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Delhi govt to construct 89,400 EWS flats by 2025
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 14 (ANI): The Delhi government will construct 89,400 flats for economically weaker sections (EWS) and slum dwellers across the national capital by 2025.
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Hyderabad residents celebrate Dussehra following COVID-19 norms
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 25 (ANI): Dussehra, one of the most important festivals of Hyderabad, was celebrated by city dwellers following COVID-19 protocols on Sunday.
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Lemru Elephant Reserve will not infringe on rights of villages, forest dwe
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 20 (ANI): Denying reports about the displacement of the villagers and reduction in their forest rights due to Lemru Elephant Reserve, Chhattisgarh Forest Minister Mohammad Akbar on Monday said the project will not infringe on the rights of villages and
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Provide pucca houses to slum dwellers before their eviction: Satyendar Jai
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): Delhi Urban Development Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday wrote to Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal regarding detailed plans to provide 'pucca' houses to poor families living in 48,000 slums along railway tracks in the national capital.
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J-K's border dwellers find safe haven in underground bunkers
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 2 (ANI): Underground bunkers built by the state government in the border district of Kathua have become a safe haven for villagers who often have to fear for their lives when there is firing from across the border.
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Chhattisgarh CM launches Indira Van Mitan Yojana
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Aug 9 (ANI): Aiming to make the forest dwellers in Chhattisgarh self-reliant, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday announced the launch of Indira Van Mitan Yojana on the occasion of World Tribal Day.
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SRA relaxes premiums and approvals timeline to fast track slum housing in
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] July 10 (ANI/PRNewswire): The Maharashtra State Housing Ministry today announced a series of relaxations in its slum redevelopment policy to ensure faster availability of housing for slum dwellers in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
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Karnataka directs random COVID-19 testing to ensure effective surveillance
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 18 (ANI): The Karnataka Government has directed random testing using RT-PCR pooled sample technique, for slum dwellers, vendors/bill collectors, delivery boys of food chains and couriers, to ensure effective surveillance in view of recent increase in COVID
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Tribal hamlet dwellers in Andhra Pradesh begin constructing road on their
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 14 (ANI): Faced with an absence of road connectivity, villagers of Mandrebu a tribal hamlet in Anantagiri Mandal here have taken it upon themselves to begin constructing a road on their own.
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Pune Municipal Corporation orders to turn govt schools into temporary shel
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 26 (ANI): With the aim to ensure that social distancing norms are followed, the Pune Municipal Corporation passed an order to make government schools in the city available as temporary shelters for residents of slum areas.
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Collection, harvesting, processing of forest produce exempted from lockdo
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): The collection, harvesting, and processing of forest produce and non-timber forest produce by Scheduled Tribes (STs) and other forest dwellers have been exempted from the lockdown, said Punya Salila Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, her
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Over 14,000 quintals of forest produce collected in Chhattisgarh
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 7 (ANI): Over 14,000 quintals of minor forest produces have been collected by the forest dwellers and villagers in Chhattisgarh during the ongoing season so far.
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