In order to ease the parking chaos in Kolkata, the state government needs to work on concrete plans to have more parking plazas in the city, state public works department minister, Mr Kshiti Goswami said in the Assembly today.

In the inner roads of delhi, even a Delhiite, living in the city for years, is likely to flounder. An exact address in the city is hardly of any use in the absence of basic signages to guide one through the maze of streets.

Burrabazar's biggest problem is space, rather the lack of it. Lack of planning and the mushrooming of illegal buildings have led to road space in the commercial hub shrinking with each passing year. The problem has been compounded by vehicles being parked illegally, choking all the arteries.

Megha Suri,TNN With over 18 lakh private vehicles and parking space to accommodate barely 25,000, the Capital is reeling under a severe parking crisis. A recent survey by RITES has revealed that Vishwavidyalaya Metro station, Old Delhi Railway station, Karol Bagh and Bahadurshah Zafar Marg to have the most congested parking lots in the city.

Rain in the Capital has meant inconvenience more than relief for commuters, especially for those taking the road between ITO and Mathura Road under Tilak Bridge. Neglected for months, the stretch has become a deadly mix of waterlogging and sewage water filth.

Civic body told to seek opinion from NDMC and arts panel;

The Emaar MGF company will set up a Knowledge Park in Mohali, said CEO William R Rattazi on Monday. The park would be an integrated township involving an investment of Rs 3,000 crore and similar ventures have also been planned for Jalandhar and Ludhiana. The joint cost of these ventures would be Rs 5,000 crore. While the township will keep space for offices, emphasis will also be given to education, healthcare, hospitality as well as retail.

Even the most ardent proponents of industrialism would acknowledge that we are in the midst of an environment crisis. Rates of species extinction are 1,000 times more than what they were before human beings dominated the earth. The rate of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere today is 30 times more than when the Industrial Revolution started. Urban India is slowly waking up to this inconvenient truth.

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Gearing up for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi is all set to take lessons from Melbourne, which hosted the Games in 2006. The City Alliance Agreement signed by the two cities on Tuesday will focus on a