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Dharavi Redevelopment: 6 key things about India's largest urban renewal project

NMDPL has said in a statement that the Maharashtra govt has approved the allocation of approx 256 acres of salt pan land for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project

Dharavi Redevelopment Master Plan is expected to be finalized within a few days, said Maharashtra government sources. (HT PHOTO)( (HT PHOTO))
Updated on Apr 11, 2025 06:17 PM IST

India has about 12600 MLD of sewage treatment capacity: Centre in Lok Sabha

West Bengal has the lowest STP capacity (108.3 MLD) among large states, while Gujarat has the highest capacity at 2769.14 MLD.

A sewage treatment plant in Noida. (HT File Photo)
Updated on Mar 27, 2025 06:50 PM IST

Final survey for Gurugram Metro begins to fix route alignment

Following the survey, all information was provided to a private consultant tasked with the land survey and preparing the design

The Gurugram Metro extension project will cover a distance of 28.5 kilometres from Huda City Centre to Cyber City. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)
Updated on Dec 27, 2024 05:08 AM IST

Angad Hasija on undergoing body transformation: Important to stay in disciplined

Angad Hasija disciplined himself to loose weight and get a leaner look for his latest character for a television show.

Angad Hasija worked hard to loose 8kgs to get a lean look.
Published on Jun 10, 2024 01:50 PM IST
ByYashika Mathur

New book moots Community Land Reserves for LIG housing

Any FSI increase should be directly linked with proportionate increase in the amenities and open spaces is the other key recommendation by urban planning experts who released the new book studying and comparing Mumbai’s urban planning with other top world cities

Mumbai, India - Oct. 27, 2023: Jagan Shah(Panelists), Gautam Chatterjee(Panelists), Shirsh Patel(Writer) ,Vidhyadhar Phatak( Panelists),Oormi kapadia(Writer) and Jasmine Saluja (Writer) , during book release of
Updated on Oct 31, 2023 05:00 AM IST

Empowered ward committees can play a vital role in aspirational neighbourhoods

India's urban growth is fueled by the aspirations and productivity of its people, with the potential to set global benchmarks for sustainable development.

Cities embody a symphony of municipal governments, universities, companies, and community organisations working in concert(Pixabay)
Published on Oct 10, 2023 07:51 PM IST

India’s Urbanization Challenge

The piece has been authored by Madhav Pai, is the executive director of World Resources Institute (WRI) India Ross Center Jaya Dhindaw is the programme director, Integrated Urban Development, Planning and Resilience at WRI India.

India’s urban population is expected to double by 2040.(Burhaan Kinu / Hindustan Times)
Updated on May 23, 2022 10:39 AM IST
ByHindustan Times

Lessons on expenditure and performance on cleanliness on Indian cities

The study has been authored by Shishir Gupta and Rishita Sachdeva.

The urban share of the population is expected to touch 40% by 2030.(Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times)
Updated on Aug 09, 2021 04:56 PM IST
ByCSEP

Chitkara International School, college of education mark Ozone day

Students commemorated 35 years of the Vienna Convention

Teachers also participated in the poster-making competition(HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 19, 2020 05:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times/Chandigarh | By, Chandigarh

What urban India can do to offset risks of Covid-19 | Opinion

Ensure hygiene, use digital infra, restrict mobility, ration health care systems, and a maintain supply of essentials

A well-managed and planned urban system can reduce the risks of pandemics and endemics. India’s urban system will have to champion the change for a more organised and formal development(REUTERS)
Updated on Mar 19, 2020 08:27 AM IST
ByAmitabh Kant and Richa Rashmi

Mohali MC to spend 14 cr to boost drinking water supply

Under AMRUT project, civic body to install water treatment plants, boost water system in different phases of city; cost also borne by centre

HT Image
Published on Dec 25, 2019 12:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By, Mohali

To achieve water and sanitation security, learn from earlier programmes

A recent study by the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), ‘Unearthed – Facts of On-Site Sanitation in Urban India (2019) finds in a survey of 10 cities that less than 2% of these comply with the governing technical standards, posing a potential risk to existing water supplies.

For instance, while SBM produced rapid gains in access to toilet facilities, latrines do not mean safe management of wastewater, and they don’t enable reuse of waste water because the majority of urban and rural households depend on on-site sanitation systems.(Manoj Dhaka/HindustanTimes)
Updated on Nov 13, 2019 07:55 PM IST
ByShubhagato Dasgupta, Anindita Mukherjee and Neha Agarwal

No more water cuts in Navi Mumbai from next week as dam water level rises

Dehrang dam is the prime source, supplying water to old Panvel area. Old Panvel needs 30mld of water but only 15 mld is supplied.

The implementation of projects under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban transformation (Amrut) will solve Panvel water problem but it might more than three years to start.(HT FILE)
Updated on Aug 02, 2019 04:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | By

‘National renting policy will be in the public domain soon’: Hardeep Singh Puri

Union minister of housing and urban affairs, and civil aviation Hardeep Singh Puri talks about Centre’s plan to put in place a contractual framework between tenants and landlords.

Union minister of housing and urban affairs, and civil aviation Hardeep Singh Puri in his office.(PTI)
Updated on Jul 10, 2019 08:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By

Building a global urban narrative

The story of India’s urban development is one of economic growth and upward social mobility

The 100 Smart Cities Mission, of which 90 are greenfield cities, leverages technological advancement to deliver public goods and services that are critical to urban living(Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)
Updated on Jun 25, 2019 07:55 PM IST
ByHardeep S Puri

PMC’s town planning designs on Uruli, Phursungi revealed

Proposal for developing the town planning schemes has been approved by city improvement committee

The first town planning scheme in Pune was developed at Bhamburda in 1979.(RAVINDRA JOSHI/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jan 27, 2019 03:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | ByAbhay Khairnar
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