Extensive transformations of urban areas in rapidly urbanizing developing countries can be a powerful vehicle for advancing low-carbon urban growth that supports global decarbonization goals. The scale
New Delhi: The government’s ambitious national urban development plan will ease up on the reform agenda for state and municipal governments. This is a major departure from the take-it-or-leave-it set of
This Economic Survey attempts to present in detail the current status of the overall state economy as well as its various sectors. This would include all the efforts made by the state government sectorwise
The Knowledge Partnership for Measuring Air Pollution and GHG Emissions in Asia aims to help policy makers, development agencies and other stakeholders in Asia have better access to air quality and climate
The cities of the State will be given a facelift. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has instructed to chalk out two-year action plan for developing beautiful and clean cities with ultramodern basic
Despite a second sewage treatment plant on the verge of becoming operational in Panchkula, residents will have to wait for more time before treated water is pumped into parks and lawns. The new plant,
1.43 lakh units for economically weaker sections: R.Vaithilingam The State will get an additional 1.85 lakh housing units in the next five years at a cost of Rs.17,230 crore. Of these, 1.43 lakh units would be for the economically weaker sections, R.Vaithilingam, Minister for Housing and Urban Development said on Monday.
Two Ministers get additional grant for their constituencies The additional grant of several crores of rupees to two Delhi Ministers, Raj Kumar Chauhan and Arvinder Singh Lovely, and another Congress
With the State witnessing a high level of migration from rural areas to urban localities and as cities were expanding at a rapid pace, the government has launched Rs.6,654 crore ‘Integrated Urban Development Mission' to provide basic facilities in corporation, municipal and town panchayats. The government will spend Rs.757.28 crore this fiscal for works in urban localities related to laying new underground drainage and storm water drains, provide safe drinking water, roads, solid waste management, streetlights and other basic amenities, said an official release.
AHMEDABAD: Imagine sudden floods at Sabarmati River arising out of climate change and a loss of Rs1,200 crore for Gujarat's Sabarmati Riverfront project! A prior understanding of the effects of climate change and including features to adapt to these effects of climate change in the project could avoid such loses.
CHENNAI: To improve basic infrastructure facilities in cities and urban areas in the state, Tamil Nadu government today decided to start a scheme at a cost of Rs 6,653 crore. Under the "Integrated Urban
