Mumbai The government will set new limits on how high the city

Subhash Chandra NS, Bangalore, Apr 1, DH News Service:

As the City reels under the impact of an unprecedented water scarcity, there is credible evidence to suggest that indiscriminate construction of apartments, highrises and individual homes throughout Bangalore is the root cause of the shortage, studies by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Bangalore University suggest.

Mohamed Imranullah S.

Judgment to be circulated among Chief Secretary, PWD Secretary, other officials

Deepa H Ramakrishnan

CHENNAI: The Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Management, Anna University, will soon take up seismic risk evaluation of big private buildings, including residential complexes in the city. This would be done using the Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) Technique.

Yagnesh Mehta | TNN

Anna University Vice-Chancellor P. Mannar Jawahar handing over a guide on seismic risk evaluation of buildings to Chief Engineer (General) of PWD S. Jayaraman at a function in Chennai on Thursday.

CHENNAI: The Public Works Department (PWD) is all set to make a seismic risk evaluation of the government buildings under its control in Chennai.

Having announced a 20-25 per cent emission intensity reduction by 2020, India will now focus on the high carbon emitting sectors like cement manufacturing, power generation, transport, steel and building construction. An interim roadmap will be in place by April this year. The final plan of action will, however, be ready only in September.