Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
PC assures over Rs 500 cr under CSS State to get development monitored through NABCONS JAMMU: In a significant achievement for Chief Minister Omar Abdullah headed Government, the Planning Commission (PC) today approved the State
Of 650 extant two decades ago, only a fraction remains; water shortages, flooding a direct consequence CHENNAI: About two decades ago, a research project by the Centre for Environmental and Water Resource Engineering, IIT Madras estimated that about 650 waterbodies existed in the Chennai region. More than half of them …
New Delhi: Ten projects, worth over Rs 800 crore, sanctioned by the Centre in 2008 under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission are yet to take off. These projects are to be undertaken by Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). They include long-pending multi-level parking projects. The urban development department …
KOCHI: To solve the potable water crisis in the city, the State Government has allocated Rs 11 crore for acquiring land for the Maradu Water Treatment Plant project. The civic body will be able to acquire the private land for laying pipes between the Muvattupuzha river and the treatment plant …
PANJIM: While Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) is desperate to submit its proposal to set up waste treatment plant in Baiguinim to the government, it is been unable to move forward since the project has not received technical sanction. PWD has returned the project claiming it has no …
Under the project, besides targetting 24-hour water supply in town, municipal corporation will entrust the job of revenue collections to private promoters The city
Escalation of material cost one of the reasons CHENNAI: Escalation in the cost of construction material, the elections and a demand for a minor change in design have led to a delay in the implementation of the Rs.815-crore Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme to strengthen minor drains …
The UPA government is aggresively pursuing its flagship housing project for slum dwellers, the Rajiv Awas Yojna (RAY), to bring in the second phase of urban reforms. The Centre is holding talks with state governments and seeking their cooperation to roll out the project that promises a slum-free India in …
The State of the Environment report 2010 released by the UP environment directorate calls for urgent measures to organise solid waste management in a scientific and environmentally sustainable manner. The disposal of solid waste in UP is a major problem. Most cities have poor cleanliness and sanitation. In fact, even …
GUWAHATI, The ambitious Rs 102.16 crore Integrated Solid Waste Management Project launched in Guwahati in 2008 under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) seems to be making little progress. Under this project, which is managed by the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) and the Guwahati Waste Management Co Pvt …
The system is expected to reduce dependence on individual private vehicles COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu Governor S.S. Barnala's address to the Legislative Assembly on Friday, outlining the decision of the State Government to study introduction of the mono rail system in Madurai, Coimbatore and Tiruchi, has revived the hopes of Coimbatore …
Bangalore: A 54-yr-old school, temple and other buildings will also be affected COST OF DEVELOPMENT: A view of Sankey Road lined with trees. Secure a picture of the green canopy with a pristine lake at Sankey Road, as it will soon be history in a week's time. The BBMP is …
MUMBAI: A Rs 1,300-crore water project, which will ensure 24-hours water supply to Mira Road and Bhayander in three years, has been sanctioned by the standing committee of the Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC). The state government had, in March 2009, promised to provide 200 million litres per day (mld) of …
New Delhi: The proposed change in laws on rent control may come as a shock to tenats paying monthly rent of Rs 50 or 100. Though rent control is a state subject, the Centre is seeking adoption of the model law by mandating that only states that enact this law …
GUWAHATI, Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has come up with a new project called the Slum Housing Project with the objective of providing Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP). Talking to The Sentinel, a GMC official said,
The recommendations of the high-powered Expert Committee (HPEC) on Urban Infrastructure, set up by former urban development minister Jaipal Reddy, have to traverse some more distance. Constituted in 2008, HPEC submitted its findings last month on the problems of leap-frogging urbanisation and the financial measures necessary to make our cities …
The government today gave nod for enhancement in capacity to 23 small hydroelectric projects and allowed IPPs (independent power producers) to dispose of their power in any manner after allowing royalty in the shape of free power to the state. The decisions were taken at a meeting of the state …
Mysore, Southern and eastern parts of the city will be supplied with water from Kapila As the work on the drinking water component under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (Jn-nurm) progresses in a snail
Emboldened by the interim stay order issued by the Bombay high court on Thursday against construction by civic bodies on river beds, activists in Pune have demanded an immediate cessation of all work related to river bed improvement and storm water drainage. Right to information (RTI) activist, Vijay Kumbhar, issued …
