Municipality
The recent monthly House meeting of Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) was attended by Praveen Kumar, the administrator of Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA). This was in tune with the long standing request of councilors that HUDA officials and private developers should be asked to attend the House meeting as many MCG wards are part [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), in response to the criticisms of its water billing system, is planning to make considerable changes in it to make the billing process for metered water connections and to make it a consumer-friendly process. The civic body has roped in engineers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, as advisors and [...] Continue Reading »
With about 1,400 property owners resisting the acquisition of land, the execution of Hyderabad Metro Rail project is facing delay, according to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. The GHMC has so far managed to acquire 2,000 properties, but the corporation has to acquire 1,400 more properties. The Additional Commissioner (Planning), Mr K. Dhananjaya Reddy said that [...] Continue Reading »
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) have indicated large-scale irregularities in implementation of road and drain related projects by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). It indicted three MLAs of Bangalore city – two of the Congress and one BJP – for interfering estimates for road works to favour contractors. The report states [...] Continue Reading »
Even as the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has proposed plots for construction of new Parliament House, government sources said that there was no plan to shift the parliament to a new building. Several MPs, including those from Congress and BJP have also indicated their opposition to shift Parliament to a new building. In a [...] Continue Reading »
Road Transport and Highways Minister CP Joshi has said that route identification for the ambitious 265 km Delhi-Jaipur Expressway has been completed. The Indira Gandhi International Airport would be the starting point from the national capital for the expressway. Real estate hubs would be developed alongside the expressway, he said adding that discussions are on [...] Continue Reading »
Auctions taken up recently by government agencies – the A.P. Housing Board and Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) included 42 plots in the city and the suburbs. As per plan, the HMDA has come up with a round of auctions that has placed the plots under the hammer and the civic body expects to raise [...] Continue Reading »
The state government on Saturday officially declared four taluks of the city – Bangalore North, Bangalore South, Bangalore East and Anekal – drought-hit areas. The reason behind is less humidity and rainfall recorded 33% less than normal. The administration plans to look into drinking water needs in core areas. Minister for Bangalore water supplies said [...] Continue Reading »
A government data shows that water levels in India’s main reservoirs have gone down to 19 percentage points which is less than percentage from previous year. It was at 24% last year. The latest level has improved only five percentage points, reflecting the poor monsoon this year. Recently, the government showed its concern over the [...] Continue Reading »
Two construction workers died in a building collapse incident and other three co-workers suffered injuries at the Kirti Nagar furniture market in West Delhi. Police said that the victims could not be identified. The injured were shifted to a Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital for treatment. Preliminary investigation revealed that illegal construction was being carried out [...] Continue Reading »
