The State Government is planning an urban transport authority for regulating public transport in Guwahati. The draft legislation for the purpose is under preparation.

Speaking to BW, the Union minister of urban development and poverty alleviation, Kamal Nath, points out that the challenge is to clear the backlog

Speaking to BW, the Union minister of urban development and poverty alleviation, Kamal Nath, points out that the challenge is to clear the backlog

SHILLONG:  The JNNURM buses that ply in the Shillong city have even impressed the Leader of opposition, Conrad Sangma to whom the buses have given a new face to the people of the city.

SHILLONG: The State Government’s failure to live up with the committed urban developmental reforms underlined by the Union Ministry of Urban Development has had its impact on the centrally funded third phase of the Greater Shillong Water Supply Scheme (GSWSS).

SHILLONG: The inability of the State Government to conduct Municipal elections in the State has hit the overall implementation of the Greater Shillong Water Supply Scheme (GSWSS) (Phase III) under the JNNURM after the Central Government decided to cut the 2nd installment of fund to the State by 10 per cent.

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.

KOCHI: Giving fresh hopes for opening up a new corridor to the city, the state government on Wednesday sanctioned Rs25 crore for acquiring land for the widening of Thammanam-Pulleppady Road. The first road in the city to be renovated under the detailed town planning (DTP) scheme, the Thammanam-Pulleppady stretch will open a parallel corridor to the city similar to Edappally-High Court and Sahodaran Ayyappan Roads.

The New Shillong Township project was conceived to accommodate the future population of Shillong as projected in the Shillong Master Plan and the State had earmarked 500 hectares of land to be acquired in Phase-I – for uses like administrative, commercial, community facilities, institutional, general housing and basic infrastructure, Ampareen said.

SHILLONG: The introduction of a fleet of forty new buses in Greater Shillong has ensured that the commuters need not wait for transportation. The Barik Point, the heart of the city, is now found to be deserted.