Municipality
Stray dogs in Bangalore have become a menace to people on the road, especially children and two-wheeler riders. There are about 2 lakhs stray dogs in the streets of the city. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials concede that the city’s stray dog number is on the rise despite BBMP’s Animal Birth Control programme [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to open Disaster Management Centres (DMCs) in all its eight zones. The DMCs will be set up to provide medical treatment to people in case of a terror attack or spread of diseases in the city. The civic body plans to open a center at its head [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Uttam Apartment in Malleswaram showed civic sense and alertness when they called up the fire department to request for a fire drill. The department welcomed the residents’ alertness. The idea was hatched after a fire broke out in the neighbourhood and the residents realized how ill prepared they would have been had [...] Continue Reading »
The city of Gurgaon is facing extreme electricity crisis. Flickering power cuts have become a constant problem. Saraswati Kunj is just one of such affected areas in whole of the city. Dakshin Haryna Bijli Vitaran Nigam (DHBVN) refused to install power supply resources there. Faced with grave power crisis, the members of the Residents Welfare [...] Continue Reading »
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit accused BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporation of not taking proper action to stop construction of a mosque at Subhash Park in Central Delhi which led to violence in the area. Remains of a Mughal-era mosque were discovered near Jama Masjid recently during construction work and locals led by MLA Shoib Iqbal [...] Continue Reading »
Residents across Chennai have been complaining about sewage overflow for the last few months. However, the civic bodies are yet to take up any action to address the issue. Residents of Sixth Street, R.V.Nagar, Anna Nagar, have been putting up with stench, flies and sewage on the road. Sewage has been overflowing from manholes in [...] Continue Reading »
Two labourers were killed and several others were injured when an under-construction building collapsed in west Delhi in Kirti Nagar area. The building owner has been arrested and two engineers have been suspended North Delhi Municipal Corporation for allowing the illegal construction following the incident. According to police, the owner had been adding to the [...] Continue Reading »
There seems to be an end to the water woes of the residents of Old Gurgaon as Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has agreed to the demands of the residents to supply water to them. The councillors and residents have been demanding canal water supply from the corporation for a long time and the civic [...] Continue Reading »
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) had released the draft master plan for the extended area of Hyderabad Metropolitan Region on July 22, 2011. Then they invited objections and suggestions on the draft master plan from citizens. A year has gone by, and the authority has not even finalized the applications which have to be [...] Continue Reading »
A resolution to make rainwater harvesting system mandatory for all new buildings and existing government owned buildings in the city has been approved by the standing committee. The committee also approved the heritage walk proposal. All new buildings in the city must have rainwater harvesting and old buildings owned by the government and civic body [...] Continue Reading »
