Speed up water projects, government told
The city corporation council has decided to seek government’s immediate intervention in resolving the issue of water scarcity in various parts of the city.
The council will exert pressure on state g
Road eats into school space
Students of the Government Adi Dravidar Welfare High School on East Coast Road, Palavakkam have a tough time.
The close proximity of the school to the main road makes it difficult for students to he
Rural India would banish open defecation in 10 yrs: Ramesh
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that the rural areas of the country would be free of open defecation within a decade.
"All the 2,65,000 gram panchayats in the country wi
CMBT to get multi-storey parking lot
The Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT) at Koyambedu, considered to be the largest in Asia, is all set to get an integrated multi-storeyed parking facility with two basements and above-ground floors
Toll halt to hit BIA road work
The court order on suspending collection of toll on NH-7 (Bengaluru-Bellary Road) near the trumpet interchange of the Bengaluru International Airport may have come as a relief for road users. But this
Residential areas in city all choked up
When one talks about traffic congestion in Bengaluru, the first thing that comes to mind is the city’s arterial roads where there is bumper to bumper traffic during peak traffic hours. Similar conditi
India, China to lead urban population growth over next 40 years
India and China will witness unprecedented increase in their urban populations in the next four decades posing new challenges of providing jobs, energy, housing and infrastructure to their people, a U
Road work drags on in Cheranellore
A section of the Cheranellore panchayat residents in the northern fringe of the city, are agitated with the promoters of the over Rs 1000 crore Medicity project coming up on over 50 acres on the banks
Rs70 crore fraud in World Bank funded highway projects: Report
World Bank issued a report stating the ‘fraudulent and corrupt’ practices employed by private contractors working on Indian highway projects, funded by the bank.
The Bank estimates malpractices sums
GCDA plans face-lift
In a major policy change, the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) will focus on infrastructural development works of the rapidly growing city rather than taking up real estate and housing proj