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Delhi property ownership gets easier: Govt, not DDA, to issue conveyance deeds; How residents can apply & what it means for youThe Indian government has relaxed rules under the PM-UDAY scheme for regularising properties in Delhi’s unauthorised colonies, now allowing...- Houston flood maps update: FEMA draft shows bigger flood zones, higher risk for homeownersNew FEMA flood maps for Houston show bigger flood risk areas after many years. The update may put more homes into high-risk flood zones. Th...
- CAG finds Greater Noida authority failed to restrict farmhouses on protected Hindon floodplainThe Comptroller and Auditor General criticised Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority. GNIDA permitted construction on the Hindon f...
- Delhi govt sets November deadline to clear Yamuna floodplains of encroachmentsThe Delhi government has ordered agencies to remove all encroachments from the Yamuna floodplains by November as part of a 45-point action ...
- Delhi plans a Rs 136.8 cr park on Yamuna's east bank; Check opening date of Mayur Nature Park, activities planned & moreDelhi Development Authority is developing the Mayur Nature Park, its largest project to date, spanning 371 hectares on the Yamuna's eastern...
- New data reveals worrying picture on extent of Yamuna floodplains encroachmentAccording to a survey done using satellite and drone data, nearly 75% of Delhi's Yamuna floodplains have been encroached upon. Despite the ...
- Centre pushes for mandatory floodplain zoning law as only 4 states complyWith only four states enacting floodplain zoning legislation, the Centre plans to make it mandatory for accessing central flood management ...
- Delhi HC orders removal of encroachment, illegal constructions near YamunaThe Delhi High Court has instructed the DDA vice-chairperson to eliminate encroachments and unauthorized constructions on the Yamuna river ...
- 9,000-hactare land available in Yamuna floodplains for plantation: Delhi forest deptThe forest department said it has conducted a detailed analysis of the land available for plantation in the Yamuna floodplains, considering...
- Revive National Floodplain ZoningIn tandem, we need stepped-up resource allocation for flood management nationally, together with an apex National Flood Management Institut...
- Delhi LG orders removal of debris from Yamuna floodplains, setting up of CCTV surveillance mechanismBaijal, who is also the chairman of the Delhi Development Authority, gave the directions while chairing a meeting of the DDA to review the ...
- NGT directs Centre to submit report on steps to clean GangaThe green panel had passed a slew of directions to rejuvenate Ganga, declaring as 'No Development Zone' an area of 100 metres from the edge...
- Builders' wait for NGT nod to resume work near Yamuna floodplains gets longerThe NGT-appointed expert committee tasked with carrying out fresh demarcation of the Yamuna floodplain zone for construction projects that ...
- You have no sense of responsibility, NGT tells Sri Sri Ravi Shankar“You have no sense of responsibility. Do you think you have the liberty to say whatever you want?” the NGT reportedly told Art of Living fo...
- 19 states yet to respond to Centre's river regulation planPrakash Javadekar said the government will proceed on the issue after receiving the response of states while asserting that protecting rive...
- MoEF proposed River Regulation notification non-implementable: Odisha CM Naveen PatnaikIn a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Patnaik requested him "not to be in haste" in implementing the proposed notification.
- Flood alert: 'Yamuna floodplains drastically narrowed'The signs are already there. In recent monsoon seasons, many areas in southeast Delhi have seen basements of buildings getting submerged un...
- NGT directs MoEF for river policy report on Yamuna, HindonThe National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed the Union environment and forest ministry (MoEF) to present the expert committee report o...
- To save Yamuna, legal protection only recourseAn experts' committee constituted by NGT on restoration and beautification of Yamuna has recommended legal recourse for the river.
- Scientist opposes Sabarmati model, says reclaiming floodplain not a good idea for YamunaC R Babu has advised the lieutenant governor and the capital's bureaucrats against replicating the Sabarmati project.
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