Frank Lloyd Wright, the American architect, once said that to look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look at something like the section of fibrous tumour. It is probably an apt description of how India

Civic body would only choose felling of trees as the last option to implement schemes
Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) has decided to make a basic principle of relocation of trees instead of chopping for development projects in city.

A two-day conference on climate risk management started in Jaipur on Tuesday.

Jaipur: As the work on Jaipur Metro project advances many residents along the proposed corridor are worried. The trader association of New Sanganer Road met the local MLA (Civil Lines) Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and protested against the proposed land acquisition.

JAIPUR: The Jaipur City Transport Service Limited, established in the Rajasthan Capital recently under the Bus Rapid Transit System scheme, has bagged the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission Urban Mobility Award-2010 for new technological applications and innovations.

State Transport Minister Braj Kishore Sharma received the award from Union Urban Development Minister S.

Jaipur. Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in Jaipur has excelled in innovation, ahead of similar urban transport projects in the country. The project was awarded the Overall Excellence in Urban Transport at the Urban Mobility India 2010 Conference and Expo on Sunday.

The newly-introduced Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) in Jaipur has become a national benchmark for management of mass transport systems in India. The Rajasthan government was awarded Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Urban Mobility Award-2010 by the Union government on Sunday.

Jaipur: The three-day National Symposium on Climate Change

The Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) had to pay a hefty price for slow progress of work on the Panna Meena Kund (pond), this time with the project itself.

Jaipur: Even as the sanctioned project to replace ruptured pipelines is yet to be implemented, several complaints of muddy and contaminated water supply in some areas are pouring in.
At least half a dozen people, including children have fallen ill, but the PHED rules out the possibility of contamination in Vidhyadhar Nagar, Shastri Nagar or Basabadanpura.
However, many residents from the