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Corporation to submit projects

Thursday, 11 July 2013 11:04 administrator
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The New Indian Express              11.07.2013

Corporation to submit projects

For the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) Phase 2 project implementation, the City Corporation will submit projects to be included with various departments as implementing agencies. Projects are in the categories of supply of potable drinking water, sewage water treatment, protection and maintenance of pure drinking water sources, drainage, public transport system, modernisation of urban transport, city development, protection of heritage and solid waste management.

 Kerala Water Authority (KWA), Public Works Department (PWD), Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), Kerala Police and Departments of Irrigation, Archaeology and Tourism are the implementing agencies for the various projects stated above. Almost 80 per cent of the project expenditure will come as Central Government share and 10 per cent each have to be borne by the State Government and implementing agencies.

 Excluding the solid waste management project directly implemented by the Corporation, a detailed project report (DPR) has to be prepared through various government departments and submit it to Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project (KSUDP), the state-level nodal agency (SLNA). On receiving the state-level sanctioning committee’s approval, the projects have to be submitted to the Union Urban Development Ministry and implemented by the departments concerned by remitting the set project share. Cooperation of Town Planning Department, TRIDA, CRDP and NATPAC can be sought while preparing the project report.

 

Hudco loans to local bodies to build urban extensions

Wednesday, 10 July 2013 10:06 administrator
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The Financial Express            10.07.2013

Hudco loans to local bodies to build urban extensions

Cash-strapped urban local bodies (ULBs), which have failed to plan extensions of cities, can now easily get funds to further their efforts to de-congest cities. The Housing and Urban Development Corporation (Hudco), a public sector company, has come up with a scheme of providing soft loans for ULBs for building urban extensions.

Hudco will also provide consultancy services to ULBs, which want to build urban extensions of their cities. The scheme has been christened as Hudco Nav Nagar Yojana. "It's an integrated solution from planning to financing for new township and layout development. The period of loan will be between 15 and 20 years and the rate of interest would also be nominal,” Hudco CMD VP Baligar said.

Rlys’ freight loading sees jump in Q1

New Delhi, July 9: Indian Railways' freight loading, which has been below targets in the last two years, has seen a jump in the first quarter of this fiscal. In the first quarter of 2013, the railways carried 256.79 million tonne of revenue-earning freight traffic. The freight carried shows an increase of 11.98 million tonne over the freight traffic of 244.81 million tonne in the corresponding period last year, an increase of 4.89%.

During the month of June, the revenue-earning freight traffic carried by the railways was 84.95 million tonne. The main reasons behind the jump are the 5% increase in freight charges and the hike in passenger tariff implemented in January. The railways hopes to end 2013-14 with balance of Rs 12,506 crore.

 

10 lakes of State Capital to be beautified: UAD Minister

Friday, 05 July 2013 10:28 administrator
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The Pioneer               05.07.2013

10 lakes of State Capital to be beautified: UAD Minister

The Urban Administration and Development (UAD) Minister Babulal Gaur said that the 10 lakes of the State capital would be beautified and conserved in a better way.

He was addressing the officials at Directorate of Urban Administration here on Thursday. During the meeting, the UAD Minister gave certain directions to the officials concerned. Gaur instructed them to buy a de-weeding machine to maintain cleanliness in the lakes. Further, the Urban Administration Department would buy the machine with the total expenditure of `3 crore. Besides, the park located near the lakes would be beautified and made attractive with the expenditure of `2 crore.

Gaur instructed the officials to finish the beautification and maintenance work of the lakes properly and within the given time. During the meeting, Secretary, Urban Administration SN Mishra, Commissioner Sanjay Shukla, collector Nishant Varvade and Mayor Krishna Gaur were present along with the official of different departments of Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Gaur further instructed the BMC officials to buy an advanced machine for controlling the fire. He assured to provide `4.45 crore for the machine. He further instructed the officials to beautify the old doors and walls of the Nawabi era located from Kamla Park to Neelam Park. During the meeting, the official also focused on and discussed about converting Hathaikheda Dam and Shahpura Lake into an attractive tourist spot. Gaur further instructed to shift the dhobi-ghaat from Lower Lake and also to prohibit the fishing at the Motia Talab.

UAD Minister Babulal Gaur further reviewed the ongoing development works at Bagh Munshi Husain Lake, Siddique Hassan Lake and Shahpura Lake.

 
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