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. …
Mumbai: Following the civic body's drive to snap all illegal tap water connections and booster pipes due to water shortage in the city, desperate slum families in Northeast Mumbai are now digging wells to tap the ground water, which is allegedly contaminated with sewage residues. According to health officials of …
New Delhi: Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit formally inaugurated four road projects with an investment of Rs 412 crore including a bridge, flyovers and underpass in east Delhi on Wednesday, months after these became completely operational. Playing to the gallery, Dikshit said after completing the Commonwealth Games related projects, her …
AIZAWL, Dec 20: The number of people living in acute poverty in Mizoram is fast increasing but the successive governments continue to display indifferent attitude to this issue. In Aizawl alone there are over 60,000 people living in Mizoram version of slum areas till date. In Mizoram they are officially …
The Government's failure to take a decision on regularisation of over 1,600 unauthorised colonies has coloured the city graph as far as emission of greenhouse gases is concerned. Average carbon dioxide emission from the domestic sector in Delhi was 4.56 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) in the year 2000-2008 while it …
The number of people living in acute poverty in Mizoram are fast increasing but the successive governments continue to display indifferent attitude to this issue. In Aizawl alone there are over 60,000 people living in Mizoram version of slum areas. They are officially called
The housing and urban poverty alleviation ministry is facing teething problems trying to formulate the implementation and financing pattern of the UPA government
Raghavendra Kamath / Mumbai December 10, 2009, 0:57 IST Ramjibhai Pitambar Tak, 62, makes earthen pots for a living. He has been making them for years now in Kumbharwada, an obscure, smoke-filled locality in the 535-acre Dharavi, Asia
Redevelopment schemes take a static view of slums, whereas they are really evolving ecosystems. There is every sign that India is launching into a period of rapid urbanisation. In the next 30 years, an additional 350 million people will have to be accommodated in our existing towns as well as …
"Garibi Hatao" was Indira Gandhi's rallying cry in 1971. But as the Commonwealth Games grow menacingly closer, the government would rather cry out "Garib Hatao, Gandagi Chhipao". Lest shanties and dirt get in the way of a picturesque setting, the Delhi government is on an overdrive to hide the dirt …
This document by Reach Out Water Solutions (ROWS) highlights the daily reality of people living in the slums of Mumbai and the inadequate water supply available to the 10 million slum residents to meet their daily requirements. It presents a business plan, namely the Slum Water Programme (SWP) that proposes …
LUCKNOW: Members of the Indian cricket team RP Singh, Suresh Raina, Mohd Kaif and Akash Chopra played a different innings on Monday. The match was entero virus which causes polio in children and cripples them for life. The social face of the cricket stars bowled over Lucknowites, while they shattered …
MUMBAI: After having failedmiserably to implement the slum rehabilitation scheme, the state government is planning a scheme to make Maharashtra slum-free. The programme is being drafted to commemorate the state's golden jubilee. The Centre has already announced a slum-free programme for the country. Chief minister Ashok Chavan reviewed various housing …
Mumbai Over 100 women from Shivaji Nagar slum on Sunday staged a rasta roko at Royal Lane, Juhu Tara Road, to protest against the acute water shortage. The agitation brought traffic to a halt for around ten minutes. The city is facing an acute water crisis, with 15 per cent …
Diarrhoea is a common water-borne disease among slum children in Bangladesh. This study seeks to identify the engineering, behavioural and socio-economic determinants of childhood diarrhoea and its duration and to compute the resulting costs borne by slum dwellers. The study is based on a survey of 480 households in 32 …
Mandakini Gahlot Lieutenant Governor Khanna impressed with pre-fab technology, and zero financial responsibility of govt in slum reconstruction As the delhi government gets on course to implement its pilot in-situ rehabilitation project at Kathputli Colony, there are important lessons to be learnt from Mumbai
Planning Sustainable Cities reviews recent urban planning practices and approaches, discusses constraints and conflicts existing, and identifies innovative approaches that are more responsive to current challenges of urbanization. It notes that traditional approaches to urban planning (particularly in developing countries) have largely failed to promote equitable, efficient and sustainable human …
