Urban Habitat

GUWAHATI, Sept 5 – The State Government should undertake initiatives to provide shelter to the poor Guwahatians under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission’s (JNNURM’s) Basic Service to Urban Poor (BSUP) scheme to solve the city’s flash flood problem.

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It’s a goof-up that had a rather long life — 10 years almost. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been charging the same tax twice from many of the city’s residents. It collects the sewerage tax along with the assessment tax (property tax). The same tax is again levied along with water bills. But for a query under the RTI Act, it would have continued unnoticed.

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Union Health Ministry is mulling over a proposal to launch a National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), on the lines of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), to cater to the requirements of urban poor in all the 640 cities across the country by facilitating “equitable access to available health facilities.”

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A study by the Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) and the National Dalit Campaign for Human Rights (NCDHR) has found that Rs 744.35 crore was diverted from the Schedule Caste Sub-Plan of Delhi between 2006-07 and 2010-2011 to the Commonwealth Games. The funds were diverted to the departments of Transport (NDMC and MCD), Sports and Youth, Urban Development, and DJB, the study found.

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MUMBAI: Sting may have famously penned the song 'Every breath you take, every move you make...I'll be watching you' in the 1980s, but it's Mumbai's town planners who are humming the tune now.

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Games In Mind, Forest Dept To Plant 8,000 Native And Ornamental Species New Delhi: It’s the first mini-forest within the capital and you can thank the Commonwealth Games 2010 for it. The Delhi government is greening the ITO chungi with over 8,000 trees for the Games — the first such large concentration of greens in Delhi outside a city forest.

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KOLKATA, 8 July: The state government's shortsightedness may result in disaster in vast areas of south Kolkata surrounding Rashbehari that face threats of caving in.

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Overwhelmed by success of the BRT corridor in the Capital, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday said the Government would go ahead with the project.

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BHUBANESWAR: The Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) of Bhubaneswar region is done. It's time for the Detailed Zonal Planning which will get underway soon.

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Energy efficiency to be a must for commercial buildings

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