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Minister seeks funds from centre for civic amenities
Delhi Urban Development Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely is in favour of vertical expansion of the city provided the union government financially supports the development of required infrastructure. Speaking to a media agency, Lovely said there is a need to strengthen basic services like drainage, water supply and power distribution network to allow vertical expa
Karnataka govt works on Rs 73 bn water project
Karnataka government would soon finalize all preparations for the proposed drinking water project in Yettinahole and take up the tender process. The project involves constructing water reservoirs and dams at an estimated cost of Rs 7,300 crore. This information was given by the leader of the House in the state legislative council recently. The proposed project would benefit Bangalore Rural, Kolar, Tumkur and Chikkaballapur districts
Punjab govt to spend Rs 14 bn in 6 districts
Punjab government decided to spend Rs 1,433.97 crore on upgrading basic civic amenities like road, water, sanitation and social infrastructure facilities in six districts falling in the border areas. Specifically, the amount would be spent on improving these facilities in 18 blocks of Amritsar, Ferozepur, Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Tarn Taran districts in the
Govt to aid small towns under JnNURM
The government may provide funding for procuring buses by small cities with a population of less than 10 lakh under the the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM), reports indicate. Under the mission, so far the government was funding only cities with population of at least 10 lakh. But sources from the union urban development ministry infor
Govt spends Rs 26 bn under JNNURM in Faridabad
Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, Rs 2,679 crore is being spent for the development of Faridabad, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said. He said this at a function organised by Faridabad Industries Association (FIA) in the town. The National Highway-2 was being widened and an Industrial Model Town
UT govt takes steps for Rs 109 bn metro rail project
The UT administration of Chandigarh is taking steps to implement the 37.57-km metro rail corridor project covering Chandigarh, Panchkula and SAS Nagar. The project, which is estimated to cost Rs 10,900 crore, would be implemented through a special purpose vehicle (SPV). The cost of the project would be shared between the centre, UT administration and governments of Pu
Govt’s move may affect urban infra projects
The decision of the Kerala government to add new staffs to the team of the Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project (KSUDP) is expected to go against the interest of the project. The new entrants to the project will have to study the entire project from the start and hence completing them within a time-bound manner will not be easy. This woul
Kerala govt mulls Rs 20 bn investment proposals
Kerala Urban affairs Minister Manjalamkuzhi Ali informed a gathering that the state government is planning to bring around Rs 2,000 crore investment opportunities through a new initiative in the state. He informed this after inaugurating a discussion on comprehensive development of Kozhikode. He also informed that the state government would showcase five urban development projects in the investors meet in Koch
AP govt to ask centre to allot Rs 220 bn for JNNURM-2
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said he would ask the central government to allot Rs 20,000 crore under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission-2 (JNNURM-2). Reddy is learnt to have discussed this at a meeting of the state-level steering committee (SLSC). The centre may launch the