Affidavit by the District Magistrate, Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh in compliance with the NGT orders (November 6, 2023, July 3, 2024 and September 23, 2024). The matter related to encroachment and disappearance of the ponds in Kanpur Dehat district. There were a total of 1975 ponds which have been reduced …
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: The civic body is all set to give the city a chic look with certain traffic islands and dividers to be ornamented with ficus varieties, mehendi and rain umbrella trees. SK Langa, deputy municipal commissioner and in-charge of parks and gardens, said,
The latest Cooum river restoration project in Chennai aims to focus on slum eviction as an achievable first step. A 19-kilometre elevated expressway on the river is also planned. Together estimated to displace over 18,000 families from the banks of the Cooum, these two projects testify to how waterfront development, …
Many see slums as failed parts of cities. They are regarded as parts of a city that do not conform to ruling ideas of an ideal city held by people in other parts of the city. There have been some changes in the way people have looked at slums ever …
What led you to file the public interest litigation (pil)? On July 26, 2005, there was a deluge in Mumbai. It caught the administration unawares; all utility services broke down. I was one of those stranded, who spent the night under a flyover. I started wading back home at about …
Minus St Inez creek beautification, comprehensive mobilization plan Two important projects-St Inez creek beautification and comprehensive mobilization plan worth Rs 37 crores were given a miss in the first slot of proposals sent by Goa to the Centre under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The state level steering …
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: In a move that is likely to face public outcry, state government has decided to provide legal framework to the entry fees being levied for Kankaria lake front. It is all set to come up with Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations (Gujarat amendment) Bill, 2010, in …
Ahmedabad: The ambitious Kankaria Lake Front Development (KLFD) project looks like a runaway success for the city municipal body. According to KLFD authorities, 47 lakh people visited the Kankaria lake between January and December 2009. The KLFD was inaugurated in December, 2008 coinciding with the week-long Kankaria carnival, during Christmas …
The MCD has demanded the Delhi government to immediately release Rs 50 crores needed for beautification of the city for the Commonwealth Games 2010. The civic body plans to plant at leas 10 lakh trees and shrubs as well as spruce up its parks. Delhi mayor Kanwar Sain addressing reporters …
A presentation of an ethnography of the relationship between urban spaces, new cultures of consumption, the state, and the making of middle class identities in India. Firstly, the discussion explores the making of new urban spaces by focusing upon the Akshardham Temple complex on the banks of the Yamuna river …
NEW DELHI: Expressing satisfaction with ongoing work for hosting the first ever green Commonwealth Games here next year, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday said all the new stadiums, buildings and flyovers in Delhi would be eco-friendly. Addressing a conference on
Mumbai Mumbai's developers have set out to create a vision of what the metropolis should look like four decades from now. Its eyes on 2052, the Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU) has invited consultants to prepare a
Ahmedabad : They are no springs of joy anymore. But, mere eyesores. The fountains installed by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in various areas of the city do not function. Instead, they have become garbage bins and breeding ground for mosquitoes. And, this after the civic body having spent, on an …
By Michelle Cherian The only genuine untouched lung spaces are the famed Cubbon Park and Lal Bagh, besides the large tracts that the army has inherited from the British in the Cantonment area. There is very little original tree cover left in Bangalore. And the only genuine untouched lung spaces …
CHENNAI: With the number of people visiting the Marina beach increasing considerably on account of summer vacation, the place presents a picture of an urbanised blend of forced cleanliness and reckless pollution.
S V Upendra Charya Spread over 90 acres, a sewage filled shrinking tank, Karanji lake was revived by the Mysore Zoo Authority some thirty years ago under Asian Development Bank Project. Once a garbage dumping ground, Karanji Lake is today an eye-catching bird sanctuary surrounded by a lush green Nature …
JAMNAGAR: With a view to beautify the city and provide people with a place for recreation, Jamnagar Municipal Corporation plans to develop the heritage Ranmal Lake, also known as Lakhota Talav', in line with Kankaria Lake Front Development Project at an estimated cost of Rs 32 crore. Talking to TOI, …
Anantapur, Sept. 1: Local MLA, Mr B. Narayan Reddy, said that efforts were on to develop the town with Rs 100 crore. Speaking at the Praja Darbar programme, the MLA said that Rs 70 crore was already released in this regard. He added that these funds would be used for …
