Order of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Samsuddin Jainulabiddin Shaikh & Others Vs The State of Gujarat & Others dated 06/05/2025. A petition was filed by 58 people who are residing near Chandola lake, Ahmedabad. The petitioners have constructed hutments along the periphery of Chandola lake. …
The Liveability Index 2010 is a methodical index of quality of living conditions in Indian cities. The report is brought-out after a comprehensive study on 37 cities, ranked on the basis of eight pillars like demographics, education, health & medical standards, safety, housing, socio-cultural political environment, economic environment and natural …
The government will also invoke the Revenue Recovery Act against ineligible persons who benefited from the scheme. The Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, took decisions to this effect at a review meeting on Monday. Officials told the Chief Minister that of the 80 lakh houses sanctioned, 27 lakh houses were …
Comprehensive assessments of final consumption have identified "housing" as a major contributor to total environmental impacts. Within this category, electrical-energy-using products are important. Do consumers opt for more energy-efficient household appliances if they are provided with life cycle cost (LCC)
Von Hippel and colleagues have highlighted the crucial role of users in innovation in different industries and types of products. They describe the innovation process in terms of the distinct domains of knowledge that producers and users possess. Producers have knowledge about technical solutions and users about their needs, the …
In this article the authors apply geodemographic consumer segmentation data in an input?output framework to understand the direct and indirect carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions associated with consumer behavior of different lifestyles in the United Kingdom.
Households exert an important influence on total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Therefore, their consumption behavior is of interest in evaluations of climate policy options and projections of future emission paths. While most evaluations of household consumption and its emissions are based on expenditure only, we use a household consumption model …
Residents of Manora in Raia village have resolved to oppose a mega housing project coming up in the locality saying the proposed project is against the interests of the villagers and the farmers dependent on agriculture. The residents received a big boost to their agitation as local MLA Reginaldo Lourenco …
NEW DELHI: An expert committee has decided to refer the housing complex project for industrial workers in Narela here for environment clearance to a higher authority with a pollution panel finding the level of arsenic within permissible limits in the ground water at the proposed site in Outer Delhi. Based …
Pune Despite the gloomy scenario caused by recession, a slew of development projects worth a staggering Rs 1,000 crore came up in the twin industrial township of Pimpri-Chinchwad in 2009. A majority of developments projects
LUCKNOW: At a time when municipal bodies seek to put burden on denizens by raising the house tax, a latest geographical information system (GIS) survey has revealed an astonishing picture: Over 50% of the houses are either not assessed for the tax or are under-assessed. The municipal corporations like the …
The Draft Master Development Plan for Jaipur Region prepared for the horizon year 2025 is approved in the Jaipur Development Authority 57th Authority Meeting Dated 14/10/2009. It is notified for objections and suggestions under section 23(1) of Jaipur Development Authority Act 1982 vide notification JDA/STPMP/2009/09/D312 dated 06/11/2009. http://121.242.213.11/Jaipurjda/DMDP4download.aspx
The government is set to develop four satellite towns surrounding the capital to ease the housing crisis and pressure on utilities on the capital. The four towns, each equipped with one 100,000 accommodation facility, will be implemented under public-private partnership initiative, state minister for housing and public works Abdul Mannan …
The study reviews existing energy efficiency policies in housing in the UNECE member States, and recommends technological, institutional and behavioural changes that can achieve substantial energy savings in the housing sector. UNECE Committee on Housing and Land Management, which is responsible for the study, is developing an action plan to …
Aug. 30: At least two mega projects in the city that were supposed to give relief to people from parking and housing woes have hit a roadblock with a state-level green body questioning how they started the work without getting the necessary environmental clearances. The two projects are
If the big and largely rich emitters of today were to take mitigation in the immediate future seriously, they could achieve emission reductions without denying the poor in India the prospects of a humane existence, says Arvind Panagariya IHAVE been surprised by the number of reasonable Indians who have come …
As many as 802 houses have been sanctioned to the district under the Indira Awas scheme. Steps will be taken to distribute the benefits equally to all Gram Panchayats, said Zilla Panchayat President S N Rajarao. He was speaking after distributing sewing machines to the unemployed SC/ST women of Mullusoge …
DDA decided to declare Nehru Place a `No Hawking Zone' . It will also take up construction of 10,000 houses for the poor under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. The Delhi Development Authority on Monday passed the draft zonal plans for Yamuna river bed (zone"O") and Rohini area …
