#RealtyNewsRoundUp: Bengaluru, Hyderabad To Run Out Of Groundwater By 2020, Says NITI Aayog

In a report titled ‘Composite Water Management Index: A Tool for Water Management 2017’ by NITI Aayog, Bengaluru and Hyderabad are among the 21 cities across the world that are likely to run out of groundwater by 2020. More than 100 million people are likely to be affected by water scarcity.

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Come March 2019, the work on a high-speed rail network between Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan and the Haryana-Rajasthan border near Shahjahanpur-Neemrana-Behrod will begin. The Haryana government recently gave its approval for the project that will be executed by the NCR Transport Corporation (NCRTC), a joint venture of the Government of India and the States of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi. 

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Ghaziabad’s group housing societies spread in an area of over 2,000 square metre have been directed to have a designated space for setting up a waste treatment plant on the premises in order to get the building plan approved. The directive given by the Ghaziabad Development Authority with an aim to bring down the volumes of waste being taken to the Pratap Vihar landfill.  

Meanwhile, in a pilot project, Delhi’s civic agencies will install mini accelerated composters in community parks, nurseries and housing colonies to convert wet waste into compost.

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After a failed attempt to auction Delhi's iconic Taj Manshing hotel in June, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has announced the date for a re-auction. After years of litigations and interventions by the Supreme Court (SC), the civic body had earlier planned to conduct the auction on June 19. However, against the clause of minimum three bids, only one was received. Now, the date for re-auction has been set as July 18. The NDMC owns the 3.78 acre-land over which the property is built.

Source: Media reports