Municipality
Hyderabad- A time frame of six weeks was given to the GHMC to curb the mosquito menace and maintain cleanliness in the city by the AP High Court. A plea addressed by Advocate Wasim Ahmad Khan concerning seldom action taken by the authorities to clear the filth and the mosquito menace was dealt by a division bench comprising [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The residents of Govindapura area in Nagawara ward have been facing a series of civic issues including water shortage, poor infrastructure, lack of proper sanitation and sewage system for past many years. Though the area comes under BBMP limits, there is no drinking water and bore-well water is supplied ten days once, complained residents. [...] Continue Reading »
Diwali celebrations added to the Chennai garbage woes. Around 5360 tonnes of solid waste was collected by the Chennai corporation. The corporation collected around 830 tonnes which is higher than the quantity of waste collected on a normal day. Few areas like Anna Nagar zone with 720 tonnes and this was largest collection of garbage [...] Continue Reading »
Its been two months since the Delhi Government has made an announcement concerning the permission to allow the sale and purchase of properties in 300 unauthorised colonies which were regularised along with other 538 settlements. On September 6, the Delhi Government had set a deadline of about one month in order to allow the purchase [...] Continue Reading »
Compared to the last year’s Diwali celebrations in Delhi, this year’s Diwali has increased the waste by about 1,200 tonnes with heaps of crackers, wrappers and sweet boxes. About 1,000-1,200 metric tonnes of Diwali waste was generated this year according to municipal corporations. Last year’s Diwali eve had generated about 5,785 tonnes of waste and on [...] Continue Reading »
As per the Master Plan Delhi 2021 guidelines, the North Municipal Corporation is all set to impose a note on regularising unauthorised commercial property constructions. This move by the corporation will be aligned with the decision to implement the conversion process of the commercial properties in markets. However the note by the officials also stated that they will not consider [...] Continue Reading »
Finally over 2,000 flat allottees of the Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA) 2010 housing scheme are about to get relief from their problems. Though most of the total 16,000 allottees of the housing scheme have been given possession of their flats, a large number of them are yet to receive power or water connections in their [...] Continue Reading »
Garbage contractors staged a protest in front of the office of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner demanding security for their vehicles and to take care of the garbage dumped at landfills. Rajneesh Goel, BBMP Commissioner declared that the BBMP would form a squad of five officials who will manage the sites during night [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which has failed to resolve the matter of garbage crisis in the city is now knocking at the doors of department of mines and geology. In a meeting with the deputy chief minister KS Eshwarappa and the ministers for large scale medium scale industries Murgesh Nirani regarding this issue, [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Perumbavoor have demanded the closure of nearby plywood factories, as the factories allegedly polluting nearby areas. People have staged a hunger strike demanding the closure of these factories. There are around 800 plywood factories now in this area, an increase of 500 since it started. Most of these factories are situated near canals, [...] Continue Reading »
