The Urban Development ministry on Wednesday said there was no question of inquiry into implementation of Airport Express metro line at this stage as it had not received any final recommendation in the audit report. ...
05:56 PM, Mar 06, 2013
London: India will spend $ 1 trillion on infrastructure development in the country over the next five years and 40 per cent of it will come from the private sector, Kamal Nath, Union Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs said on Tuesday. "The Cabinet has approved an expenditure of $ one trillion in the next five years on Infrastructure Development and 40 per cent would come from private sector,"...
09:16 PM, Nov 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Urban Development Ministry will meet with officials of Reliance Infrastructure and the DMRC to try and resolve the issue of the Metro Airport Express which has been shut for the time being due to technical problems and safety risks. The ministry is likely to make a statement on Monday afternoon regarding the airport metro suspension. Delhi Metro has sought to shift the blame on Airport Express Metro...
06:46 AM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: The number of projects undertaken by the urban development ministry for transition to quasi-urban society has not been accompanied by a commensurate increase in the supply of basic urban services, a report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban Development said on Wednesday. The committee chaired by Member of Parliament Sharad Yadav said that the urban population has increased from over 28 crore in 2001 to 37 crore...
02:18 AM, Apr 26, 2012
Mumbai: A year after an inquiry commission was set up to probe the scam-tainted Adarsh Housing Society, the Maharashtra Government has sought an interim report from the panel. The state government has filed an application before the two-member inquiry commission, seeking an interim report on two of the 13 issues being looked into by the judicial panel. The two issues include ownership of the land in south Mumbai, on which...
11:49 AM, Feb 22, 2012
New Delhi: Kochi Metro is going to be a reality soon. The crucial meeting of the Public Investment Board (PIB), which is expected to give the final nod to the state's 'dream project', will be held this month itself. After the PIB approval, the project will be put up for Cabinet nod. There were rumours that the PIB meeting will be delayed in the run-up to the Budget. "The PIB...
03:51 PM, Feb 04, 2012
Chennai: To improve basic infrastructure facilities in cities and urban areas in the state, Tamil Nadu government today decided to start a scheme at a cost of Rs 6,653 crore. Under the "Integrated Urban Development Scheme", basic infrastructure, including drinking water, sewage water removal, health, rain water drainage, roads and streets, solid waste management, parking facilities and parks will be improved in corporation and townships at a cost of Rs...
12:53 PM, Jan 16, 2012
New Delhi: A bill of Rs 1.98 crore has been raised by the Estates Department of the Urban Development Ministry against Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar for occupation of 6, Krishna Menon Marg since 1986 after the demise of her father late Jagjivan Ram. The Department of Estates, in an RTI reply, has given a list of 10 persons including "family members of Late Indrani Devi ie Smt Mira Kumar...
08:16 AM, Nov 22, 2011
Bellary: The CBI on Sunday conducted searches at the residences of two close aides of former Karnataka Minister G Janardhana Reddy in Bellary and seized several documents, official sources said. The 11-member CBI team headed by Superintendent of Police Venkatesh from Hyderabad swooped down on the residence of Gurulinge Gowda, Chairman of the Bellary Urban Development Authority (BUDA) located at Renukacharya Nagara on Sunday morning. The team also conducted searches...
11:01 AM, Sep 11, 2011
Mumbai: A crucial piece of evidence in the Adarsh Housing Society scam - a hard disk - mysteriously disappeared on Tuesday from the Urban Development Department (UDD) just days after a key file went missing. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has informed the special CBI court that one out of the 10 hard disks from the Urban Development department - pertaining to the case has gone missing. Incidentally, last ...
09:19 AM, May 17, 2011
Mumbai: A crucial piece of evidence in the Adarsh Housing Society scam - a hard disk - mysteriously disappeared on Tuesday from the Urban Development Department (UDD) just days after a key file went missing. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has informed the special CBI court that one out of the 10 hard disks from the Urban Development department - pertaining to the case has gone missing. Incidentally, last...
09:19 AM, May 17, 2011
New Delhi: Tech hub Bangalore tops the list in a new Morgan Stanley report on how India's booming cities cope with problems from infrastructure to job creation, with Mumbai, India's financial capital, trailing in 21st place. Asia's third-largest economy is home to one-quarter of the world's 20 most densely populated cities but the slow pace of urban development has been a drag on economic growth. The report found that second-tier...
11:01 AM, Feb 18, 2011
New Delhi: Janata Dal United (JDU) MP Sharad Yadav, the Chairman of the standing committee on urban development, has called for a panel meeting on January 18 over Commonwealth Games' financial irregularities. Sharad Yadav has sought expenditure details from the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on all CWG projects. The panel will grill Urban Development Ministry officials on how CWG projects were being handled. A...
11:15 AM, Jan 14, 2011
Mumbai: Even before the numerous Coastal Regulatory Zone violations controversy could die down, a fresh one is brewing around the first re-development project of the iconic Marine Drive in Mumbai. Vasant Sagar, the first high rise in the area, has drawn the ire of the residents, conservationists and architects alike. Residents fear that the redevelopment project will only make this area vulnerable to the builder mafia. The iconic Marine Drive...
11:54 AM, Dec 17, 2010
New Delhi: Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy today spoke against low excise and customs duty for private vehicles and stressed on the need to provide more incentives for public transport. He supported "disincentives" for private transportation. "We need to offer incentives for public transport. I would go a step further and say that we must organise disincentives for private transportation," Reddy said at the closing plenary of the 3rd...
06:56 PM, Dec 05, 2010
Mumbai: The case pertaining to the theft of key documents in Adarsh Housing Society scam was today transferred to the Mumbai Crime Branch due to seriousness of the issue. "The case has been transferred to the Crime Branch. This special wing is working on the case and have asked for the FIR details which was registered in the local police station," a crime branch official said on condition of anonymity....
01:03 PM, Nov 28, 2010
Mumbai: Two file noting related to the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam have gone missing from Maharashtra's Urban Development Department office. The file noting dated August 30, 2009 and November 1, 2010 have gone missing. The Urban Development Department has registered a case of theft and attempt at destruction of record at the Marine Drive police station. According to the Urban Development Department information given to Central Bureau of Investigation...
01:22 PM, Nov 27, 2010
New Delhi: Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy defended the Delhi Development Authority's (DDA) Rs 760-crore bailout of Emaar MGF while building the Games village. The minister said that the deal was profitable and necessary. The Commonwealth Games might have ended but the controversies certainly haven’t. Now it’s the Urban Development Ministry, which has taken on builders hired during the Games. Not too long ago images taken of apartments in the...
09:23 PM, Oct 21, 2010
Have recent Metro accidents shown that India's urban planning is flawed? ...
03:05 PM, Jul 14, 2009
Jaipal Reddy says report on accident will be submitted by July 22. ...
12:45 PM, Jul 13, 2009
