Central Groundwater Board report out

The large-scale urbanisation has taken its toll on the groundwater resources in the districts falling in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Haryana. While painting a gloomy picture on the exploitation of groundwater, the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) has termed 31 zones as “dark zones” (over-exploited areas). The millennium city Gurgaon has four areas, Gurgaon, Pataudi, Sohna and Farukhnagar, declared as the “dark zones”.

A National Housing Policy has been drafted by construction sector experts to strengthen the Janasevana National Housing Initiative, combining decades of expertise in the provision of housing.

The Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link project has got a coastal regulation zone clearance from the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF). The state will now make another attempt to build the bridge.

A list of reservations expressed by CII and FICCI regarding the land Bill.

The country saw opening of 3,000 km of new roads (dirt road) in the last three fiscal years (2010-11 to 2012-13).

The Government has taken steps to build a road network connecting 36,000 villages belonging to 14,009 Grama Seva divisions in the country, since 80 percent of the population live in rural and plant