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 …
This document lays down the guidelines to address the environment and social safeguard impacts of the green transport projects in selected cities of India, to be taken up under the sustainable urban transport project of the Ministry of urban development. To encourage application of the National Urban Transport Policy and …
The Tashiding HEP located in West Sikkim envisages the utilization of the flow of Rathong Chhu a tributary of Rangit River for the generation of electric power. Based on the findings of the Environmental Impact Assessment study, various Environmental Management Plans viz. Catchment Area Treatment, Biodiversity Conservation & Management, Public …
Abhishek Law KOLKATA, Jan. 29: Blame it on humanitarian grounds! The state government seems to have adopted this policy very industriously, and makes it a point to use it as a saving grace every time it fails to act on its own accord. Be it the demolition of illegal structures …
Interview with Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa. "The idea of the 'hobli' level' 'Janaspandana' meetings... was to take government programmes and facilities directly to the rural masses." FOR the B.S. Yeddyurappa-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, the year-end holiday season brought some good news. With the BJP winning …
A number of projects would be undertaken to save the lives of both elephants and human beings along with property, Wildlife Department Assistant Director and In-charge of the North Western Wildlife Zone Manjula Amararathna said. Elephants, a rich heritage of Sri Lanka These projects are implemented following the motto of …
SEHRISH WASIF ISLAMABAD (January 29 2009): The opposition on Wednesday showed dissatisfaction over the utilisation of aid provided for the rehabilitation of the Balochistan earthquake victims. Senator Raza Rabbani, leader of the house responding to the allegations said that if any evidence reflecting corruption in aid utilisation is not presented …
In a significant move, the Centre had said that every hydroelectric project will donate one per cent of power towards the local area development fund and 100 units to each family affected by it. Laying the foundation stone for a new hydropower engineering institute at Tehri, Union power minister Sushil …
Far from providing reliefto flood victims, the state government and centre are busy blaming each other More than four months after the Kosi river breached its embankment and drowned large parts of Bihar, Mahendra Sharma, a casual labourer in Bihar
Conservation policies to protect wildlife and biodiversity ignore the basic survival needs and imperatives of local people. This article aims to show how conservation policies trigger floods in protected areas, especially those located in the foothills of the Himalayan mountain ranges, leading to huge damage to plantations and habitats as …
By Our Staff Reporter Bhopal, Jan 22: Demanding adequate rehabilitation package in Singrauli before farmers' displacement, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Madhya Pradesh Secretary Badal Saroj today said the party was not against industrialisation in the state. ''CPI(M) is not against new industries in Madhya Pradesh but the government should …
By Our Staff Reporter Bhopal, Jan 21: Madhya Pradesh Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Babulal Gaur today urged the Centre to sanction the proposed Rs 985.75 crore for social, economical and medical rehabilitation for Bhopal gas tragedy victims. Gaur, who met the Union Human Resources Development Minister and the …
New Delhi: The Government has revived a Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar for a fresh look into the various aspects of amendments into the Land Acquisition Act and the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2007. The GoM, which included Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy, Home Minister …
Statesman News Service KOLKATA, Jan 19: Slum dwellers who have been rehabilitated under various schemes of the civic body should form co-operatives so that they can take over the responsibility of maintaining their flats, mayor Mr Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya said this today. He was speaking at a ceremony organised at …
TIMES NEWS NETWORK Lucknow: Winters are turning inauspicious for ghariyals in Uttar Pradesh. More than 100 ghariyals died in the winter months last year at the National Chambal Sanctuary. This winter 1,000 ghariyals of Kukrail Rehabilitation Centre might perish due to hunger. The fishermen supplying fishes to the rehabilitation centre …
AMIT ROY A dancing bear London, Jan. 5: An animal charity in the UK has announced it has just rescued its 500th dancing bear from the streets in India and that it will send perhaps as much as half a million pounds in 2009 to top the
HOUSING DREAMS Mumbai: Will the high court-appointed committee to clear the backlog of Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) cases be of any help? Apparently not, as the panel has not been given legal powers, say experts. They also point out that the committee is no different from the one set up …
Chandigarh: 1990:The Chandigarh Administration acquires 22-acre land in Burail village by paying paltry Rs 3 lakh per acre compensation to develop housing societies. The land has not been used and stands encroached at present by people living here for nearly two decades. 1991: Around 8 acres of land acquired in …
