Despite tall claims by the public health department on tackling diseases, Maharashtra has achieved the dubious distinction of recording highest number of dengue deaths in the current year.

Random construction on the khoai (high and eroded) land at Shantiniketan has damaged the environment and ecological balance of the area, West Bengal Pollution Control Board told the Calcutta High C

Around 2,300 trees were fell down whilst widening roads inside Kathmandu Valley within the last two years, said the Department of Roads (DoR) on Tuesday.

The World Bank is providing US$302 million to implement the Second Rural Transport Improvement Project, which will improve around 5,250 km of union parishad and upazilla roads in 26 districts.

Dengue cases have risen alarmingly across the country this year, with data showing an 80% rise in the disease till July 31 as compared to the same period last year.

After facing stiff opposition from environmentalists and water activists, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has decided to defer plans to redraw Zone 'O' of the Yamuna riverbed.

Road construction is in progress under the JAICA programme in the Akkaraipattu Municipal Council area.

The government has made a comprehensive planning for the fiscal year 2013-14 to provide basic necessities of life to check the increasing pressure on the existing deteriorating infrastructure.

President Dr Mohamed Waheed has said 66 km roads would be constructed in 10 islands, under the road construction project which was initiated about two years ago.