Cities
No road has been constructed in Hadibettu village from past 20 years. After repeated complaints to the authorities, the people out of frustration or resourcefulness, pooled in their own money and built the road. Around 75 families of Uppinakudru finally fulfilled their dream, when a newly-constructed road was inaugurated. The initiative was taken by locals [...] Continue Reading »
A huge protest has been staged outside the Deputy Commissioners ‘ office by the residents of Emmeti village in Kalghatgi taluk opposing the creation of ‘safe zone’ would be for stone crushing units near the village. The villagers stated that the creation of the safe zone hazardous to the health of the people and adversely [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Kumar Elixir Society on Baner road allege that Kumar Builders is trying to sell a plot which is a part of the society, however the conveyance agreement was never executed. The flat owners have filed an application with the Chatushrungi police station asking not to allow anyone to take the land that belongs [...] Continue Reading »
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) said that the state government’s policies will end up being its gift for Gujarat’s Gift City as the developers body witnesses Mumbai and Maharashtra turning increasingly ‘investor unfriendly‘. Lalit Kumar Jain, president of CREDAI, has criticised the policies regarding the proposal to hike the lease [...] Continue Reading »
Angry villagers at the landfill site, of Old Madras Road, near Hoskote, blocked Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara palike (BBMP) trucks from disposing garbage and refused to heed warnings by the police posted in the village. Since they are left with no option, BBMP would continue dumping waste in Mandur. The garbage crisis took an ugly face in [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore turned into a sprawling landfill with heaps of garbage across the city. Heaps of garbage were found in front of the Legislators’ Home in the vicinity of Vidhana Soudha. Bungalows of ministers, the residence of minister for Kannada and culture Govind Karajol also witnessed piled up thrash. Residents worry that even pourakarmikas kept silent [...] Continue Reading »
Delegation of Delhi farmers has met Union Rural Development minister Jairam Ramesh to convey their disappointment on the systematic watering down of a draft of the Land Acquisition Bill by the Group of Ministers. More than 300 special economic zones have come up on the fertile land of the farmers and they are not been [...] Continue Reading »
In order to tackle slow response to fire emergencies, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is looking at new project from firms to modernise fire brigade communication network. The fire department is suffering from the outdated system alert about fire and when people dial 101, the fire brigade has no way to check if an alert [...] Continue Reading »
In order to boost demand in the economy, public sector banks have either cut interest rates or waived home loans processing fee in response to Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) monetary policy and finance minister P Chidambaram initiative to revive growth. Several lenders have cut interest rates for home loans such as Bank of Baroda, Bank [...] Continue Reading »
The Deputy Chief Minister and city in-charge R. Ashok has stated that the garbage problem will end up in four days following the crank up of the State Government and the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). CHief Minister Jagdish Chettar told that government is looking for a permanent solution and five dumping yards have been [...] Continue Reading »
