An underground pipeline on Sardar Patel Marg will carry an unusual substance: 60,000 litres of treated sewage water from a five-star hotel to a city forest.

Lucknow: Surveys and their findings may be the mainstay of assessing the performance of a state on various counts, but here

The Union urba May 23: The Union urban development ministry has asked the states to expedite setting up of Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA) to ensure better traffic management in the cities having a population of more than one million.

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.

Jamshedpur, Bokaro keep state flag flying
AMIT GUPTA

Ranchi, May 13: Cities of Jharkhand have flunked the hygiene test

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh now has a unique distinction. The state, after scaling new lows on several fronts, has now achieved another statistical feat most would shy away from.

City Rated 19th Among 25 Cities Surveyed For Cleanliness
Kumar Manish | TNN

Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad may have been declared a mega city, but it

Agartala, May 12: Agartala has secured 44th position with regard to

Yagnesh Mehta | TNN

The diamond city has stumbled and fallen from second place and has been ranked the third cleanest city of the country for 2009-10 with 69 points. Union ministry of urban development, as part of national urban sanitation policy, has been selecting top 25 cleanest cities. Chandigarh has topped with 73.4 points and Mysore is second with 70.6 points.