JAIPUR: The civic body, after facing strong criticism for delaying the door-to-door garbage collection scheme, is now finally set to launch it. The contracted A to Z firm will start door-to-door garbage collection from Wednesday in the city.

While talking to media, Jaipur Municipal Corporation's (JMC) chief executive officer (CEO), Lok Nath Soni said, "In the first phase the door-to-door garbage collection will be started in 21 wards of the city from Wednesday." He added "There are 17 wards of Hawa Mahal east and west zone and 4 wards of Civil Lines zones which will be included initially."

Jaipur: Urban housing and development (UDH) principal secretary, G S Sandhu expressed his disappointment over the slow pace of work for cleaning the city’s big drains during the review meeting on Monday.

After heavy rainfall the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) and Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) had initiated repair and cleaning work for the Brahmpuri Nullah, Nag Talai Nullah and other drains in the city, however, as only half the work is done, the secretary was upsetThe JDA officials said that the work to clean Galta pond has been completed.

Court Had Directed JDA To Be Cautious About Green Belt

Jaipur: A division bench of Rajasthan High Court has asked the state government to submit details of all land use changes effected in the Master Plan of Jaipur region after March 2005. The order came on a contempt petition filed by one Prakash Shukla. In March 2005, while disposing of a PIL filed by one Yashwant Sharma, a division bench of Justice Shiv Kumar Sharma and Justice K S Rathore had asked the state government to earmark 200 bigha of land for ecological zone in Jaipur region as also to restrain from making wholesale and casual land use changes in the Master Plan of Jaipur in future.

The Rajasthan High Court on Monday directed the state government to collect samples of potable water supplied by PHED department in the city and get them checked in laboratory and file the results in the court after two weeks.

The order came on a letter written by Navyug Samaj Samiti, which was admitted as a PIL by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice N K Jain (senior).

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on Jaipur Development Authority for allowing illegal constructions in the basin of Amanishah Nullah.

The high-rise buildings coming up in the basin of the nullah has forced one P L Mandola to file a PIL which was heard by a division bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice N K Jain Senior on Tuesday.

JAIPUR: The empowered committee constituted by the state government for immediate clearance of debris in public areas and draining of flood water in affected areas of the city has sanctioned Rs 52 crore to JDA and Rs 48 crore to JMC. The amount has been sanctioned for cleaning of drains, repairing of potholes on roads and for purchase of new equipment.

The funds released by the empowered committee to civic authorities are part of drainage-repair package announced by chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday. Out of Rs 52 crore, JDA has been asked to spend Rs 15 crore on cleaning of sewage lines, Rs 18 crore for repairing of roads and Rs 30 crore to initiate construction under master drainage plan.

It was that found Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan were better prepared and more aware to implement project

Coimbatore is likely to be a part of an international effort to build sustainable, low carbon cities, if things go as planned by ICLEI, an NGO, and the British High Commission. The project aims at encouraging local governments to develop State-level guidelines and leverage international and national funds for such projects.

JAIPUR: With number of vehicles increasing manifold and parking areas becoming a major problem, the state government is planning to draw a parking policy for the city.

The policy will be drawn taking cue from the model parking policy of the Union government. In this regard, a meeting chaired by principal secretary (urban development and housing) G S Sandhu was held to discuss on the issues proposed for parking policies. Officials of traffic department, Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) and Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) were also present in the meeting.

New Delhi The Planning Commission and the ministry of road, highway & transport have decided to resolve their differences over the the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway, billed as the country's first suc

Land Acquisition, Tardy Planning To Blame

Jaipur: Jaipurites dreaming of owning a house in the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) proposed schemes may have to wait longer with several projects hitting a roadblock. Land acquisition is plaguing as many as six colonies proposed by the authority. Lack of planning is another reason for the delay in starting the projects.