Two years ago, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) had a leaking water supply system and defunct meters. It decided to launch a pilot project in the Dharampeth area, and put in new pipes and meters. Today, over 6,000 connections there have water round the clock— and are happy to pay for this privilege.

Mahatma Gandhi's words that India lives in its villages are still a truism. But the accelerating pace of urbanisation suggests that, much before the close of this century, India will indeed live in its cities. Going by current trends, 40 per cent of India's population will be living in urban areas by 2030.

Ranchi, May 14: Stunned by unused urban uplift funds to the tune of nearly Rs 297 crore

Ahmedabad: The slumdwellers, displaced due to the Sabarmati riverfront project, were allotted houses under economically weaker section (EWS) scheme in the city on Monday.
In the first draw, 2,371 houses were allocated under the rehabilitation scheme, out of which 271 slum-dwellers living on the eastern bank, on the stretch between Subhash bridge-Dudheshwar bridge, were given new EWS houses.

Yogima Seth Sharma / New Delhi May 10, 2010, 0:54 IST

With commercial vehicle manufacturers

LUCKNOW: In a fresh impetus to bettering urban infrastructure in major cities of the state, the government of India has named Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Kanpur, Meerut, Allahabad and Mathura as mission cities under the urban infrastructure and governance (UIG) scheme of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

The wait for additional water may get longer for the city. At a meeting of the Chief Secretaries of Punjab and Haryana, the Executive Officer, Cantonment Board, Chandimandir, and the Adviser to the UT Administrator, the Punjab government made no commitment on the volume of water that would be released to Chandigarh for augmentation of Water Supply Scheme, Phase V and VI from Kajauli.

n Free water and exemption from paying sewerage charges by the urban poor is set to end in Punjab
n Metered water supply to become mandatory
n Kalia says that recovery was an essential component of both JNURM and UIDC schemes.

Chandigarh, May 4

Tribal Welfare Minister and incharge minister of Ujjain district Kunwar Vijay Shah has said that wheat should not be allowed to be sold at less the support price in the district at any cost. He said that the state government has decided to procure wheat by giving Rs 100 per quintal bonus over the support price.