Having shown dismal performance in the implementation of various projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, the state government has now asked the Central government to sanction a drinking water project for Amritsar.

MUMBAI: In a bid to bring about greater transparency in the utilisation of funds allotted for urban development projects, the civic body will video-tape its under construction buildings and post it on its portal. Agencies will soon be appointed for the video-shoots.

three hundred new buses bought by the state government with central funds have found no takers.

Of the 900-plus semi-low floor and low-floor buses purchased under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission scheme, 600 have hit the road. About half are being run by private operators and the rest by various state transport corporations.

The Central Government is likely to allocate additional Rs 1,000 crore for the 2010 Commonwealth Games under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Top sources said that both Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry of Home Affairs have given green signal to use funds under JNNURM for the project related to 2010 Commonwealth Games.

PRASHANT PANDEY

Three more cities -- Ambala, Kanpur and Dehra Dun -- were on Wednesday included on the list of counter-magnet cities for the national capital region (NCR) with the aim to check migration in Delhi.

The only positive change visible in Indian cities indicating that policy and action to meet the urban challenge are moving in the right direction is the significant number of shiny, new low-floor buses funded by the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

Pune It's been a long wait of three years for nearly 1,000 families from the economically weaker section in the city staying on non-developmental zones such as hill slopes and river banks. But three months from now, they will be able to move to their own flats in January 2010.

Report: Capital Failed To Introduce E-Governance, Community Participation Law

New Delhi: The Capital has failed to show the way as Delhi is lagging way behind other metros when it comes to execution of path-breaking reforms under Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), aimed at revamping infrastructure and urban governance in cities.

Sharadha Narayanan | ENS

WHO will clean River Cooum? A Project seems floundering and an Authority has been proposed. The nomenclatures are unlikely to help tackle what is rated a huge environmental concern because there are no takers for the job.