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Water crisis likely to worsen in city this summer
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If you are already worried about the irregular water supply in your area, be prepared for worse this summer. With the shortage of power in the State, water supply to the city is likely to reduce by at least 20 million litres a day (MLD), which is the average usage by 50,000 households.
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City green cover keeps growing
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Chennai Corporation will continue ts efforts to beautify the city and is likely to come out with more parks in the ensuing budget.
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Viable solution appears too distant
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They choke. Take any major road stretch criss-crossing the city and driving along, chances of running into a jam and ending up spending some despairing moments are high.
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Gain's real for realty, but outside city limits
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We believe the Budget is largely neutral for the real estate sector. While continued measures to boost affordable housing as well as higher investments for rural housing and urban development (particularly for slum redevelopment)
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Pranab's Jangipur seeks attention in 2010-11 budget
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A day ahead of the general budget, the Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is looking expectantly at him for sops that would help in usher economic development and better employment opportunities.
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Drainage system inaugurated in Sewak
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A solid hume pipe and concrete drainage system measuring about 800 ft was jointly inaugurated by Khekaho Assumi, chairperson DMC and Col. Sandeep Karki at Sewak Head, headquarter, Sewak colony, Dimapur on Monday.
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Delhi govt asks Bengal to take back beggars
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The Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government would have begged to differ. But a survey by Delhi University (DU) on beggars in the Capital has revealed that one in every 20 is from Bengal.
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Dibrugarh Town Protection drain clogged
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Even as the recurring waterlogging-induced flood comes as a plague for the city dwellers here, primarily due to the alleged faulty linkages of sewerage system and clogged drains, no sincere mitigation effort is being made by the authorities.
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Slum-dwellers decry demolition of ‘jhuggis’
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Hundreds of slum-dwellers here on Thursday staged a demonstration in front of the office of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) protesting against demolition of their ‘jhuggis’.
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The third biggest park in the city Success
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Mathikere, once spread across 112 acres and catering to Yeshwanthpur, Mathikere and Jalahalli villages, would either have become a stinking water body or hotbed of encroachment had the residents not taken an initiative to preserve the space for public use.
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The tale of price rise and family budget city pulse
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Even as some residential localities in Chennai are witnessing a steep rise in rentals, a number of localities are experiencing a stabilisation of rental values.
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Firms to move into IITMRP soon
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All the required clearances have been obtained and companies will start moving into the phase-I complex of the delayed IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP) this month, said Ashok Jhunjhunwala, director and faculty-in-charge, IITMRP.
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Water scarcity is the bane of their lives City Ballot Problems
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Many pockets of the erstwhile Fraser Town, now Pulakeshinagar, are reminiscent of the old colonial Bangalore. Unfortunately, so are its civic amenities such as water pipes, sewerage system, and even its horribly laid footpaths.
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Mixed response to draft Master Plan
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Promising to give a direction to a city that has been growing in all directions, the Master Plan draft put for suggestions and objections has been receiving a mixed response from different quarters.
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Grant for memorial
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The Centre has sanctioned Rs 105 crore for the upgrade of the Hooghly banks in the state, as well as the Nimtala burning ghat and the adjoining Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Garden.
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Core team formed for implementation of ECBC
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Taking a step forward to achieve energy efficiency in buildings, the Orisa government has formed a core team to spearhead the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) implementation in the State.
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Civic body didn’t check safety rules
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GHMC officials never bothered to verify the status of the building housing the Park Super Speciality Hospital, which was damaged in a fire in Somajiguda on Tuesday.
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Govt urged to ensure proper hills utilisation
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Voluntary organisation Save Guwahati Build Guwahati (SGBG) has called upon the Government to conduct a proper survey of the hills in and around the city and to ensure proper utilisation of the same without disturbing the ecological balance.
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Lokayukta report on building inspection in cold storage?
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In the wake of the collapse of a building under construction in Bellary recently, which claimed at least 12 lives and maiming many, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa promised action against the officials concerned
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Heavy traffic, unusable footpaths are their bane City Ballot Problems
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Malleswaram is one of the oldest residential localities in the city. It is a growing commercial hub and figures among the posh areas of Bangalore.
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Quality of drinking water posing health risk City Ballot Problems
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'Parched' and 'delinked.' These words describe the needs of people living in the nine wards coming under K.R. Puram Assembly Constituency.
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Stay on top of busy roads, drive free under buildings
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Soon, the city may have roads running through residential and commercial spaces.
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West Bengal yet to tap allocated urban development funds
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West Bengal has not submitted proposals to utilise the entire fund allocated to it under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Minister of State for Urban Development Sougata Roy said here Thursday.
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India must take active role in promoting peace in world: Dalai Lama
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Spiritual guru the Dalai Lama today said India being a land of all traditions should take an active role in promoting peace and harmony in the world.
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India must take active role in promoting peace in world: Dalai Lama
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Spiritual guru the Dalai Lama today said India being a land of all traditions should take an active role in promoting peace and harmony in the world.
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