The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday restrained the Capital Development Authority (CDA) from converting the green belt of F-11 sector into residential plots for its employees.

Over 40 counters were set for the allotment of economically weaker sections (EWS) housing at the Sabarmati riverfront on Wednesday. The procedure for allotment on the basis of a 'computer lottery system' was undertaken at the counters.

The Sri Lankan government is to commence special housing programmes for the indigenous people next month.

In a boost to planned development around Mumbai and other cities, the legislative council on Wednesday unanimously approved a Bill for revision in town planning norms.

JAMMU: MLC Vijay Bakaya today visited Gole Gujral and sanctioned Rs 4.70 lakh out of his Constituency Development Fund for construction and upgradation of road in Ward 32 Sector II leading to Ashram of revered Shanker Shah.

It will go up from Rs. 41,250 to Rs. 66,250 per house

The State government's share in the Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY), a Centrally-sponsored scheme, will hereafter be two-thirds of the unit cost of each house.

SHILLONG: Seventeen towns and cities have been chosen as benificiaries under the Rajiv Awas Yojna. In pursuance of the Government’s vision of creating a slum-free India, a new scheme called ‘Rajiv Awas Yojana’(RAY) was launched on June 2 this year, which is expected to cover about 250 cities across the country by the end of the 12th Plan.

Village Roja Yakubpur (Noida Extension)In the courtyard of a small temple in Roja Yakubpur, one of the villages embroiled in a land acquisition dispute in Noida Extension, a couple of hundred farmers gathered on Monday to put forth their demands in front of Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) CEO Rama Raman.

‘Land acquisition a hurdle for RAY implementation’

SHILLONG: “Meghalaya is one of the States in India which falls under vulnerable  Zone-V of high seismicity and bamboo can play a vital role in appropriate housing and construction to its suitability and availability”, according to Kankana Narayan Dev of  Bambu-N-Man, a bamboo design consultancy of Guwahati, Assam.