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Delhi's growth blocked by encroachments, will revamp in 2 years: Khattar

Delhi's rampant illegal encroachments have stagnated its development, Union Minister Manohar Lal said on Tuesday as he promised to transform the Capital within the next two years. Speaking at the Madhya Pradesh Global Investors Summit 2025, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal described Gurugram as the most developed city. He highlighted its significant growth under his decade-long tenure as Haryana Chief Minister, contrasting it with Delhi, which, he said, has seen little change. He said Delhi's limited land and widespread illegal encroachments hinder urban expansion, exacerbated by policy and political challenges. "Over the past 10-12 years, we have transformed Gurugram, whereas Delhi has remained stagnant. Unauthorised colonies have proliferated, and illegal encroachments are widespread. Fortunately, the political landscape has improved. Today, from this very stage, I declare that within the next two years, we will reform all necessary policies and fully address ...

Power minister Khattar urges industry to work on innovative solutions

Union Power Minister Manohar Lal on Saturday urged industry stakeholders to work on manufacturing innovative solutions to strengthen India's journey towards Viksit Bharat. India's ambitious target of 500 GW of renewable energy target by 2030 provides various opportunities, the minister said, while addressing the Elecrama 2025 event organised by industry body IEEMA in Greater Noida. The power sector is playing an important role in the country's journey towards becoming Viksit Bharat, the minister said, adding that industry stakeholders must work to make the sector a growth engine for India. "The future of power in India is good... in this journey we need to increase production in an innovative way... advance power electronics, efficient transformer, power converters, smart grid solutions are needed to be developed to take benefit of renewable energy (RE)," he told participants, which included domestic and international delegates and investors. Lal further noted that the sector makes

Manohar Lal Khattar opens Delhi Metro's first vertical solar plant

DMRC targets 60 MW solar power plant capacity by end of its Phase-IV projects

Govt pushes Nepal for speedy completion of projects funded by New Delhi

Ahead of Union Minister for Power Manohar Lal Khattar's visit to Nepal, India on Friday pushed for speedy completion of projects funded by New Delhi in the Himalayan nation. During a meeting between Indian envoy to Nepal Naveen Srivastava and Nepal's Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Deepak Khadka at the latter's office, they also discussed about early completion of the detailed project report (DPR) of the Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project, sources in the ministry said. The two also discussed Khattar's forthcoming visit to Nepal. Ambassador Srivastava urged Minister Khadka to facilitate the speedy progress of the projects run under Indian investment as he discussed various aspects of energy cooperation between Nepal and India, the sources added. Khadka extended thanks to Ambassador Srivastava for India's cooperation in power trade, construction of additional transmission lines, and progress made by hydro-power projects having Indian investment. Srivastava assured

Telangana urges Centre to sanction two million houses under PMAY 2.0

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has appealed to the Centre to sanction 20 lakh houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana 2.0 to the state, besides funds for other projects including proposed Metro Rail corridors. A release from the CMO on Friday night said Reddy urged Union Minister for Housing and Urban Development Manohar Lal Khattar to allocate one lakh solar pumps under PM Kusum to ensure continuous supply of irrigation water to tribal farmers in Telangana. CM Revanth Reddy urged the Union Minister to sanction 20 lakh houses to Telangana which happened to be the first state to join PMAY 2.0 and also ready with comprehensive data and a complete plan for the construction of houses," the release said. Reddy said the DPRs ( detailed project report) for the first five corridors (76.4 km) of Metro Rail (out of six envisaged) have already been submitted to the Centre and requested to Khattar to approve them and allocate Rs 24,269 crore funds under the Joint Venture (JV) betwee

Govt aims to empower urban staff: Khattar at Capacity for Change conference

The conference was organised by the National Institute of Urban Affairs, under the aegis of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)

Centre ready for talks, farmers shouldn't set conditions, says Khattar

Khattar further pointed out that farmers didn't engage with the committee set up by the Supreme Court, highlighting the need for cooperation

AAP chief Kejriwal to be alloted a govt accommodation soon: Khattar

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said that a government accommodation will soon be allotted to AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, which he is entitled to as the chief of a national party. Responding to a question at a press conference, Khattar said that as the president of a national party, Kejriwal is entitled to a Type VII bungalow. However, all Type VII bungalows are currently occupied, he added. "At present, we only have Type V and VI bungalows available, but there is currently no availability of Type VII bungalows. Kejriwal will be allotted a Type VII bungalow as soon as it is available," Khattar said The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been demanding a central government accommodation for Kejriwal, asserting that he is entitled to it as the convenor of a national party. The party recently sent a letter to the Union Housing Ministry reiterating this demand. Kejriwal, who resigned as the Delhi chief in September, shifted to AAP Rajya Sabha MP Ashok

Khattar launches 1st trilateral power flow deal from Nepal to Bangladesh

During the visit, both sides had expressed their commitment towards greater sub-regional cooperation, including in the energy sector, which would lead to increased interlinkages between the economies

Manohar Lal Khattar to rename Sarai Kale Khan Chowk to Birsa Munda Chowk

Birsa Munda, the hero of the Indian tribal freedom struggle, played a pivotal role in inspiring the tribal community of the Chotanagpur region to fight for their independence. He led the armed

Power companies should coordinate in electricity production: Khattar

Union Minister of Power Manohar Lal Khattar emphasised the need for power companies to coordinate in electricity production and distribution to provide relief to consumers and prevent losses. Addressing the eighth annual Distribution Utility Meet (DUM) conference here, Khattar highlighted that energy would play a critical role in strengthening the economy and achieving India's goal of becoming a developed nation by 2047. "All electricity companies should work together to ensure that consumers aren't overburdened and that companies avoid losses," he said. Khattar also stressed the importance of increasing power generation nationwide and ensuring energy accessibility across all regions. He underlined the need for a greater focus on green and solar energy to reduce carbon emissions, noting that current energy demand is 250 GW and continues to rise. The Union minister suggested states focus on establishing nuclear-based power plants and noted that the government is working toward ...

Govt asks states to consider setting up nuclear-based power plants

Government in its budget this year had proposed to partner with private players to develop small nuclear reactors to increase the amount of electricity

States should list gencos and discoms: Power Minister M L Khattar

He said Gujarat and Haryana are considering listing their power utilities

BRS' Rama Rao meets Khattar, alleges corruption in tenders related to AMRUT

BRS working president K T Rama Rao on Monday met Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and submitted a letter alleging corruption involving Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy's family in tenders related to AMRUT scheme. Rama Rao met Khattar in Delhi and presented his complaint, the BRS said here Monday night. Meanwhile, state Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy alleged that Rama Rao's Delhi trip was actually aimed at seeking the help of "Delhi bigwigs" as the BRS leader feels that the state government's request to lodge an FIR against him is expected to get the governor's nod soon. The Telangana government had written to Governor Jishnu Dev Varma seeking permission to register an FIR against Rama Rao over alleged irregularities during the previous BRS regime with regard to conducting the Formula-E race in Hyderabad. Rama Rao, who is an MLA now, was municipal administration minister in the BRS government.

No harm will be caused: Khattar on privatisation of power in Chandigarh

Union Minister of Power and Housing & Urban Affairs, Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday ensured that no harm will be caused to any employee regarding the privatisation of power services in Chandigarh.He said that the welfare of the employees will be taken care of and it will be ensured that during privatisation, there is no threat to their jobs."...Regarding the privatisation of power services in Chandigarh, the matter was in the High Court. Two days ago, the High Court has given its verdict that privatisation can be done. The UT administration has to take further steps on this. Either it will start or there is an option to go to the Supreme Court. UT administration is pleading for privatisation. It will be ensured that no harm will be caused to any employee. The welfare of the employees will be taken care of and it will be ensured that during privatisation, there is no threat to their jobs...," said Khattar.Notably, the Punjab and Haryana High Court approved the privatization of the

Need to reduce carbon emissions for net zero by 2070: Minister Khattar

Union Minister Manohar Lal on Saturday called for steps to reduce carbon emissions to meet the commitment of achieving net zero target by 2070. At present, the focus is on solar and wind energy and all the states were moving in this direction, the Power and Housing & Urban Affairs Minister, said. "We have to reduce the carbon emissions to reach the net zero by 2070," Manohar Lal told reporters after chairing a review meeting with the officials of Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration, TWAD, TUFIDCO, and power sector CPSEs, here. "Today, I was on a tour of two states - Puducherry and Tamil Nadu... We have requested that renewable energy plants be set up in all the states," the Minister said. During the review, certain demands like strengthening transmission line under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) and the prepaid system in smart metering be done in phases, were raised. "Given these demands, if we have to make some changes in the policy, we will do it," Manohar Lal ...

BJP MLA Anil Vij takes U-turn in Haryana CM race: 'Not a contender'

The BJP is holding its legislature party meeting in Haryana's Panchkula today, where the newly elected MLAs will likely select Nayab Singh Saini as the next CM of Haryana

Haryana election results: BJP workers celebrate party's big win

BJP workers celebrated the party's performance in Haryana assembly elections at Delhi BJP headquarters on October 8. Watch the video to know what Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and CM Nayab Singh

CM Revnath calls Khattar, urges Centre's support on various state projects

During the meeting, CM Reddy sought to include Hyderabad's Comprehensive Sewerage Master Plan

Haryana elections: Congress corrupt, keeps repeating lies, says Khattar

He said Congress government was so corrupt that now all those agents and middlemen have been kept out of their jobs during the BJP rule