Municipality
Nagpur Municipal Corporation, which has been facing severe fund crisis, can breathe a sigh of relief as this year’s revenue collection so far has increased significantly compared to the previous year. The NMC generated revenue of Rs 220.81 crore in the first four months (April-July) of 2012-13, registering a significant increase against the corresponding period [...] Continue Reading »
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has been emphasizing on the cleaning up of Hussainsagar Lake. Having taken up the initiative to clean up the polluted Hussainsagar Lake, the 400-year-old water body in the heart of the city, the HMDA has been working at diverting the sewage inflows. The lake faces pollution threats from industrial [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Council has passed a resolution to include Electronics City under its fold for administrative purposes. As per resolution, villages in and around Electronics City will be merged under the BBMP’s jurisdiction. At present the electronic city has a total built up area of over 3 crore sq. feet. Though [...] Continue Reading »
Farmers residing on both sides of Yamuna Expressway have forwarded their demands to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. Their main demand is that the Yamuna Expressway should not be opened till their service road parallel to it is developed for connectivity of villages along the Expressway. The proposed service road runs along Yamuna Expressway from Greater [...] Continue Reading »
Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar is to order a probe into the alleged irregularities in the work taken up by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in removing silt from drains in the last three years. CM stated this in response to the janata Dal (Secular) member M Srinivas’s allegations, which said payments had been made [...] Continue Reading »
While the civic bodies always seem to project themselves of running short on funds, a recent revelation in Maharashtra pictures inefficient collection machinery causing huge loss to the bodies. An Right To Information (RTI) query filed by two BJP corporators has revealed that 70,000 property holders in Pimpri-Chinchwad have not paid property tax dues, total [...] Continue Reading »
The hundi system monitored by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has come under severe criticism of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. The CAG has reported that the Palike commissioner and the Chief Accounts Officer are responsible for its poor financial condition. CAG has observed that the BBMP’s improper financial management has resulted in useless [...] Continue Reading »
Distracted with legal battles, the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has lost 108.94 acres out of its 2,750 acres to Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML)?Employees’ House Building Co-operative Society (HBCS) at several villages in north Bangalore. The land was taken for formation of Arkavathy Layout. Now, the civic body has laid claim to 1,200 acres, albeit with [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) plan to include Electronics City under its jurisdiction, to raise more money, has angered the companies and their employees in the E-City. It is currently maintained by Electronic City Association, which is the best industrial estate of India and the pride of Bangalore. The association gets the cost of maintenance [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Koramangala say that the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) manipulated tenders to favour contractors and floated tenders to move trees after they were already moved. Between May 26 and 27, the BDA cut over 34 trees along Sarjapur Road for the signal-free corridor extending from Sirsi Circle to Agara Junction and passing through Koramangala, [...] Continue Reading »
