Municipality
In order to save water, members of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (Credai), Pune Metro have decided not to use drinking water at construction sites. A circular has been issued to the members informing them about the water crisis resulting from insufficient rainfall along with techniques to save water by Satish [...] Continue Reading »
The Haryana government seems to be woken up to sluggishness of tackling civic isues paralyzing the region. Haryana Public Health minister, Kiran Choudhary has directed officers in her ministry to complete all ongoing water supply and sewerage projects in all districts including Gurgaon. Gurgaon district administration has also been instructed to remove infringements on a [...] Continue Reading »
Russell Market is back to life as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike has issued no objection certificate (NOC) to BESCOM to resume power supply to the market. Only about 50 shops have got the clearance for power supply, so far. The 85-year-old market was ravaged by fire in February. The BBMP estimated a loss of [...] Continue Reading »
Karnataka high court on Monday gave 45 days’ time to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to submit a report on the irregularities in its 25 divisions. Former Mayor P R Ramesh, along with few others, had moved to the high court, seeking a CBI investigation into the alleged irregularities stating that they do not [...] Continue Reading »
The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has decided to demolish 400 unauthorized constructions in the city. The MCG has planned the demolition drive on the weekend keeping in mind the availability of the police force. So far only 13 have been demolished, out of the 400 unauthorized constructions identified by the MCG. The deputy commissioner [...] Continue Reading »
The AP State Disaster Response and Fire Services department has planned to tighten fire safety norms for the non-high-rise buildings. Hence, owners of non-high-rise buildings would have to obtain a license from the department for their property and have to pay a fee after providing fire-fighting equipment on their premises. The department will check the [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to spend Rs 980 crore on concretization and upgrading of asphalt roads. The civic body will float the tenders soon and the work will most likely begin in October. Seeking to redress the pitiful condition of roads in the city, BMC plans to introduce measures to ensure quality work [...] Continue Reading »
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has decided to check on the illegal/unauthorized constructions that are growing in the surrounding gram panchayats. In a strict gesture, it has served notices to as many as 3,000 owners and builders of illegal buildings above three floors. According to the building rules, gram panchayats can give building permissions [...] Continue Reading »
Majority of the BJP has demanded the demolition of an ‘illegal’ structure at Subhash Park in the House meeting of the North Corporation on Monday. The structure was built by MLA Shoaib Iqbal at Subhash Park, claiming that the site belongs to the 17th century Akbarabadi mosque. The demand came after a report from Commissioner P [...] Continue Reading »
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has filed an FIR against few civic officials in connection with alleged irregularities in the purchase of garbage bins for solid waste management programme. FIR was registered against Rajkot Municipal Commissioner Ajay Bhadoo, his predecessor Dr Dinesh Brahmbhatt and three other civic officials under the provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act two [...] Continue Reading »
