PANJIM: While Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP) is desperate to submit its proposal to set up waste treatment plant in Baiguinim to the government, it is been unable to move forward since the project has not received technical sanction.
PWD has returned the project claiming it has no technical expertise, as told by Mayor Yatin Parekh.

Since the garbage crises last month, CCP has

Under the project, besides targetting 24-hour water supply in town, municipal corporation will entrust the job of revenue collections to private promoters

The city

Escalation of material cost one of the reasons
CHENNAI: Escalation in the cost of construction material, the elections and a demand for a minor change in design have led to a delay in the implementation of the Rs.815-crore Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme to strengthen minor drains and construct stormwater drains by the Chennai Corporation.

Though work orders for

The UPA government is aggresively pursuing its flagship housing project for slum dwellers, the Rajiv Awas Yojna (RAY), to bring in the second phase of urban reforms.

The Centre is holding talks with state governments and seeking their cooperation to roll out the project that promises a slum-free India in the next five years.

The State of the Environment report 2010 released by the UP environment directorate calls for urgent measures to organise solid waste management in a scientific and environmentally sustainable manner. The disposal of solid waste in UP is a major problem. Most cities have poor cleanliness and sanitation.

GUWAHATI, The ambitious Rs 102.16 crore Integrated Solid Waste Management Project launched in Guwahati in 2008 under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) seems to be making little progress.

Under this project, which is managed by the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) and the Guwahati Waste Management Co Pvt Ltd., a compost unit has been set up at West Boragaon on the

The system is expected to reduce dependence on individual private vehicles

COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu Governor S.S.

Bangalore: A 54-yr-old school, temple and other buildings will also be affected
COST OF DEVELOPMENT: A view of Sankey Road lined with trees. Secure a picture of the green canopy with a pristine lake at Sankey Road, as it will soon be history in a week's time.

The BBMP is hell bent on widening the road from Cauvery Theatre to Malleswaram 18th Cross and has issued a work order.

MUMBAI: A Rs 1,300-crore water project, which will ensure 24-hours water supply to Mira Road and Bhayander in three years, has been sanctioned by the standing committee of the Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC).

The state government had, in March 2009, promised to provide 200 million litres per day (mld) of water to the Mira-Bhayander region by building a pipeline from Surya dam in Pal

New Delhi: The proposed change in laws on rent control may come as a shock to tenats paying monthly rent of Rs 50 or 100.