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. …
Even as the campaign for election to various urban local bodies reached its peak, Water Initiative of Orissa (WIO) said availability of clean water for consumption, sanitation and pollution of water-bodies near towns remained among top concerns of voters. In order to understand the people’s expectations from the candidates, WIO, …
Following poor turn out of out-patients at the 15-dispensaries run by the Corporation, instructions have been issued to the dispensary staff i.e., medical and paramedical assistants to reach out to the slums and provide healthcare to the poor at their door steps. Corporation Commissioner G. Latha said that fully equipped …
Despite the completion of a number of mega infrastructure projects within the ward such as the Eastern Freeway and the Suman Nagar flyover and near completion of the Monorail, pollution and traffic congestion woes of the residents of the M-West ward — comprising Chembur, Deonar, Tilak Nagar and Pestom Sagar …
The Delhi Human Development Report, 2013, has been structured around the theme ‘Improving Lives, Promoting Inclusion’. This theme encompasses all the fundamental concerns of human development, that is, improving people’s capabilities; augmenting the choices available to them; assuring the progress of all segments of society in terms of income, education …
Jaipur: Major loopholes have been observed by the CAG in implementation of the Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) by the Rajasthan government. The state could utilize only 22% of the funds of the programme resulting in construction of only 13% of the targeted houses. The CAG’s audit of …
A non-govt organisation will expend Tk.15 cr for development slum dwellers in 35 city wards of the port city in this fiscal under city partnership programs with city corporation . These amount will be spent for digging tube wells for pure drinking water for the dwellers, constructions of drains and …
Builders Use SRA Rule To Bypass BMC, Boost FSI Mumbai: An upcoming luxury tower on a very narrow plot in upscale Khar (west) could soon give Mumbai’s builders an idea of how to obtain higher floor space index (FSI) by going around the civic body’s regulations and approaching the Slum …
Mumbai: A mega slum rehabilitation scheme in one of Mumbai’s poshest neighbour hoods at Cuffe Parade has come under the scanner of the Bombay high court. “Is the Maharashtra government keen on rehabilitating and redeveloping the area?” a division bench of Justice S C Dharmadhikari and Justice S B Shukre …
The state's estimates committee has exposed another irregularity at the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) after alleging a scam in the city bus service. Even though it praised the 24X7 water supply to slum-dwellers at Kachipura, the committee pointed out that consumers with pucca houses were also provided water at the …
The paper provides a review of the literature that links housing, housing finance, and economic development. The housing sector may support poverty reduction and inclusive growth in two general ways. First, housing construction contributes to economic output, creates employment, and generates a demand for materials and related services. Second, improved …
The state cabinet has cleared four low-cost housing schemes under the Mukhyamantri Aavas Samruddhi Yojana for the lower income group (LIG), the middle income group (MIG) and the urban poor. However, the government is yet to announce an affordable housing policy. The schemes approved are slum-rehabilitation scheme; housing schemes for …
Gearing up to launch the UPA’s food security scheme next month, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday stated that benefits would start percolating to beneficiaries by September. With Assembly elections scheduled to be held in November, the Delhi government and the Centre are hoping to play up the scheme and …
Health Dept blames unhygienic conditions at illegal ‘vehras’ for the high number of cases Diarrhoea has started spreading its tentacles in areas like Muslim Colony and Sherpur from where more than 70 cases of mild diarrhoea and two deaths due to gastroenteritis have been reported in the last five days. …
The Delhi government expects to cover over five lakh families under the Centre’s food security scheme in the first phase of implementation. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit chaired a meeting on the scheme’s implementation on Thursday, with all relevant departments, to finalise the modalities and identify the scheme’s beneficiaries. “The scheme …
The Bombay High Court on Monday gave interim relief to Housing Development and Infrastructure (HDIL) in an ongoing dispute over India’s largest slum rehabilitation scheme. The high court has barred the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) from initiating proceedings to repossess tenements built by the realty company for the slum rehabilitation …
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been the most successful global anti-poverty push in history, the report says. Significant and substantial progress has been made in meeting many of the targets—including halving the number of people living in extreme poverty and the proportion of people without sustainable access to improved …
The projects would be finalised and sent for central approval by month-end The Uttar Pradesh government is preparing a blueprint for 'slum-free cities' in 21 urban centres under the centrally-sponsored Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY). The projects estimated at Rs 1,000 crore would be finalised and sent for central approval by …
Rajahmundry: Urbanisation and migration of wage seekers is the cause of the sharp rise in slums in the city. In East Godavari, both the commercial city Rajahmundry and port city Kakinada are plagued with increasing slums in the last decade. As per Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas …
'Second phase of Kudcemp work will deal with water supply' The urban development department is pursuing the proposal to include Mangalore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM), said Urban Development Minister Vinaya Kumar Sorake. Chairing a meeting to review the progress of various development work in the …
INDORE: Under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), the state going to conduct health screening of kids up to the age of 18 years from July 1. The programme will be known National Child Health Programme in which health problems such as birth defect, deficiency, development delay and disability will be …
