Tag: Hardeep Singh Puri

Puri stresses on integrating steps for differently-abled

Speaking at an interactive session for Smart Cities in India, he said this is required at the initial project planning stage to ensure that cities become divyang-friendly, accessible and inclusive.

September 12, 2018

No delay or cost over-run for Delhi metro phase III: Hardeep Singh Puri

The third phase of the Delhi Metro has not experienced any delay in construction or cost over- run, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.

August 2, 2018

50 lakh household toilets constructed under Swachh Bharat: Hardeep Singh Puri

He said most of the beneficiaries of the IHHT and nearly 100 per cent beneficiaries of community toilets were residents of slum area.

July 24, 2018

Criminal neglect responsible for poor urban planning: Hardeep Singh Puri

Union Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said the criminal neglect in the 70 years after independence was responsible for the sad state of India’s urban planning even as the Modi government had taken the required measures to address the problems. “Starting point of any analysis of Indian urban space is characterised as …

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April 27, 2018

DMRC has no plan to operate overnight trains: Puri

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC) has no plans to operate overnight services as maintenance of trains is carried out during night hours, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said. The minister’s remark, which could disappoint people who need to avail metro services at night, especially on the airport express line, came in response …

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April 7, 2018

Mayor’s letter to minister on issues hampering development

North Delhi mayor Preety Agarwal has written a letter to Union Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri requesting him to direct Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to look into various issues hampering the development work. Agarwal informed in her letter that DDA was demanding back a land in Idgah where a slaughter house was being run …

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February 22, 2018

Sidhu, Puri to welcome Trudeau in Amritsar on Wednesday

With Canadian Prime Minister (PM) Justin Trudeau slated to visit holy city Amritsar on Wednesday, Union minister of state (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri and Punjab local government and cultural affairs and tourism minister, Navjot Singh Sidhu would receive him at Sri Guru Ramdas International Airport. Disclosing this on Tuesday, …

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February 20, 2018

Every citizen to have home by 2022: Puri

Brushing aside a Congress member’s claim that the government’s housing scheme was a failure, Minister for Urban Affairs and Housing, Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha that the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is a “roaring success” and the government’s aim of housing for all by 2022 will be achieved. He said that …

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February 6, 2018

Govt expects every citizen to have home by 2022: Hardeep Singh Puri

The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is a “roaring success” and the government’s aim of housing for all by 2022 will be achieved, Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said, rejecting in the Lok Sabha a Congress member’s claim of the scheme being a failure. He also said that title of houses built under …

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February 6, 2018

Smart City Challenge-Round 4: Silvassa, 3 UP cities among winners

 Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday announced the names of nine cities winning in the fourth round of Smart City Challenge, with Silvassa of Dadra and Nagar Haveli topping the list and three others from Uttar Pradesh making it. With the announcement, the count of cities slated to become “smart” …

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January 19, 2018

Hardeep Puri BJP candidate for UP Rajya Sabha bypoll

The BJP has decided to field Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri as its candidate in a Rajya Sabha bypoll in Uttar Pradesh, a party release said. Puri, a former Indian Foreign Service Officer, was inducted as a minister in the Narendra Modi government in September. The seat fell vacant following the resignation …

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December 30, 2017

‘Indian cities reeling under pressure’

Diplomat-turned-politician Hardeep Singh Puri, who was inducted into the Union Council of Ministers in September, has had a distinguished career and brings his rich experience to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs where he has been actively involved in implementing three flagship programmes of the government. Puri, a student of history at Delhi University’s …

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December 16, 2017

Over 30 lakh houses sanctioned for urban poor: Hardeep Singh Puri

Over 30 lakh houses have been sanctioned till now under the central government’s flagship Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) scheme, Union Housing Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said here on Friday. The Minister said more than four lakh houses have already been constructed. Speaking at the launch of a national workshop on the Pradhan Mantri Awas …

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November 24, 2017

Skywalk, foot-over bridge to come at ITO soon

Union Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday laud foundations for a skywalk and a foot-over bridge at the ITO – one of Delhi’s busiest crossings – to reduce chances of accidents to pedestrians at the location crisscrossed by seven arterial roads. The two structures are among the five projects approved by the ministry …

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November 10, 2017

Delhi Assembly panel to look into second Delhi Metro fare hike

On the day Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) implemented its second fare hike came, the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday decided to set up a nine-member committee to look into the rationale behind the increase. Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel will nominate members to the committee, which will also look into the “financial health of DMRC and …

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October 10, 2017

Pay Rs. 3,000 cr annually to cancel Metro fare hike: Centre to Kejriwal 

The central government told Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday that it cannot put on hold the proposed Metro fare hike unless state government agrees to pay nearly Rs. 3,000 crore annually to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri’s letter dated October 6 was a response …

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October 7, 2017

Kochi Metro first phase becomes fully operational

The first phase of Kochi Metro became fully operational on Tuesday with the inauguration of the second stretch of the 18 km route by Union Urban Development Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The first 13 km stretch was inaugurated in June this year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Both Puri …

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October 3, 2017