We are trying to establish better facilities such as a sewerage system and 24/7 water supply

April 2017

It was raining applause when Gajendra Singh Nagesh, Additional Commissioner, Jabalpur, and CEO, Jabalpur Smart City, walked the stage at the recently...

Tags: Gajendra Singh Nagesh, Jabalpur Smart City, 4th Smart Cities Summit, tOte-a-tOte, NMT, RFID, Mobile App, LED lights, Swachh Bharat Mission, AMRUT, ABD, Smart City Praposal

Increasing the sanitation coverage of funds under the Swachh Bharat Yojana from 42 per cent to 60 per cent for rural areas is a step in the right direction

February 2017

The Union Budget 2017 has ensured that sanitation is one of the top priorities for the government in the next financial year. Significant development...

Tags: Union Budget 2017, Swachh Bharat Yojana, Swachh Bharat Mission, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, MGNREGA, construction

Can the Budget bring the mojo back?

January 2017

Demonetisation has dealt a body blow to the economy whether we like it or not. It has delayed the uptick in the economy by a minimum of several quart...

Tags: Demonetisation, Building, NHIDCL, AMRUT, PMAY, Swachh Bharat Mission, Union Budget, Construction World

A case for institutional investments in non-metro real estate

November 2016

India has over 40 Tier-II and Tier-III cities with million-plus populations, and some of these are growing as fast as their Tier-I counterparts. Seve...

Tags: Central Government Smart Cities, AMRUT, Swachh Bharat Mission, Real estate, Tier-II, III cities, Wimanath high-speed trains, Chandigarh, Smart Cities, Anuj Puri, JLL India, Non-metro real estate

Railways to implement green corridor

November 2016

Aiming at making rail tracks on its network as green corridor, the Railways have made a 175-km-long line waste discharge free zone as part of the Swa...

Tags: Green corridor, Railways, Swachh Bharat Mission, Okha-Kanalus route, Porbandar-Wansjaliya sections

India to have 35 districts as open defecation free

October 2016

The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has recently revealed the progress of the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin in the last two years. As per re...

Tags: Ministry of Drinking Water, Sanitation, Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin, Toilets, MNREGA, Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin, World Bank, Construction

Water Woes

October 2016

Available water resources are not adequate for Indian states. But a comprehensive wastewater policy has not been implemented anywhere in India, and M...

Tags: Available water resources, Wastewater policy, Water trains services, MWRRA, Bombay High Court, Chitkala Zutshi, Urban Local Bodies, STP, Pimpri Chinchwad Corporation, Parinita Dandekar, SANDRP, AMRUT, Smart Cities Mission, Swachh Bharat Mission, PwC

Our city is being developed on the principle of retrofitting.

September 2016

A Tier-II city in Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur is the third largest urban agglomerate in the state (as per the 2011 census), India´s 37th largest urban a...

Tags: Ved Prakash, Municipal Corporation Jabalpur, Smart Cities, Shriyal Sethumadhvan, Swachh Bharat Mission, Infrastructure, IPE Global, Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, AMRUT, Essel Infra