Municipality
The residents of Venkatadrinagar in ward 72 in Visakhapatanam city continue to suffer the effects of unauthorised cremation in their colony, despite a court order favouring them and action by municipal corporation. Venkatadrinagar Residents’ Welfare Association had filed a writ petition in the High Court seeking a direction to officials to declare the site being [...] Continue Reading »
In a bid to increase revenue as well as to address the issue of illegal building, the Kochi Corporation is planning to allot building numbers to all unauthorized buildings and then impose penalty three times the normal tax on the owners. Both residential and commercial buildings constructed without prior approval from the civic body would [...] Continue Reading »
Municipal Corporation of Delhi is all set to take strict action against at least five lakh property owners all over Delhi who have not been paying conversion and regularization charges to the corporation. The east corporation is sending notices to 6,000 commercial establishments that have not paid conversion charges to the corporation and the north [...] Continue Reading »
As the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) staff’s “indefinite strike” against the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) entered the second day, the civil administration is compelled to stare at chaos. Most of BBMP officials participated in the demonstration, as the civic body decided to boycott work until the criminal cases booked against its engineers by [...] Continue Reading »
The authenticity of penalty receipts issued by Chennai corporation against those who dump debris and garbage on the city roads has come under the scanner. The issue has been raised by an RTI activist. A receipt copy available with this newspaper lacks mandatory details like name and designation of the officer collecting the penalty. Moreover, [...] Continue Reading »
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has collected Rs 125 crore through the auction of 42 plots in the city. The HMDA got Rs 84.74 crore for over four acres of land in Nandagiri Hills, the most prized possession of the authority. NetNet Ventures Pvt Ltd,bought the plot for Rs 18.5 crore per acre against [...] Continue Reading »
Civic administration in Bangalore came to a halt on Wednesday as 12,000 employees of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) stopped their work. The employees were protesting against the alleged interference of the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) in BBMP’s work. With the employees’ union threatening to continue with the protest a bunch of civic [...] Continue Reading »
Each beneficiary of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s housing scheme for economically weaker sections (EWS) will save Rs 36,000 as the state government has waived the stamp duty on conveyance. Now that the stamp duty on registration of EWS houses built under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme has been waived, the beneficiaries [...] Continue Reading »
While realty is growing in Kerala, especially in cities like Kochi, drinking water supply in flats have remained irregular for months. Occupants of newly-built flats in Kalamassery, Thrikkakara, and Kakkanad are facing water shortage forcing them to buy water sold through tanker Lorries. Since they cannot get access to water supply, flat dwellers have to [...] Continue Reading »
The state government’s decision to hike house tax in Allahabad has not gone down well with the residents and now opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers have started protesting against the hike in house tax. The BJP protested against state urban development ministry and stated that the government has cheated the people of Allahabad by [...] Continue Reading »
