Meghalaya Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma has flagged off the Shillong Supplement Public Transport Services at U Soso Tham Auditorium here for the benefit of the people in the capital city.

The Delhi Jal Board has been given the go-ahead to expand its sewerage system in the city. At a Jal Board meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday, several key projects were discussed and approved.

To lay a sewer network in the non-sewer areas of Delhi and trap the untreated waste that flows into the Yamuna, the Board has been given approval to spend Rs.135 crore for providing and laying sewerage system under the command of Ghitorni sub-zone.

The Chennai Corporation will construct a stormwater drain network, totalling nearly 800 km, in the areas that have been merged with it as part of the measures to prevent water-logging.

The new areas come under the Corporation zones of Tiruvottiyur, Manali, Madhavaram, Ambattur, Valasaravakkam, Alandur, Perungudi and Sholinganallur. Areas where water-logging is severe would receive priority in implementation of the project.

The Coimbatore Corporation is moving towards the status of a “Solar city”, which is aimed at reducing the conventional energy consumption by a minimum of 10 per cent at the end of five years, throu

NEW DELHI: In a relief to slum dwellers, the Delhi government today decided to give ownership rights of flats given to them through a central city modernisation scheme after the 15-year lease perio

Biometrics, UID methods used for identifying beneficiaries

Investment to be upped to Rs 2 lakh cr

The Centre is working on a new Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) that will see more cities covered by the infrastructure improvement project, with a massive hike in investment.

The unused land of the FACT should be utilised for setting up a waste treatment plant, which can produce organic manure, suggested L.N.

The State Cabinet on Wednesday decided to make available Government security worth Rs387.40 crore under Integrated Housing and Slums Development Programme and Basic Services for Urban Poor.