Daily Shortfall 24% In Delhi, 17% In Mumbai

Water scarcity is fast becoming urban India’s number one woe, with the government’s own data revealing that residents in 22 out of 32 major cities have to deal with daily shortages.

Government has identified the 11-km Shastri Park-Trilokpuri sector for the first line

Delhi is likely to get it first monorail by 2017, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Tuesday. She said the city needs a transport system that is not only efficient and accessible, but also that will allow people to live in a healthy environment.

The State government has proposed 61 new projects for Bangalore and Mysore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM).

The projects include grade separators, public transport, storm water drains, etc. The estimated cost of the projects is Rs 5,265.22 crore, Minister for Urban Development, Vinay Kumar Sorake, said here on Monday.

The Union Urban Development Ministry has advised States to identify lakes and ponds in urban areas and notify them in municipal land records as “assets”.

NEW DELHI: Imagine reaching Delhi from Meerut in just 62 minutes and from Panipat in 74 minutes.

Number of households has risen from 53.69 per cent in 2001 to 78.86 per cent in 2011.

New Delhi : A proposed amendment for allowing high rise buildings has been introduced in the Master Plan Delhi-2021 during the review process of the document.

City utilises only 35% of funds; two major projects fail to take off

Urban Development Ministry had asked UT to introduce tax in congested areas to ease traffic

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath agree that Delhi must be decongested

Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit may not agree entirely on whether Delhi should grow vertically, but on Monday both concurred that the city needs to be unburdened.