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Chennai’s Kaliamman Koil Street to be widened soon

Chennai’s Kaliamman Koil Street to be widened soon

The Virugambakkam ResidentsÂ’ Welfare Association submitted a petition to the Chennai Corporation Mayor Saidai Samiyappan Duraisamy to facilitate the road widening work on Kaliamman Koil Street, Virugambakkam, at the earliest, at a public consultation meeting. As per the Development Rights Certificate, an additional Floor Space Index (FSI) will be allocated.

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Plea for capital dredging in Kolkata, Haldia ports

Plea for capital dredging in Kolkata, Haldia ports

Environmentalist Subhas Datta filed a a public interest litigation petition with the Calcutta High Court against the central government's move to stop subsidy for the dredging projects in Kolkata and Haldia ports. Kolkata port was one of the oldest and the only riverine port in the country and it is prone to heavy deposit of silt. Datta expressed concern over the neglect of the Kolkata and Haldia ports and he wants the court to direct gove

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Borrowers of MFI challenge HC order

Borrowers of MFI challenge HC order

Nine borrowers of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Medak and Warangal districts of Andhra Pradesh filed a petition in the Supreme Court in early May 2013 challenging a state high court order. In February 2013, the Andhra Pradesh high court asked the state government to review a law that restricted multiple lending by MFIs to the same borro

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Vizag port gets court notice on modernisation project

Vizag port gets court notice on modernisation project

Visakhapatnam Port Trust received a notice from the Andhra Pradesh High Court, which is hearing a petition filed by the workers union against the port's plan to rope in a private party for modernisation and upgradation of facilities at the ore handling complex (OHC). It may be noted that the port invited global tenders for the project, which it intends to implement on design, build

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Aranmula airport project faces setback

Aranmula airport project faces setback

In response to a petition filed by the Aranmula Heritage Village Protection Action Council, the National Green Tribunal has stayed the Rs 2,000-crore Aranmula private airport project in Kerala. The council argues that the construction of a private airport was in violation of the provisions of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy and Wet Land Act, 2008, Kerala Land

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Govt told to file documents on land allotment to DIAL

Govt told to file documents on land allotment to DIAL

The Delhi High Court, hearing a petition alleging land allotment at a throwaway price to private operator Delhi International Airport (DIAL) for the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on October 31 asked the Union Government to submit documents related to the allotment of land.