The hammer will once again fall on the structures standing within the CRZ zone along the Colva coast as the Panchayat body has cleared demolition of around 16-17 structures along the belt.
Structures of the Tourism department, including stalls put up near the creek, however, have got a respite with the Panchayat body deciding otherwise after Tourism officials submitted documents to prove they wer

Plea seeks direction against encroachment in village

Government Pleader told to seek instructions, file counter affidavit

Kokrajhar, Sept.

While the Dharavi makeover plan has been pending for the past six years, 80% of the Prime Minister

The Yamuna is rising again, threatening to enter city limits with more than six lakh cusecs of water being released into the river from Hathnikund barrage on Wednesday evening after heavy rainfall and inundation in Haryana and Punjab.

Hyderabad, Sept. 6: In September 2003 the state government issued orders asking district officials to take necessary steps to identify all lands covered by water bodies such as tanks, rivulets, ponds, lakes, river bodies and others, and include them in the Prohibitory Order Book. This was done in order to protect and conserve all wetlands.

NEW DELHI: Making an attempt to protect what is left of the floodplains of the Yamuna, activists of non-government organisation Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan have written to Delhi's Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna asking him to ensure that there are no further encroachments on the riverbed.

The activists are concerned that the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for its third phase of expansion is consideri

Dhaka, the country

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Thursday, demanded a judicial inquiry into the undermining of actions against encroachments in Munnar and the reported leaking of information about the ordinances proposed by the State government.

BJP spokesman George Kurian told a press conference that the Kanan Devan Hills (Taking Over by Resumption of Certain Lands) Ordinance was inten

SEPPA, Aug 17: A team headed by ADC-cum-Estate Officer Mige Kamki carried out an eviction drive here yesterday at Pacha Power House complex where 18 temporary huts were dismantled clearing the complex of unauthorized occupation, reports DIPRO.