant for common use and form part of the flats, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday. The ruling could bring relief to lakhs of flat-owners in different housing societies in Mumbai engaged in a tug of …
Officials of the Mumbai Board of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) are taking forward a plan to redevelop two of their major colonies in gross misuse of the Slum Act. The colonies have been categorised as slums despite the Mhada Act making it categorical that none of the …
This new report on the state of food insecurity in urban India by MSSRF shows that the period of economic reforms and high GDP growth has not seen an unambiguous improvement in urban food security across all States. In recent years, the pace of urbanisation has been increasing. In deliberations …
This paper specifically describes the urbanization experience of Brazil, by far the largest country in Latin America, and which has attained levels of urbanization that surpass those of most European countries. Despite historical differences in timing and context, the trajectory of urbanization in Brazil holds many parallels and key lessons …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stuck to its order of maintaining status quo on a stretch of land along river Gomti in Lucknow, which was converted from green belt in the Master Plan 2021 to residential use. The apex court was hearing an appeal against the Allahabad High …
MUMBAI: A green hurdle and the villagers' protest have thrown a spanner into the Cidco's dream of developing an international 18-hole golf course on 80 hectares of land in Kharghar. Instead, the Cidco will now have to settle for a 10-hole course, with the area around the tenth hole to …
As per the decision of Ministry of Home Affairs, the Internal Audit Wing (IAW) conducted a specialaudit of projects for which land was acquired by the UT Chandigarh Administration.
Dharavi in Mumbai exemplifies what is most ugly and what is most inspiring about slum life in a city. How should it be redeveloped to remove the ugliness and yet retain its community spirit, enterprise, ambitions and hope? Current plans are focused on profit-making, by developers and government, with the …
Noida: The Noida Authority has acquired land to set up a solid waste management plant in the city soon. All the preparations for the installation of the plant are done and now only a technical report from the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) is awaited. Once that is done, …
India will need to spend $2.2 trillion (Rs 97.35 lakh crore) on its cities by 2030 to meet the urban infrastructure demands, a report released by the McKinsey Global Institute said today. Nearly $1.2 trillion (Rs 53.1 lakh crore) is the capital expenditure needed to fund construction of infrastructure for …
The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) would receive the award of excellence for providing houses to the urban poor under the ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Notably, 15,000 houses for poor are being constructed in different identified localities of the city under the central funded scheme in question. …
Many see slums as failed parts of cities. They are regarded as parts of a city that do not conform to ruling ideas of an ideal city held by people in other parts of the city. There have been some changes in the way people have looked at slums ever …
This new report by Mckinsey warns that lack of effective policies to manage urbanization could jeopardize India's GDP growth rate. Suggests adoption of a new operational model for cities with an investment of $1.2 trillion to keep pace with the growing urbanization. India
The promoters of South City, Kolkata’s tallest housing complex comprising four 35-storey towers, have sought clearance for a fifth tower. This triggered a fresh round of protests; residents and activists said the towers flout environmental norms. Member secretary of the West Bengal State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), confirmed receipt of …
CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced on Friday that his regime would launch a State-wide urban infrastructure development programme called Rajiv Gandhi Urban Development Mission, Haryana. Talking to media persons shortly after presiding over a meeting of the scrutiny committee of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee here, Mr. …
Although informal settlements are proliferating in cities across low- and middle-income nations, there is 40 years of experience to draw on in upgrading these
CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Government has decided to raise the living standard of the urban poor by making them partners in the development process, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Sunday. He disclosed that licences for the development of residential plots and group housing colonies were granted by the Department …
NEW DELHI: It is probably the best news for Mumbai's leading builders who had invested thousands of crores of rupees on buying prime plots to develop flats and residences but got stuck in the environment tangle as the land was classified later as forest area. After years of uncertainity, the …
The Vice-Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Ashok Kumar, has identified the in-situ development of slums and the construction of houses for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and Lower IncomeGroups (LIG) as areas of focus in 2010. While the authority is anxious about ensuring that all Commonwealth Games related …
