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urban area news

Praja manifesto suggests open data BMC portal to empower citizens

Raju Shinde | HT Photo
Published on Dec 03, 2025 08:44 am IST

Why transit-oriented development is the answer to global urban sprawl

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Urban Planning
Updated on Jan 13, 2025 01:03 pm IST

Six decades of Delhi Master Plan and its future

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Master Plan is segmented into Emergency Plan (5 yrs), Strategic Plan (10 yrs) and Vision Plan (20 yrs). (HT file photo)
Published on Oct 30, 2024 04:00 pm IST

High humidity levels can amplify heat risks in urban climates: Research

Researchers found that the heat stress burden is dependent on local climate and a humidifying effect can erase the cooling benefits that would come from trees and vegetation.
Published on May 13, 2023 01:23 pm IST

Haryana enacts law to validate de-licensing of land

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Updated on Sept 17, 2020 06:54 pm IST

Having equal no of experts, councillors on tree authority not a must: BMC tells HC

The BMC planned to cut 130 dead or dangerous trees ahead of this monsoon.
Updated on Jun 18, 2019 12:24 am IST

Metro work at Aarey delayed after Bombay HC’s no-go to tree panel

On October 24, 2018, HC had restrained BMC’s tree authority from deciding on any tree cutting proposals without appointing adequate number of independent experts.
Published on May 23, 2019 01:03 am IST

Urban areas should be given fair representation in political economy

City residents and local governments don’t have much of a say in how the cities are run or managed and a lot of it is due to their underrepresentation in the political scenario. This is causing political neglect.
Updated on Apr 03, 2019 07:57 am IST

PMC to take legal action against Panchshil Group for cutting 500 trees ‘by mistake’

Birds seen on the polluted Mula-Mutha rivers at Dr Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary.
Updated on Apr 09, 2018 04:43 pm IST

CM Fadnavis seeks detailed report over illegal razing of 500 trees at Pune’s Dr Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary

Alleged illegal razing of 500 trees at the natural bird sanctuary on the Mula-Mutha riverbank in Yerawada had highlighted the state of its neglect by the civic authorities. A member of the PMC tree authority committee had earlier alleged that Panchshil Group had violated environmental norms by felling more than 500 trees out of the standing 592 trees of various species in the property owned by the group, without seeking permission from the authorities.
Updated on Mar 21, 2018 03:30 pm IST

Pune civic body serves notice to Panchshil Group for ‘illegally’cutting down 500 trees

Land of Raheja builder near Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary at Yerwada in Pune on Thursday.
Updated on Mar 20, 2018 02:50 pm IST