Municipality
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has asked the Delhi High Court to stop any constructions at the site where remains of a mosque was discovered. The ASI also told the court that the Delhi Police is responsible for the site protection. High court has already stopped the construction work and directed the civic authority [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai could face serious water crisis as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) informed the city that its stock of water will last for only 124 days. At present, there is 10 per cent water cut in the city. The current usable water content available is only 62 per cent of what was available last year. [...] Continue Reading »
The Parliamentary committee has decided to summon officials of at least six Indian central ministries to seek their views to find ways to check water pollution. The Parliamentary committee has decided to summon the officials as the subject is not restricted to one ministry. According to the Parliamentary committee member Public Accounts Committee, officials of [...] Continue Reading »
Karnataka High Court rapped Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, for its inaction against illegal constructions and saying that BBMP. A Division Bench headed by Justice D V Shylendra Kumar was hearing Public interest litigation (PIL) against former Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda accused of illegally constructing a commercial complex in a residential layout. The PIL [...] Continue Reading »
Taking an initiative; the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) gained the right to levy a premium on transfer of its leasehold plots. The state legislative assembly approved a bill to modify the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (MMC) Act. The step is considered important that will impact redevelopment of over 41,000 properties in Mumbai. The bill provides levy [...] Continue Reading »
Refuting claims made by Praja Foundation, a voluntary organization that focuses on urban and civic issues, that cases of malaria and other sensitive diseases are on the rise in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has stated that malaria cases in the city have dropped drastically. The BMC has disclosed that the numbers of [...] Continue Reading »
Following the December 5, 2011 Supreme Court ruling directing all nursing homes and banks to move out of residential plots, the Noida Authority had directed them to shut operations. However, when being approached by the displaced nursing homes, the apex court directed the Noida Authority to allot land at reasonable rates within three months. In [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Noida soon will have to pay water bill as per the meter reading instead of fixed rates. The Noida authority is considering a proposal to install water meters at all premises covering an area of 240 meter square or more. The main objective is to check the wastage of drinking water. Under [...] Continue Reading »
The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) seems to have taken up an active stand to address the civic issues ailing the city. Recently they carried out drive against illegal hoardings removing 14 hoardings from different places in the city. The BMC squad seized all the material required to set up a hoarding including iron rods and [...] Continue Reading »
The district administration has directed that the houses with more than 100 square meters covered area must have rain waterharvesting system in place.A 20 member team has been formed to grant permission to install the systems within 10 days of receiving the application. District Magistrate P.C. Meena has appointed Superintending Engineers concerned of Haryana Urban [...] Continue Reading »
