Municipality
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is set to bring relief to the owners of properties by sparing them the ordeal of running around the municipal offices for assessment of property tax. The civic body is coming out with a new software on its website, which will enable property owners to calculate their property tax at [...] Continue Reading »
City buses stopping in the middle of the road has been creating much of traffic problems in Bhubaneswar. The problem is set to be tackled by the concerned authorities as 21 bus bays are set to start functioning from September 1 in the city. According to Dream Team Sahara, which operates the buses started under [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)‘s decision to impose fine on civic engineers who delay the process of assigning potholes to contractors has drawn flak from the agency’s engineering unit. The BMC had decided to impose fines on engineers, too, along with contractors,to address the issue issue of repairing potholes within a stipulated time. However, Brihanmumbai [...] Continue Reading »
The sub standard rainfall this monsoon has compelled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to divert excess water from overflowing Modak Sagar to the Vihar lake to up its stock level. Of the six reservoirs that supply water to Mumbai, two reservoirs, Tulsi and Vihar, are located in the city, while the rest are situated in the [...] Continue Reading »
The federation of sector welfare associations of Chandigarh (FOSWAC), an umbrella body of 60 different resident welfare associations (RWA) have raised concerns regarding negligence of municipal corporation. Concerns were raised in the executive committee meeting for not addressing the common and specific problems of RWA’s seriously by the officials of municipal corporation. The issues included [...] Continue Reading »
Water woes seem never to leave the Noida residents. Amidst the chaos over inflated water bills issued by the Noida Authority, now question has been raised over the poor quality of water being supplied to residents. According to doctors, the water supplied to residents in Noida is essentially hard and prolonged exposure to it can [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) which enforces building bylaws has reportedly turned a violator itself. The new eight-storey building constructed at the civic agency’s headquarters allegedly violates norms made mandatory by the authority. Contrary to bylaw stipulations that buildings over 15 metres tall should have an underground basement and ground floor reserved for parking, [...] Continue Reading »
In order to tighten its grip over errant contractors, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to double the fine imposed on them if they fail to fill potholes in the stipulated time limit of 48 hours. Moreover, the civic body has also announced that five complaints against a contractor will lead to termination of [...] Continue Reading »
BBMP recently passed a resolution to include Electronics City (E-city) under its jurisdiction. However, on the other hand, state cabinet is already contemplating giving industrial township status to the area. State government has to approve the resolution passed by BBMP, for it to be effective. If approved,industries and commercial areas that are notified as part [...] Continue Reading »
As a the ongoing scuffle between the BBMP and the BMTF (Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force) goes on, in the recent development the Palike Engineering department has decided to issue notices to property owners for building plan violations. Complaints filed with the BMTF by citizens contained allegations of complicity between engineers and property owners. This has [...] Continue Reading »
