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MP admin revises land use for Mahakhumb amid seers’ stir

The 148 hectares of land was typically used for parking and public services for Simhastha, organised every 12 years in Ujjain

Following protests by local temple management committees, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan rejected the Ujjain development plan , state government officials said. (ANI)

india news

Updated on Jul 08, 2023 12:40 AM IST

ByShruti Tomar

What’s normal for monsoon?

IMD’s forecast of a normal monsoon holds caveats and potential skew in spread and timing

A poor monsoon can depress farm produce and rural spending, crimp production and fuel food inflation, besides wreaking havoc with harvest rates and farm jobs.

editorials

Published on Apr 11, 2023 06:06 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Oval Maidan-sized green cover wiped out from Thane creek section over 10 years: Report

The authorities, who carried out the study, have attributed the green cover loss to debris dumping, encroachments, dumping of plastic and hazardous waste

environment

Updated on Aug 21, 2020 10:06 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByBadri Chatterjee

Ludhiana MC panel sticks to 2014 CLU, EDC rates, rejects 2017 changes

The proceedings of the committee meeting will now be tabled in the general house meeting and then forwarded to the local bodies department for final approvals

People getting residential building plans approved will benefit from reimposition of 2014 rates.(HT Photo)

cities

Updated on Jun 02, 2020 11:46 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Chatly’s building sealed: BJP, Cong leaders get into scuffle at Ludhiana mayor’s office

Chatly, in his defence, said that the CLU norms came into existence in 2005 while his building was established in 2001. The BJP leader added that he was ready to pay the fee but the MC should prove first that CLU charges are applicable on his building. “Until the MC is able to prove that, they must unseal the building,” he added

cities

Published on Dec 16, 2019 10:19 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Hospital Trust trying to delay lease cancellation proceedings: HC

The trust got 5.3 acres of Panchayat land in Gururgram in 2010 on a lease for 33 years for setting up hospital

cities

Published on Sep 29, 2019 12:20 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | BySurender Sharma, Chandigarh

Kerala flood aftershocks: Unusual soil piping phenomenon adds to misery

Soil piping and lateral spread-- soils movement downhill-- visible in Kerala are recipes for major disasters say geoogists. Soil piping is indicative of serious destabilising inside earth in extreme conditions.

Rescuers help people to cross a flooded area after a landslide caused by torrential monsoon rains in Meppadi in Wayanad district in the southern Indian state of Kerala, India, August 9, 2019.(REUTERS)

india news

Updated on Aug 14, 2019 09:01 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | ByRamesh Babu

Committee clears Global City project with modifications in Gurugram

The land for the project was earlier earmarked for a special economic zone (SEZ) and was to be used for only industrial purpose.

The project will come up in land acquired by the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) in village Harsaru, Gadholi Khurd, Mohammadpur Jharsa and Khandsa.(HT Photo)

cities

Updated on Jun 25, 2019 02:11 AM IST

Gurugram | ByHT Correspondent

Encroachment continues on Faridabad PLPA land

A custodian on site said the plot had been cleared and encroached upon by an Anangpur village resident, who is allegedly politically connected.

According to activists, the plot in question, spread over at least 2 acres of the Aravallis, was cleared of more than 500 trees and shrubs.(HT Photo)

cities

Updated on Jun 24, 2019 07:56 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Gurugram | ByPrayag Arora-Desai

Maharashtra forms panel to study plan for 1L homes in Bhandup saltpan

The state government on Tuesday set up a five-member committee of bureaucrats to study the proposal sent by a private developer to construct one lakh affordable houses in the saltpan land in the Bhandup-Kanjurmarg belt.

cities

Published on Jun 12, 2019 12:36 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNaresh Kamath, Mumbai

Builders may have to pay full EDC for occupancy permits

A senior GMDA official, requesting anonymity, said the proposed method of recovering EDC would hold builders, who often default on or delay EDC payments, to account.

The GMDA is looking at EDC as its primary source of revenue and plans to invest over Rs 500 crore from EDC funds to develop public infrastructure in this fiscal.(HT File)

cities

Updated on May 04, 2019 02:08 AM IST

Gurugram | ByPrayag Arora Desai

Why is India’s real estate market stagnating

Developers have to seek clearances from multiple departments. They have to ensure compliance with a large number of rules and regulations that may be subject to revisions and pay steep official charges and fees. There are serious delays in granting permits and often, if applications are rejected, no clear reasons are given.

Real estate and land is heavily litigated. Data collected from the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority shows that around 16% projects and 31% of the built-up space are or have been in legal disputes(HT Photo)

analysis

Updated on Apr 10, 2019 10:29 PM IST

ByVaidehi Tandel and Sahil Gandhi

6-lane highway threatens a reserve forest

In the middle of January, government officials began to appear and marked at first a large cross on the road. Then they returned and began to measure the width of a road.

Farmers point to the yellow stone markers in their fields placed by officials who have marked out the highway in Kakkavaku village, Oothakadu, Tiruvallur, Chennai.(Photo by Gayatri Jayaraman / Hindustan Times)

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Published on Mar 25, 2019 08:03 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByGayatri Jayaraman

Rework method to assess forest cover, panel tells environment ministry

The report on developing a ‘strategy to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 and 3 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from forest and tree cover’ was released by environment minister Harsh Vardhan.

An expert committee report has recommended that the Union environment ministry rework the methodology to determine forest cover by mapping areas under various monocultures plantations.(Mujeeb Faruqui/HT Photo)

india news

Updated on Mar 10, 2019 07:11 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Food production needs to be more eco-friendly

According to Lancet study, food system changes land use, leading to climate change, water depletion

india news

Published on Jan 17, 2019 07:18 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByJayashree Nandi, New Delhi

Jalandhar diocese seeks cess relief on par with SGPC

After receiving the communique, the chief minister’s office referred the matter to the housing and urban development department.

The Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Jalandhar that houses the residence of the bishop of Jalandhar diocese.(HT File)

cities

Updated on Oct 18, 2018 09:31 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByGurpreet Singh Nibber, Gurpreet.nibber@htlive.com

NH-74 scam: Non-bailable warrant against 18 farmers

Special judge Narendra Datt issued the non-bailable warrants against farmers of Jaspur, Kashipur, Bazpur, Kelakhera and Gadarpur on Tuesday.

The court of special judge (anti-corruption) in Nainital also issued property attachment orders against three farmers.(AP Photo)

cities

Published on Sep 20, 2018 12:20 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByMohan Rajput

Forest ministry officials inspect Gurugram’s Sushant Lok-3 for layout plan violations

A team comprising officials of the ministry of environment and forest and Central Pollution Control Board carried out a survey in Sushant Lok-3 to assess the status of basic amenities, diversion of land use and encroachment of green belts, among other violations of the layout plan by the developer.

The survey comes after the National Green Tribunal ordered a probe into the development and maintenance of the colony after two residents filed separate petitions alleging the developer had violated environment and town planning norms.(Picture for representation)

cities

Updated on Sep 12, 2018 02:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Gurugram | ByAbhishek Behl

Mumbai’s Development Plan 2034 kicks off from Saturday

The development plan is a crucial document that will determine the city’s land use and infrastructure development for the next 20 years.

An aerial view of Mumbai.(Hemanshi Kamani/ HT Photo)

cities

Updated on Sep 01, 2018 08:28 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | BySanjana Bhalerao, Mumbai

Allahabad high court dismisses PIL demanding CBI probe into Mayawati land

Petitioner Sandeep Bhatt had alleged that former UP chief minister Mayawati had got a vast stretch of land allotted in her family’s name by misusing her position and got illegal construction done on it in Badalpur, her native village in Gautam Budh Nagar.

The Allahabad high court had in 2017 served a notice on four-time UP chief minister Mayawati, her brother Anand Kumar and father Prabhu Dayal in a case in which she is accused of getting agricultural land use changed and transferring the land to her family members.(HT File Photo)

cities

Published on Aug 27, 2018 06:36 PM IST

Lucknow | ByIndo Asian News Service

Mumbaiites, have a say in development of the island city. Your time starts now

Citizens can submit their suggestions and objections to the proposals until August 5.

The state said DCPR would come into force on September 1, while implementation of its excluded part will depend on its release.(HT File Photo/Used for representational purpose)

cities

Updated on Jul 12, 2018 04:19 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent, Mumbai

Singapore to draft detailed land use and concept plans for PMRDA

MoU signed to develop Pune as growth engine of Maha in the next 20-30 years, says Fadnavis

The MoU was signed in the presence of Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra chief minister, and S Iswaran, minister-in-charge of trade relations, government of Singapore, at the Sahyadri guest house in Mumbai on Wednesday.(HT PHOTO)

cities

Updated on May 17, 2018 05:19 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Pune | ByNadeem Inamdar, Pune

MG Road petrol pump shifting: Court puts a fresh stay on new site

The petrol pump owner had started construction at the new site after Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) removed encroachments and handed over the land to her after a court vacated an earlier stay on April 12.

Construction of the petrol pump at the new site in Sector 42 has been stopped.(Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

cities

Published on Apr 19, 2018 10:30 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByDhananjay Jha, Gurugram

GMDA launches online service for granting change of land use approval

The authority is also digitising all legacy files of the DTCP so as to create an online record of past CLUs granted, the spokesperson said.

The step has been taken to ensure transparency, accountability and cashless transactions, said a spokesperson of the authority said.(ParveenKumar/HT Photo)

cities

Updated on Apr 02, 2018 10:00 PM IST

hindustan times | ByRashpal Singh, Gurgaon

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The 148 hectares of land was typically used for parking and public services for Simhastha, organised every 12 years in Ujjain

IMD’s forecast of a normal monsoon holds caveats and potential skew in spread and timing

The authorities, who carried out the study, have attributed the green cover loss to debris dumping, encroachments, dumping of plastic and hazardous waste

The proceedings of the committee meeting will now be tabled in the general house meeting and then forwarded to the local bodies department for final approvals

The trust got 5.3 acres of Panchayat land in Gururgram in 2010 on a lease for 33 years for setting up hospital

Soil piping and lateral spread-- soils movement downhill-- visible in Kerala are recipes for major disasters say geoogists. Soil piping is indicative of serious destabilising inside earth in extreme conditions.

The land for the project was earlier earmarked for a special economic zone (SEZ) and was to be used for only industrial purpose.

A custodian on site said the plot had been cleared and encroached upon by an Anangpur village resident, who is allegedly politically connected.

The state government on Tuesday set up a five-member committee of bureaucrats to study the proposal sent by a private developer to construct one lakh affordable houses in the saltpan land in the Bhandup-Kanjurmarg belt.

A senior GMDA official, requesting anonymity, said the proposed method of recovering EDC would hold builders, who often default on or delay EDC payments, to account.

In the middle of January, government officials began to appear and marked at first a large cross on the road. Then they returned and began to measure the width of a road.

The report on developing a ‘strategy to create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 and 3 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from forest and tree cover’ was released by environment minister Harsh Vardhan.

According to Lancet study, food system changes land use, leading to climate change, water depletion

After receiving the communique, the chief minister’s office referred the matter to the housing and urban development department.

Special judge Narendra Datt issued the non-bailable warrants against farmers of Jaspur, Kashipur, Bazpur, Kelakhera and Gadarpur on Tuesday.

A team comprising officials of the ministry of environment and forest and Central Pollution Control Board carried out a survey in Sushant Lok-3 to assess the status of basic amenities, diversion of land use and encroachment of green belts, among other violations of the layout plan by the developer.

The development plan is a crucial document that will determine the city’s land use and infrastructure development for the next 20 years.

Petitioner Sandeep Bhatt had alleged that former UP chief minister Mayawati had got a vast stretch of land allotted in her family’s name by misusing her position and got illegal construction done on it in Badalpur, her native village in Gautam Budh Nagar.

Citizens can submit their suggestions and objections to the proposals until August 5.

MoU signed to develop Pune as growth engine of Maha in the next 20-30 years, says Fadnavis

The petrol pump owner had started construction at the new site after Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) removed encroachments and handed over the land to her after a court vacated an earlier stay on April 12.

The authority is also digitising all legacy files of the DTCP so as to create an online record of past CLUs granted, the spokesperson said.

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