In order to use tenanted land for setting up of projects for community or public purpose, the Goa government has introduced the Goa Land Use (Regulation) Bill, 2024 seeking amendment to Section 3 of Goa Land Use (Regulation) Act, 1991 so as to specify in the Right to Fair Compensation …
THANJAVUR: Under tsunami schemes, various development works are going on at 23 coastal villages in Thanjavur district, according to Hitesh Kumar Makwana, Tsunami Project Director. He reviewed the progress in tsunami schemes with Collector M. S. Shanmugham, the Project Officer, District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) P. Renukadevi, and other officials …
Devesh Kumar NEW DELHI FOR the second consecutive day, the Manmohan Singh government had to face a huge embarrassment in Parliament when the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2007 and the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2007, could not be tabled in the Rajya Sabha because of stiff resistance from the BJP …
New Delhi: In the backdrop of protests against land acquisitions and SEZs that have stalled various projects, the UPA Government has decided to get the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2007, and the Bill to amend the Land Acquisition Act cleared by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Sources said a Group …
IN an attempt to prevent skirmishes of the kind that left the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government badly bruised in the wake of Nandigram and Singur clashes, the Manmohan Singh government is racing against time to get the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill, 2007, and the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2007, passed in …
A Bill to provide for the rehabilitation and resettlement of families affected by the acquisition of land for projects of public purpose or involuntary displacement due to any other reason, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
This paper focuses on the shifting contours of the anti-Tehri dam movement in the past three decades. It examines the changing declarations of environmentalists, especially Sunderlal Bahuguna and other leaders of the movement on the one hand, and the involvement of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad in the anti-dam politics on …
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday gave its approval for the purchase of over 1400 tenements to rehabilitate Project Affected People (PAP) by the Brihanmumbai Storm Water Drain (BRIMSTOWAD) project which is touted as the solution for floods in the city. Rehabilitation of the PAPs is one of …
Over 500 slum-dwellers have become proud owners of flats in the upmarket Dadar in Central Mumbai. Mumbai : Over 500 slum-dwellers on Sunday became the proud owner of flats in the upmarket Dadar in Central Mumbai. Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Manohar Joshi handed over the keys to the slum-dwellers of …
New Delhi: First of slum rehab plans underway The foundation ceremony for the in-situ rehabilitation of the Kathputli colony in Shadipur Depot on Sunday saw Union Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken, and local MLA Ramakant Goswami, among other dignitaries in attendance. The colony, spanning 5.22 hectares, is …
- Firms hopeful on Day 1 of project review Razi nod to faster clearance Ranchi, Feb. 12: Investors who have pledged mega steel and power projects in the state must have been relieved today when they were promised that land acquisition, the primary bottleneck facing most, would now be put …
A tribunal finds the rehabilitation of victims of the tsunami in most affected regions far from satisfactory. Four years after the December 26 tsunami brought death and destruction of an unprecedented magnitude to at least three States and two Union Territories, thousands of survivors are still on the streets, literally. …
Biswajeet Banerjee | Surma (Dudhwa) Relocation of villages located inside the core forest areas to the fringes has taken a political hue as different political parties were going an extre mile to sympathise with the villagers and asking them to stay put. Despite High Court and government orders, political leaders …
ISLAMABAD (February 10 2009): Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (Erra) in collaboration with UNICEF and Royal Netherlands Embassy (RNE) launched "Drinking Water Quality Improvement and Hygiene Promotion Project" at the cost of US $5.64 million in earthquake affected districts. Deputy Chairman Erra, Lieutenant General Sajjad Akram along with UNICEF representative …
ISLAMABAD: There is a dire need for rehabilitation of Kasur Tanneries Waste Treatment Plant. The Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Sardar Aseff Ahmad Ali expressed these views while chairing a meeting of stakeholders and government functionaries to review Kasur
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Forest, Revenue and SC/ST Departments will work jointly to solve the rehabilitation of tribal people in Chinnakkanal. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting held here on Thursday, chaired by Forests and Housing Minister Binoy Viswam and attended by Revenue Minister K.P.Rajendran and SC/ST Minister A.K.Balan. A …
HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, FEB 1 The Gram Sabha of Aquem Baixo Panchayat on Sunday has opposed a controversial mega housing project in the village and the rehabilitation of the kiosk owners on agricultural land acquired by State Urban Development Agency. At the meeting held on Sunday, the gram Sabha were …
