सचिव, आवासन और शहरी कार्य मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार | Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Govt. of India
During my recent visit to National Botanical Garden in Lucknow, I discovered many wonders of God’s own nature, some extremely beautiful plants that are being conserved/researched here. I immediately had the urge to capture these beautiful plants & learn about their nature & being 
Was extremely impressed to see the progress on site. On the one hand, raft, base concrete slab etc are going for 4 towers, precast elements like roof slab, hollow columns, stairs etc are being cast in a temporary factory type of set up around 200 metres away from the site. 
It is an AMRUT funded Project to convert secondary treated water into better than drinking quality level.
With focus of on enhancing ease in living & improving urban landscape, huge investments have been made in TN by my Ministry in last 6 years.
It connects to large number of public/private huge sector industrial units & now connect them to airport, major railways & inter/ intra-city bus stations. Happy to interact with empowered transgender operators, who are fully trained to run New Washermenpet Station. 
For example flood control & rain water monitoring on real time basis with sensors/cameras help in better preparedness & quick response to any calamity. 
First of its kind course will cover alternate & innovative materials & construction technologies.
@MoHUA_India has implemented this in line with Hon’ble PM’s vision of minimum government, maximum governance. It will facilitate ease in accessing various services related to Govt Housing, Office Spaces, Holiday Homes, Ceremonial Spaces/ Accommodations etc. including litigations. 
The event will highlight the features of the new application, which has been developed on open platform. It will provide ease in getting all services nation-wide for residences, office spaces, holiday homes, ceremonial bookings etc. from Directorate of Estates. 
It is a self contained, interesting to read & follow exposition of the legal document. 
Various other national/ international delegates, students & members from academia also joined.
200 Ha work has been taken up at Asita West. Of this, 93 Ha has already been developed. Balance work on 107 Ha is planned to be completed by June 2021. Floodplains are being restored and rejuvenated as per guidelines of Hon’ble NGT. 
It was largely filled with malba during construction of Aruna Asaf Ali Bridge except for a small part filled with raw sewage coming from a drain originating from unauthorized colonies.
Showing dedication, discipline & commitment in face of pandemic, labour strength at construction sites in Nagpur & Pune has reached 10,000 from 4,000 before 1st lockdown. Further, MahaMetro has achieved some remarkable feats minimising impact of pandemic on projects' timelines.
We have focused/ need to focus on 3R: Reduce, Reuse & Recycle leading to less load on cities to process the waste & improve sustainability.
We have travelled an exciting journey in achieving the #Swachhata parameters to pay a befitting tribute to Bapu, who during his life time, espoused wholeheartedly swachhata & never hesitated to pick up a broom to clean a dirty place or even a public toilet. 
In UP, over 4 lakhs applications have been submitted; out of which over 1.6 lakhs sanctioned & around 16K disbursed. 
The pandemic has prepared us to anticipate future risks & get prepared to mitigate them. This preparedness has helped us dwell the looming challenge of climate change which takes place with development in urban areas. 
Among these, 4 Projects relate to widening/strengthening of existing roads of Rewari district in Haryana costing around ₹150 cr; wherein over ₹110 cr will be funded.
This Portal is well timed during Covid-19 when use of technology has grown tremendously. 
