Himachal Pradesh
The construction of 14 strategic line projects, chiefly in border areas, will be expedited by the Railways Ministry. The border projects on which construction work will be speeded up have not taken off thus far due to paucity of funds. The Railways Ministry has stuck to its stance that the construction of the lines will [...] Continue Reading »
PK Dhumal, leader of the Opposition in Himachal Pradesh recently said that during its regime of the Land Tenancy Act, the Congress had allowed 2,398 land transactions worth 11,500 bighas under Section 118. He also mentioned as compared to BJP regime under the same section it was much higher as compared to 1,640 land approvals [...] Continue Reading »
The state government’s proposal of four-laning of the 220-km National Highway No. 20 (Pathankot-Mandi) has been once again rejected by the Ministry of Surface and Transport. The National Highways Authority of India had not included this important road project in its plan outlay for 2014-15, in the absence of political will as per the official [...] Continue Reading »
For setting up of satellite townships, 22 proposals have been received from the parties still the state government is in a dilemma on whether to permit the purchase of land in the name of the investor or hold its ownership so that there is little scope for circumventing various land laws. Though there is no [...] Continue Reading »
Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Mr. Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of the IT Park at Jagrandal in the Dharamsala Assembly constituency. After Waknaghat near Shimla, this is the second time that government has identified land for the IT Park. The Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Sudhir Sharma, who represents Dharamsala [...] Continue Reading »
To enable economically weaker sections of the society to build their house, The Himachal government is planning to amend the “Town and Country Planning Act” to give relaxation in the minimum plot size. This would help people to construct houses on the small 2 biswa plots. While replying to a query by Maheshwar Singh during [...] Continue Reading »
Himachal Pradesh has halted plans of over 60 builders and developers to sell flats and cottages in the state. The developers whose projects are in limbo include DLF, Janta Land Promoter Ltd, Omax Construction Pvt Ltd, Optima Construction Pvt Ltd, Amar Nath Aggarwal Builders Pvt Ltd and Surya Builders. Most of these developers’ projects are [...] Continue Reading »
Due to the collapse of an electricity grid, around eight states in North India had a major power blackout on Monday. It took more than half a day for the authorities to fully restore supply to Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chandigarh. It is considered that, the [...] Continue Reading »
The Himachal Pradesh high court has directed the state government to submit its report regarding efforts made by them to improve the condition of roads in the state. The road construction work taken by the government is going on a very slow pace. The residents of different areas are complaining about the same. The court [...] Continue Reading »
The state government-appointed commission revealed the fact that the forests and the natural life is destroying by the unplanned real estate development in Himachal Pradesh. The report says that by the shock wave of the blasting, wild animals are running away from the jungles. The builders are also dumping the construction waste and debris into [...] Continue Reading »
