According to some reports, over 90 percent of cities and towns in India practice open dumping because of negligence, administrative mismanagement and lack of infrastructure. It is alleged that in most cities and towns, implementation of the Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules has
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Govt executes SUTP with aid from global institutions
Urban Development Secretary Sudhir Krishna informed that his ministry initiated the Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) with the assistance of Global Environment Facility (GEF), the World Bank and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to foster a long-term partnership.He informed this at the second annual meet of Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) in New Delhi
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Govt executes SUTP with aid from global institutions
Urban Development Secretary Sudhir Krishna informed that his ministry initiated the Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) with the assistance of Global Environment Facility (GEF), the World Bank and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to foster a long-term partnership.He informed this at the second annual meet of Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) in New Delhi
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MMC receives funding for civic projects
Mormugao Municipal Corporation (MMC) is said to have been approved Rs 1.73 crore grant for development of various projects in the town. Besides, the civic body received Rs 1.75 crore as octroi, and 3.8 crore for door-to-door waste collection. An amount of about 7.28 crore will be further sanctioned to it, Go
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Govt prepares waste management plan
Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar prepared plans to set up a modern and scientific waste management system in Bangalore. The plan, which aims to set up one processing unit in each of Bangalore’s 28 assembly constituencies, aims to decentralize waste processing in the long-term.
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Chhattisgarhs allots Rs 19 bn for urban projects
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh informed that the state government earmarked Rs 1,900 crore as budget outlay for the urban development department. Singh remarked that money would not be a matter when it came to take up development works in the urban localities and provide better civic amenities to the people
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WB govt mulls township project
West Bengal government is working on a plan to set up an industrial township at Raghunathpur in Purulia with residential areas outside the industrial clusters. Raghunathpur has around 2,000-acre of land both vested and private and the state government is said to be working to have a land use and development control plann
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Jharkhand CM inaugurates Ranchi-Patratu road
Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda inaugurated the Ranchi-Patratu road on November 21. The 35.27 km road is constructed at a cost of Rs 203 crore. The road passes through Patratu valley and around 16.6 km of the project is four-lane and the rest is two lane. The road has 10 high mast lights and six bus bays.
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SC asks J&K to build safe road to Amarnath pilgrims
The Jammu and Kashmir government has been asked by the Supreme Court on November 22 to pave all the passage from Panchtarni to Amarnath holy cave with pre-fabricated cement tiles to ensure that pilgrims do not slip on the way.
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Tiruchi’s alternative alignment for bypass is still elusive
It is still uncertain the new bypass road that is to connect the Tiruchi-Madurai, Tiruchi-Dindigul and Tiruchi-Karur national highways on the outskirts of Tiruchirapalli city. Because no decision has been arrived yet on identifying an alternative alignment since the High Court struck down the plan to lay the road across irrigation tanks.