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. …
In the extreme north-eastern end of Mumbai limits, mangroves close to the vast expanse of slums in Mankhurd’s Cheetah Camp area are being destroyed at an alarming rate even as repeated complaints by residents have fallen on deaf ears. Nearly 400 new shanties have been built illegally by reclaiming mudflats …
The Rajasthan Government will shortly launch a pilot project under the Rajiv Awas Yojana at a cost of Rs.400 crore for providing housing facility to about 12,000 people living in Sanjay Nagar slum colony here. The project forms part of the drive for providing better infrastructure and amenities to the …
This paper examines what motivates the participation of African slum(1) dwellers in urban social movement activities. This issue is analyzed through a case study of grassroots mobilization around evictions in Kurasini ward, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The paper uses an analytic narrative approach to account for patterns in participatory behaviour, …
This paper describes how a settlement profile, mapping and enumeration of Magada, an informal settlement in the town of Epworth just outside Harare, provided the basis for an upgrading programme. This was both in terms of the needed information and in terms of agreement between the residents and their community …
When their wearied bodies demand rest and care, elderly people in the country's urban slums are instead condemned to toiling in their closing days if they are to eat and survive the day. Visiting several slums in Narayanganj, the correspondent of the news agency found the elderly people living miserable …
This publication aims to formulate a broader framework of integration which is required for cities to transition to sustainable, resource efficient development and to realise green urban economic growth trajectories that are equitable and sustainable. It frames the question of urban sustainability in a conceptual foundation and language that places …
The government took no action against an agency contracted to complete the Dharavi survey that inflated the number of households in the area in its final report as well as outsourced a portion of its work to another agency with questionable scruples. In October 2007, the government contracted the Maharashtra …
JAIPUR: The state cabinet on Wednesday approved allotment of nearly 400 hectares land near Sariska to the forest department in return for the land acquired in Jaipur for the Rajiv Gandhi Awas Yojana meant to rehabilitate slum dwellers. Decisions related to salaries and perks of chairperson and members of the …
The World Bank is lending the Philippines $275 million to tackle huge volumes of untreated sewage that threaten to swallow the capital Manila, the lender said Wednesday. The loan would be reinvested by a government bank into Manila Water Co. and Maynilad Water Services projects to boost the two utilities' …
The Delhi government on Monday decided to expedite the construction of around 70,000 low-cost flats for slum dwellers while asking the concerned department to immediately start distribution of 14,000 flats completed. The 14,000 flats will be distributed among the residents of the slums which have come up on land owned …
In a bid to make the city slum-free, the Delhi government has decided to start allocation of around 10,000 low cost flats from next month. The project is, however, delayed for more than three years. The government will allocate 500 flats to slum dwellers in June and the allocation would …
Countries in Asia and the Pacific must strike a balance between rising prosperity and rising emission as their success or failure will have repercussions worldwide, a latest report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has said. "The Asia-Pacific region must continue to grow economically to lift millions out of …
India’s economic growth and political stability are at stake in coming years if it does not change its approach to water management, a member of its natural resources planning commission said on Monday. Mihir Shah, who has been asked by India’s government to come up with a new water resource …
Rapid urban growth in developing countries has created an unprecedented demand for energy services. Cities face the enormous challenge of improving energy access to urban communities in order to improve education, health and basic socioeconomic conditions. These eight case studies demonstrate innovative, successful approaches to delivery of energy services to …
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG;) relates to matters arising from performance audit of selected programmes and activities and compliance audit of Government departments and autonomous bodies. Compliance audit refers to examination of the transactions relating to expenditure of the audited entities to ascertain whether …
Dismiss discoms' claim; accuse regulator of inaction The mood was belligerent at a public hearing organised by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission here on Thursday to assess consumer feedback before finalising the new power tariff. Reacting to the discoms' demands for a power tariff hike, angry consumers not only dismissed …
The Bombay High Court has paved the way for the Maharashtra Housing and Development Authority (MHADA) to carry out redevelopment of Dharavi Sector 5, but the state government would have to struggle to find a way of evicting 63 per cent slumdwellers who have been found ineligible for rehabilitation under …
Rising trends in malnutrition among children under six here and in other cities have prompted the Maharashtra government to introduce an Urban Malnutrition Mission from next month, official sources said. A quarter of children below six years in the city weighed at anganwadis are underweight, according to the latest monthly …
After a number mosquito-breeding spots were found in upmarket localities, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to spread malaria control awareness in residential localities this monsoon. The civic administration is preparing to put up posters carrying malaria prevention messages in over one lakh residential colonies and apartments. Manisha Mhaiskar, …
Urban planners attached to an advocacy group on Panchayati Raj here on Monday called upon the Rajasthan Government to pay greater attention to the Centre's flagship scheme, Rajiv Awas Yojana, for providing affordable housing to slum dwellers in the cities. The focus of the Yojana is on according property rights …
