The UPA government’s ambitious Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act was notified on Tuesday, and will come into effect from January 1

A group of slum-dwellers of Berhampur are reluctant to get rehabilitated in apartments proposed to be built under the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY).

This may become a hindrance in the path of implementation of the RAY in the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BMC) area. A group of inhabitants of Uttarmukhi Street of ward number 1 of the BMC have approached the Berhampur Sub-Collector opposing their proposed rehabilitation in apartments to be constructed under the RAY.

The House Committee of Legislative Assembly constituted to ascertain the factual position regarding the illegal encroachment of wet lands and conversion for residential purposes in Srinagar, Baramu

Gujarat high court has issued notices to state's urban development and housing department and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) over a PIL objecting to slum demolition at Ranip area.

In a major success, the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) management relocated 32 families from two settlements located in the core critical area of the tiger habitat.

New Delhi: The Environment ministry has said that over 1.5 lakh people will be affected due to construction of the Polavaram multi-purpose project in Andhra Pradesh.

"A total of 1,77,275 persons will be affected in Andhra Pradesh as a result of construction of the project," Environment and Forest minister Jayanthi Natarajan said in reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.

Blueprint Necessary To Get Funds From JNNURM Phase II

Pune: A plan that is expected to steer the city’s development for the next three decades has been approved by the elected members.
The general body of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Wednesday approved the draft for the revised city development plan (CDP) for 2041 as mandated by the central government to receive funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

Registrar Lahore High Court (LHC), Sardar Ahmed Naeem on Tuesday presented a cheque amounting to Rs.