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. …
Children and youth have come together to install tri-colour community dustbins in slums of Berhampur of Odisha for proper segregation and disposal of solid wastes. Such an initiative has started in three slums of the city much ahead of similar measures in upmarket residential areas. This project to install tri-colour …
Asks DUSIB To Focus On In Situ Rehabilitation; To Be Tried First In 15 Slums In Sultanpuri And Hari Nagar The much debated and repeatedly amended slum re habilitation policy is back on the drawing board again, with chief minister Arvind Kejriwal decid ing to go for in situ rehabilitation …
The National Green Tribunal has directed Railways and Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) to identify precise locations for installation of mobile toilets near slum clusters adjoining railway tracks in the capital. Expressing concern over the delay on the part of the authorities, a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice …
Around 11% of the people in Delhi are suffering from asthma the government said on Tuesday while attributing its causes to smoking and air pollution. "As per a survey conducted by the Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, Delhi, which covered 5,900 adults belonging to urban, rural and slum population in Delhi, …
The Bombay high court has directed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to start and complete the slum rehabilitation scheme for the Hirabaug colony here by December 31, 2017. Eligible slum-dwellers be given rehabilitation tenements as per the decision by the slum rehabilitation authority (SRA), the court has ordered. On April …
Assam, Tripura and Gujarat show a positive trend in slum vulnerability, indicating a worsening in the condition of the slums in these states Slum dwellers in Chandigarh, Bihar, Odisha and Chhattisgarh were worse off than those in Sikkim, Himachal, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Goa in 2011, estimates a government-appointed …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Arvind V. Aswal Vs Arihant Realtors dated 08/04/2015 regarding construction of residential-cum commercial project under Slum Rehabilitation Authorities (SRA) scheme on plot CTS No.4/6(pt), 4/7(pt), 7,7/1 to 3, 9(pt), 9/1 to 4, 10(pt) (CTS No.4/7 (pt), …
PANAJI: The slums in the state are located in Ponda, Margao and Mormugao, but the area with the port town holds 90% of the slum population in the state. According to the Economic Survey 2014-15, there are 5,497 households with a population of 26,247 persons, comprising 13,826 males and 12,421 …
The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board and city’s municipal corporations have been asked to rehabilitate people living in slum clusters located near railway tracks in the national capital within next six months. The direction issued by the National Green Tribunal expressed concern over the “inaction” on the part of all …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed the Railways and Municipal Corporations to identify exact locations for placing dustbins in 46 slum clusters adjoining railway tracks. It has directed them to place at least a dustbin on one of the sites in 24 hours. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation placed …
In a bid to make quick progress on its objectives under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, the civic body is set to experiment with solar- powered bio-toilets that make use of a special strain of bacteria to decompose human waste. These toilets would recycle waste into clean, odourless water back for …
The guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for Clinical Management of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome including Japanese encephalitis describe `Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) including Japanese Encephalitis (JE) is a group of clinically similar neurologic manifestation caused by several different viruses, bacteria, fungus, parasites, spirochetes, chemical/toxins etc. There …
The present report on “Urban Slums in Delhi” is brought out by the Directorate of Economics & Statistics on the basis of sample survey conducted under the 69th NSS Round (July 2012- Dec 2012) in respect of state sample. This report contains information relating to 2012 on ownership, area type, …
With forest land in Salia Sahi hindering several developmental works, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to approach Forest Department to execute its projects in the Capital’s largest slum. The decision was taken at the Corporation’s meeting here on Tuesday. A major portion of the land on which Salia …
In a move that will provide relief to lakhs of residents in poll-bound Delhi’s unauthorised colonies, the Parliament on Tuesday passed a bill that will give residents of these unauthorised colonies protection from demolition for three years, with the government saying it is in advanced stages of regularising 1,200 such …
This latest report released by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) highlights the dismal living conditions of the people in urban slums of India and focuses on- drinking water, sanitation, hygiene and the housing conditions. Read this report, related reports, documents and more...
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) was launched to address the growing challenges of urbanization by improving infrastructure, governance and the quality of life in cities. This paper assesses all the four sub-missions under JNNURM i.e UIG and BSUP for big cities and UIDSSMT and IHSDP for small towns …
A National Urban Policy is a coherent set of decisions derived through a deliberate government-led process of coordinating and rallying various actors for a common vision and goal that will promote more trans-formative, productive, inclusive and resilient urban development for the long term. As such an national urban policy is …
Faced with stiff opposition from developers, the state government has amended the city's affordable housing policy that stipulated that a portion of the plots be kept to build low-cost homes free of cost. The amendments proposed by the urban development department said builders no longer have to carve out 20% …
