The amended draft of the Dehradun Master Plan is replete with the mistakes which were expected to be corrected. In the amended draft, the land use of residential areas in different parts of the city has been shown as used for Government offices. Anomalies in the land use shown in the Master Plan have remained uncorrected for more than three years which has raised the level of dissatisfaction among the citizens of Dehradun.

With pressure mounting on the government to grant “limited” relaxations for new constructions in Shimla’s green belt — where construction work was banned in 2000 — Himachal Pradesh government may waive off certain restrictions for the residents affected by the ban. At least six dozen plot holders, who could not take up construction work in the banned areas, may get relaxations as the cabinet is expected to deliberate on the draft Shimla Development Plan on February 29.

In face to face, an election special programme by sister publication Navshakti, we spoke to local residents regarding the issues in the ward as well as what promises the contestants have to make. Ward profile : Ward name : Kamgar Krida Kendra - Dadar Railway Station Ward No. 184 Reservation : OBC Sitting corporator : Snehal Jadhav ( Shiv Sena) Population : 52781 ( SC : 4980, ST : 121) Teething issues : Local residents face a inconvenience due to the fish market located outside Kamgar stadium. Heaps of garbage are found lying around and cleanliness issues are unaddressed.

KOCHI: The attempt of the Kochi Corporation to set up a bio-gas plants for decentralised treatment of biodegradable waste has failed to yield results despite spending Rs 61.61 lakh. This was owing to the lack of proper monitoring and timely remedial action.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday restrained the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from taking any coercive steps against five telecom companies. The companies have not paid the corporation the premium amount demanded by the civic body for regularizing cell towers put by the companies on roof tops of private buildings.

A Division bench of Justice SA Bobde and Justice M R Bhatkar said, “Prima facie it appears to be illegal.”

The District Planning Committee has given approval in principle to the project

District Collector P.I. Sheikh Pareeth has said that a final version of a district level project, to be included in the comprehensive health programme that will be implemented in the State during the 12th five year plan starting April this year, has been submitted to the government.

After a delay of six years, the state government at last approved the development plan (DP) of 23 villages merged in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), but the decision on the controversial proposal of biodiversity park (BDP) on 2,416 acres would be taken after two months by choosing one of the options of allowing some construction or giving transfer of development rights (TDR) for land acquisition.

More than four years ago, the Capital’s biggest land-owning agency, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), enforced a policy document called the Master Plan Delhi 2021 (MPD) to rapidly upgrade the city’s infrastructure.
The policy, which was to regulate Delhi’s infrastructure development between 2001 and 2021, was notified seven years late, in 2007.

The city’s development road map, the Delhi Master Plan 2021, is disconnected from ground realities and it will be revised next year, Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath said on Thursday. The process of revising the document has already begun to make it more accommodating, Nath said, promising the changes will save several residential and commercial areas that currently face demolition.