User: fredericknoronha Topic: Urban Planning
Category: urban planning
Last updated: May 25 2013 23:12 IST RSS 2.0
 
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Ranking cities 25.5.2013 Latest News
Our country is urbanising swiftly. We now have close to 8,000 cities and towns, including "census towns". We all know each one of these has its own characteristics, in terms of liveability - what it offers and what its strengths or weaknesses are. ...
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Maraimalai Nagar to get 250-acre town centre 25.5.2013 Hindu: Home
Commercial hub comprising malls, hotels and schools to come up on undeveloped land soon
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On a sustainable endeavour 24.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
Alliance Française de Trivandrum is conducting an exhibition on architecture in an attempt to enlighten the city about sustainable buildings
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UP government considering giving out BSP memorials for weddings 24.5.2013 Lucknow News, Lucknow City News | Cities News - Times of India
UP government considering giving out BSP memorials for weddings
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UN bats for 'water secure world' (Cached) 23.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
New York, May 23 : Unless greater efforts are made to reverse current trends, the world will run out of freshwater, the United Nations said on Wednesday marking the International Day for Biological Diversity and urging stronger scientific alliances to understand and protect natural resources.
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Vizag chosen for revised CDP 23.5.2013 Hindu: Visakhapatnam
Study to be taken up under Ministry of Urban Development and funded by World Bank
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Tankers reflect rotten urban governance 22.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
Tankers reflect rotten urban governance
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Kochi master plan in cold storage 22.5.2013 Hindu: News
The notification of the master plan for the Kochi Corporation and 16 other adjoining local bodies has been stalled for nearly two years.While the local bodies have accused the State governm...
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Tankers reflect comatose urban governance 22.5.2013 Hindu: News
Tanker lorries have evolved as the metaphor of flopped urban planning in Kochi.From providing drinking water to millions of residents, especially those in high-rise buildings and apartment c...
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The living tree 19.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
The living tree
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The living tree 19.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
The living tree
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NGO warns against passing development plan in a hurry 19.5.2013 Pune News, Pune City News | Cities News - Times of India
NGO warns against passing development plan in a hurry
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The living tree 18.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
The living tree
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The living tree 18.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
The living tree
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The living tree 18.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
The living tree
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‘Adopt a Lake’ initiative flayed 18.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
‘Adopt a Lake’ initiative flayed
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The living tree 17.5.2013 Hindu: Cities
We need multi-use public spaces in our cities, spaces that borrow the idea of the village banyan tree
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Designs for grade separators in central Chennai finalised 16.5.2013 Hindu: Cities
Facilities to come up at four key junctions; plan for fifth to be decided shortly
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Mirage of a river (Cached) 15.5.2013 Down to Earth

Is restoration of the Sabarmati the way to go?

It is claimed to be an exemplary project. It has won two awards for excellence in innovativeness and urban planning; one from the Prime Minister’s Office. Narendra Modi, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, recently hailed it as his big achievement. He pitted the restoration of the river Sabarmati in Ahmedabad against the poor record of the Delhi government in looking after the Yamuna, the capital’s lifeline river. The media has showered praise on the project.

Claims apart, what are the facts on the ground?

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Shri S.Jaipal Reddy Congratulate Scientists for Developing Rotavirus Vaccine in India (Cached) 15.5.2013 Govt of india: PIB
Shri S.Jaipal Reddy Congratulate Scientists for Developing Rotavirus Vaccine in India
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