The state urban development and municipal affairs department has set its sights on Mirik, a tiny hill town and subdivisional headquarters, to develop its civic infrastructure and facilities. The move...

The lung billboard display, which was inaugurated at Albert Ekka Chowk in Ranchi on Wednesday, indicated that the air quality index (AQI) in the Jharkhand capital was unhealthy as per US standard. Th...

Jharkhand will be the first state in the eastern region to use lung billboard displays in creating awareness about air pollution and its effect on health. Ranchi, Dhanbad, and Jamshedpur will have su...

An underpass will be built at the Metropolitan intersection on EM Bypass to facilitate the east-west movement of vehicles, which is likely to be hindered by a pillar of the New Garia-airport Metro lin...

A tripartite loan agreement of Rs 1,168 crore was signed between Jharkhand urban development department, Asian Development Bank and the Union government to develop water supply infrastructure and stre...

The Jharkhand government has decided to create more playgrounds and open spaces across towns and cities of the state with the urban development asking all 40 urban local bodies (ULB), including Ranchi...

Calcutta High Court has criticised both the state government and the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) for their indifferent attitude towards carrying out an order of the court, asking them to t...

The work on the first phase of the “Jharkhand urban water supply improvement project” will start by the end of June in four urban local bodies, including Ranchi, after the finalisation of ...

Oft-ignored factors can make a marked difference in the quality of human life in urban settlements. This was borne out by the findings of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, w...

Lease-holders of Salt Lake trying to transfer houses to buyers claim they are facing unusual delay in getting approval from the state urban development department authorities. Pankaj Rudra (name chan...