Municipality
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) standing committee has approved to take up a feasibility study for a sky-walk between Rathifile bus terminus and Secunderabad bus station. The standing committee gave its approval to the skywalk proposal, whose cost has been estimated at Rs 7.20 crore. The committee also gave the green signal to take [...] Continue Reading »
As Hyderabad reels under severe power crisis, the city civic bodies have decided to adopt power-saving measures. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to reduce the illumination of advertising hoardings and streetlights. With these cutbacks, the civic body is hoping to save 5 million units per month. Of the total 3,300 advertising hoardings [...] Continue Reading »
Over 2,000 residents of JP Nagar I Phase were given training on waste disposal by Indian People’s Council. 50 volunteers of the citizen action group enlightened them of the importance of reducing and segregating waste at source. The group sources state that 70 per cent of residents welcomed the idea of segregating waste at households [...] Continue Reading »
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is blamed for the potholes in many arterial roads in the city, which is in turn has aggravated the traffic problem in the city. The pothole-ridden arterial roads across the city, particularly in the central business district, particularly in Majestic area, are being identified as the main culprit of the [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore civic administration has promised to rid the city from thousands of tonnes of overflowing garbage. However, search for land to dump garbage is not yet over. The residents around Mandur, about 45 km north of Bangalore, have agreed to resumption of dumping of garbage in the area on the fulfillment of certain conditions. The [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai citizens have organised two different meetings in a bid to save open spaces and demand action against illegal encroachments. 70 people from all over the city attended a meeting in Juhu to save open spaces, while several organisations working in and around Bandra held a citizens’ march from the Apostolic Carmel Convent to the [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has prohibited mandals from displaying any advertisement banners and arches on main roads during the 10-day Ganpati festival. The civic body has instructed mandals to seek permission from traffic police before displaying them on minor roads. The BMC officials stated that the decision has been taken to ensure that major [...] Continue Reading »
As per new initiatives taken by Briahmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC), the citizens of Mumbai will have a greater say in resolving civic issues at ward level. BMC officers have been asked to attend meetings conducted by the advanced locality management (ALM) and local area citizens committee (LACC). BMC commissioner Sitaram Kunte has come up with the [...] Continue Reading »
Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) is set to enhance its sewage treatment capacity from 118 mld to 338 mld (million litres per day) by the end of next year. Huda sources state that two additional sewage treatment plants (STPs) would be ready for operation by September 2013. The estimated cost of the two sewage treatment [...] Continue Reading »
BBMP is on the hunt to identify vacant land in Bangalore to dump garbage. They are searching for available land on the outskirts to dump garbage on a temporary basis. Sources reveal that BMTC’s rocky vacant land in city limits will be used as temporary dump yards. The deputy mayor’s efforts to convince the villagers [...] Continue Reading »
