The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the Government is planning to develop environment-friendly townships in the coastal region of the State and promised special schemes for the developers who would participate in the initiative.
Seeking viable solutions to make India slum-free, Government today invited banks, other financial institutions and the real estate sector to use its interest subsidy scheme for construction of affordable houses for urban poor.
The view from the deck of the three-bedroom apartment does not boast of much except a labyrinth of under-construction buildings which seem to be rocketing skyward. The frenzied construction is in stark contrast to the quiet of the sparsely populated streets outside. There is no public transport in sight and, …
This study is a survey of the different types of tools and implements used for building operations in the Yoruba Indigenous Architecture of Nigeria. The tools include
High economic growth coupled with rapid urbanization and a rising middle class have created considerable demand for housing and housing finance in South Asia. More than 14% of low-income families in the region have no home. While housing and housing finance markets have grown at a rate of 30%, it …
MUMBAI: The state government and City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco), which are developing the international airport at Navi Mumbai, have firmly refused to allow residential buildings near the site. The authorities have made it clear that at least a five-km radius around the site as well as the funnel …
THE Madras High Court has rejected a plea to restrain the TN Slum Clearance Board and other authorities from carrying out any reclamation and/or construction activity at Okkiyam-Thoraipakkam village and to restore the land to its original state. By a GO dated July 4, 2006, the revenue department alienated 7.95 …
Mumbai: Doctors across the city agree that construction work is the chief cause of the current bout of malaria in the city. In June this year, over 3,500 patients with malaria were admitted to hospitals, while over 1,250 have been hospitalised since July. Five patients have succumbed to the mosquito-borne …
Mumbai: The state government may make it mandatory to install noise barriers at construction sites, minister of state for urban development Bhaskar Jadhav informed the legislative council on Wednesday.
Vijayawada, June 29: As part of the mega housing project under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the Vijayawada municipal corporation (VMC) will construct 3,072 G+3 units in Ajit Singh Nagar and Kabela colonies, each unit at a cost of Rs 2.50 lakh. The VMC proposes to construct …
Activists of the Villagers Group of Goa (VGG) on Saturday visited various controversial real estate projects at Sancoale on the occasion of World Environment Day. The VGG activists first proceeded to a hotel project along the NH-17B at Upasanagar that is under construction and later went near the BITS Pillani …
Jolted by a steady increase in particulate matter in the air, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee has written to all civic agencies involved in construction activities to keep the dust levels down. Dust raked up by construction for the Commonwealth Games has taken the level of suspended matter to more …
THE Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) to ensure that no water bodies were destroyed or blocked during the execution of its schemes across the State.
Orlim villagers on Thursday have conveyed a message loud and clear to the Town and Country Planning Department that they are firmly opposed to multi-storied projects coming up in low lying areas and close to paddy fields and water bodies. In respect of one project coming up in the lowing …
In view of the increasing heaps of construction waste lying in different sectors of the city, the Municipal Corporation (MC) has constituted a five-member committee to look into the need for a separate wing for removal of construction waste. There is also a proposal to restart a helpline. In 2005, …
