The Uttar Pradesh government on February 22 announced that Agra, the Taj city, would be the first ‘solar city’ of the country. Minister of State for Alternative Energy Vijay Mishra said that a Detailed Project Report(DPR) has been sent by the Agra authorities for making the city as the first Solar city of the country.
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Srei for used equipment
In order to release capital for lending to used construction equipment and other purposes, Srei Equipment Finance plans to securitise Rs 800-900 crore of its assets during the current quarter, reports suggest. The company will focus on financing used construction equipment because growth in sale of construction equipment is slowing.
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Maharashtra govt mulls law on intergrated urbanisation
Pointing to the need to go for integrated urbanization, Maharashtra Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said his government plans a new legislation to set new rules in this regard. He said this while addressing a gathering after inaugurating a conference. He said over 50 percent of the
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Ten major firms race to build 3,300-km freight corridor
For the 3,300-km Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) project, Indian and global construction companies are vying for around Rs 12,000 crore worth of civil works for two stretches. Among these are not only the Tatas, Essar and IVRCL Infrastructures Projects Ltd, but also Chinese, Russian and Spanish firms. The eastern corridor of the DFC is from Ludhiana to Dankuni (West Bengal). The western one is from Dadri, close to Delhi, till Navi Mumbai.
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Prioritise urban infra
National Urban Transport Policy [NUTP] was cleared initially way back in 2006, with a vision statement, to "make our cities the most liveable in the world and enable them to become the engines of economic growth". Given the organisation of our cities' infrastructure, it will be a mammoth task for any city to bring order and predictability, let alone promote sustainable forms of transport.
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Construction chief
Pravin Patel is the Non-Executive Chairman of Patel Engineering. He has gradÂuated in Town Planning from USA and also studied Financial Management from the London School of Economics. He is the son of Arjun Patel, one of the initial promoters and has a wide expeÂrience of more than 45 years in financial management, town planning, architecture, etc. Under his vision and erudite leadership the company has acquired immÂense reputation as an engineering company.
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Govt to make changes in land bill
Reports suggest that the government plans to double the offer to landowners who sell land for private projects. AccÂording to a provision, which may be included in the revised land bill, land owners may be offered 40 per cent (instead of the earlier 20 percent) of deveÂloped land (in proportion to what they lost and at a price equal to the cost of acquisition and development). This might be doubled in the version to be presented in Parliament.
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Govt to make changes in land bill
Reports suggest that the government plans to double the offer to landowners who sell land for private projects. AccÂording to a provision, which may be included in the revised land bill, land owners may be offered 40 per cent (instead of the earlier 20 percent) of deveÂloped land (in proportion to what they lost and at a price equal to the cost of acquisition and development). This might be doubled in the version to be presented in Parliament.
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Haryana land pool scheme
In order to give adequate compensation for land acquisition, Haryana government is preparing a land pool scheme. As per the scheme, Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA)
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No problem has been reported in land acquisition in our rural infra-structure scheme
Perhaps no other country has as many land-related disputes as India, rendering land acquisition painful. Union Ministry of Rural Development Secretary in the Department of Land Resources Anita Chaudhary...