Municipality
Eighty five year old, freedom fighter K Ramachandra struggle for BDA site. He was nominated by Gandhi Bhavan for a site allotted for freedom fighters in 2008. After two years, he explained that his site was still part of a stretch of land which was fast turning into a garbage dump. He had been unable [...] Continue Reading »
The illegal encroachments have been found in the villages of Dasanapura Hobli, Dombarahalli, Heggadadevanapura and Makali villages. Rampant encroachments around the Tippagondanahalli (TG Halli) reservoir are also largely responsible for the poor inflow of water, says the BWSSB Bangalore. The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has now identified 57 encroachments and slapped notices on them to [...] Continue Reading »
Tanker Free Mumbai awareness about the availability and distribution of drinking water and to keep the tankers off the city streets. The actress Sonam Kapoor is set to join the campaign. The campaign “Tanker Free Mumbai”, intends to spread awareness about the amount of water which is adequately available for the city’s needs as per [...] Continue Reading »
Though BBMP Bangalore has made it mandatory for taxpayers to pay solid waste management cess along with property tax, the cess is based, not on population, but on the size of the house. The Palike, it seems, hasn’t done any ground work to determine the average number of persons staying in a house built on [...] Continue Reading »
For residents of East of Kailash, there seems to be no end to the growing monkey menace. Residents of E-Block in East of Kailash in south Delhi are facing a threat from simians, with incidents of attack by monkeys increasingly becoming common. Residents say that despite repeated complaints, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has [...] Continue Reading »
on Day 1 of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s Zero-Garbage Week, a total of 150 unauthorized waste dumps in the city were identified. The drive, to go on till May 8, is not only aimed at keeping the city litter-free,but also studying the patterns of garbage generation so that the routes of waste collection vehicles can [...] Continue Reading »
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has appealed the citizens to pay the property tax on time. The PMC has decided to accept property tax bills even on holidays. The PMC has appealed that property owners, who have not received their property tax bills, or have complains with the bills, should contact the PMC tax department [...] Continue Reading »
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi had to pay a heavy price for the campaign he had launched to identify illegally encroached government and Wakf land in his Chandrayangutta constituency for public use. Unidentified assailants opened fire at Akbaruddin in the old city of Hyderabad. The assailants reportedly came on horsebacks, attacked Owaisi with swords [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore Property Owners can breathe a sigh of relief. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has extended the deadline for payment of property tax 2011-12 till May 30. The property owners can avail a 5% rebate on payment of property tax for whole year. BBMP had earlier fixed April 30, 2011, as the last date [...] Continue Reading »
With the water demand in Chennai expected to shoot up to 2,248 million litres per day (MLD) by 2026 and rapid depletion of groundwater, the city has to find ways to make the best use of available water. A number of housing projects in Chennai are installing centralized Reverse Osmosis plants for pure water. Some [...] Continue Reading »
