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 …
“The roads of Shimla are choked due to which visitors and residents are stuck in traffic jams for hours together. There has been continuous and persistent degradation of environment and ecology in that area raising serious environmental concerns,” observed the NGT. Alarmed over serious environmental degradation and vulnerability of Shimla …
India's largest realty firm DLF has received the environment clearance for its Rs 240 crore commercial project which is to come up in Patto village, Goa. India’s largest realty firm DLF has received the environment clearance for its Rs 240 crore commercial project which is to come up in Patto …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Anil M. Khedekar Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others dated 14/07/2017 regarding the Environmental Clearance (EC) granted by the State Level Environmental Impact Assessment Authority, Maharashtra (SEIAA) for the construction project of Mssrs. SD …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Yogendra Mohan Sengupta Vs. Union of India & Others dated 12/07/2017 regarding construction activities in the city of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Court expresses its displeasure at the delay of the Himachal Pradesh Government to file their response/objections to the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Bishnu Pada Pakhira Vs Member Secretary, West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Others dated 14/03/2017 regarding housing construction work over waterbodies, Keyadaha village, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal. NGT said that the question that arises is …
An NGT-appointed high-powered committee has indicted the developer of Sushant Lok 3 for illegally selling areas reserved for green belt. The panel has submitted its report to the green court after the latter sought the same in the wake of a plea by a 70-year-old resident. Evoking Article 21 (Right …
Projects will not need ’consent to establish’ from State Pollution Control Board, says communication from CPCB PANJIM: Construction and township projects will be saved from obtaining the ‘consent to establish’ from the State Pollution Control Board as the environment clearance (EC) granted by the Union Ministry for Environment and Forest …
In a country where people do not have so much to spend on building materials, promoters of plastic bottles for building say that such houses made from plastic are estimated to cost just about one-third of a ‘normal’ house built with concrete and bricks. The Founder of Toahouse Company Limited, …
• The Government is to outline a series of tweaks to planning laws it says will help solve the housing shortage.• Ministers want to require councils to come with a local plan to meet housing demand in an area, give them more powers to speed up developments, and require developers …
Building owners in Mandalay will soon face hefty fines that may exceed the value of the buildings if the structures are built without permits or if they flout regulations, warned the Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC). From April 1, fines will be increased 75 percent for buildings that fail to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sunit Kumar Mallick Chowdhury Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 07/02/2017 regarding filling up of a waterbody (Ukil Bheri) by a housing society in Kolkata to construct a building. NGT directs the Additional District …
Taronga Zoo's proposal to build a four to five storey "eco resort" on its plum harbourside site has been slammed as a thinly disguised development bid pitched at wealthy visitors to Sydney. In a submission to the NSW Department of Planning, Mosman Council says the planned $45 million resort appears …
THE National Housing Authority (NHA) has proposed a US$600 million urban renewal scheme to build 12,500 housing units in Lusaka’s Misisi and Kuku townships by September to accommodate 50,000 residents. NHA acting chief executive officer Waicha Ndhlovu yesterday said her institution has come up with the concept of urban renewal …
BENGALURU: Karnataka's Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has put on hold environmental clearance for a mega housing project of the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) on the outskirts of the city, which is apparently coming up on a no-construction zone. The BDA has proposed construction of 1,068 units of 2-BHK flats …
The notice came after buyers approached the NGT, alleging the builder did not provide open spaces between the towers in the housing society to build more residential towers in volation of green norms. GURGAON: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday issued a notice to Raheja Developers, the Union environment …
- Cloud over signature projects The slackness of the urban development and housing department in finalising the master plan for Patna has put a question mark over many ambitious projects of the state government, including a few signature ones of chief minister Nitish Kumar. The eastern zone of the National …
It has also resolved to direct all coastal village panchayats, municipalities and block development officers (BDO) to identify such structures and submit a compliance report as soon as possible. In a major crackdown on illegal shacks, huts and cottages operating in Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) without licenses, the Goa Coastal …
National Green Tribunal on Tuesday admitted an impleadment by a resident of Defence Colony, against construction projects in the colony that have been flouting NGT's orders and causing air pollution. The application pointed that NGT in its December 2014 order had said that no contractor, builder or agency will be …
Seeking public cooperation in saving the Dal and the Nigeen lakes from falling prey to encroachers, the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority on Monday said stern action would be taken against those raising illegal constructions by taking advantage of the unrest in the region. “We will not allow the destruction …
Fly ash can typically make about 15-20 per cent of the concrete mix and is said to enhance the structural stability. The state government has made it mandatory for all new buildings to be constructed using material containing fly ash, aiming to dispose of the entire quantity produced across Maharashtra …
