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THE World Bank

Gangtok, Sept 23: Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling yesterday said that there is no dearth of employment opportunities in the State since lots of people from outside the state earn their livelihood by working here.

In a city struggling to keep pace with the demand for housing stock, officially all that is left in the kitty of the Mumbai board of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) is about five acres of land. However, it has huge pieces of land lying idle with several trusts for years.

Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan has emphasised the inevitability of the proposed site as the only option for the Navi Mumbai airport.

MUMBAI: The state government and City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco), which are developing the international airport at Navi Mumbai, have firmly refused to allow residential buildings near the site.

The Paroda gram sabha on Sunday strongly opposed a mega housing project proposed at Karalem area of the village.
At the Sunday gram sabha meeting, gram sabha members opposed the mega housing project on grounds that the village has no garbage disposal facility and other infrastructure facilities.

Hyderabad, July 7: The state housing department has built just 219 houses of the one lakh that the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, had promised would be constructed for victims of the floods in Kurnool, Mahbubnagar, Prakasam and Guntur districts last year.

Considering the role and importance of rational and orderly growth of urban centers, the Government of Punjab intends to streamline the development process in urban settlements to
ensure that these settlements continue to achieve their objectives of improved efficiency and productivity.

Mumbai At a time when the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) is scrounging for every available piece of land in Mumbai to augment the affordable housing stock, its proposal to redevelop sector five of Dharavi, if accepted by the government, will add 5,000 homes to the city

This 17 nation survey on consumer behavior and environmental impact by National Geographic & Globescan revealed that environmentally friendly behaviour in 10 of 17 countries has increased and India has the most sustainable consumption pattern.

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