Municipality
The residential areas near dumping grounds in Mumbai have been complaining about the inconvenience caused to them. To curb civic problem the State Ministry for Urban Development has declared that the state would legally disallow residential areas around any dumping grounds developed in future. A residents’ group had approached the Supreme Court against the Brihanmumbai [...] Continue Reading »
In 2007, the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) had cautioned Gurgaon that if it continuously uses groundwater at high extent, then the resource would be exhausted by 2017. But the Haryana government overlooked the warning and continued issuing licences to real estate companies which abruptly exploited the resource. According to experts, Gurgaon has been drawing [...] Continue Reading »
Spat was caused between Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Residents Welfare Association of Pillana Garden area due to Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) asserting residents of the area to pay half the money to re-lay the footpaths that were being broken by the civic utility. According to the residents, the BWSSB broke [...] Continue Reading »
Following the Mantralaya fire, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to tighten safety norms for all residential, commercial and high-rise structures in the city. Under the new plans, The city buildings will be required to get a certified fire audit report from listed licensing authorities stating the building is well-equipped with safety systems and [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) seems to be woken up to the issue of safety and health of public. They conducted an audit of all the bakeries in the city following a cylinder explosion at an illegal bakery in Trombay which claimed lives of people. The survey has revealed that there exist 127 illegal bakeries [...] Continue Reading »
As a responsive measure to the depletion of groundwater at a great speed, the apex body for real estate Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) has decided to adopt rain water harvesting as corporate social responsibility (CSR) this year. The announcement comes two days following the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed [...] Continue Reading »
The ambitious project taken up by the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) seeking the door-to-door collection of garbage, now seems to be in disorder with the project mostly failing to elicit assistance from the city residents. As being admitted by the civic body itself, sanitary workers have to face hostile conduct from many households and also [...] Continue Reading »
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) continues their crusade against garbage dumping in public places. In a recent drive staffers of Cream Corner, Ramdaspeth, Central Bazaar road were caught by the squads of health department throwing garbage on the road and were slapped a fine of Rs 10,000. Apart from Cream Corner, action was also taken against [...] Continue Reading »
Recently a wetland at Pirtala in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) area has been filled up in broad daylight and been allocated into plots by land sharks and are being sold at Rs 3.25 lakh per cottah. Located in Chowbaga, the 52-bigha waterbody was filled with marsh around. In the summer, the water dried up, leaving [...] Continue Reading »
Faced with the grave issue of water shortage in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to acquire all privately-owned wells in the city to alleviate the troubles of the citizens. Currently there are 784 private wells in the city and the BMC is to solicit the Collector’s assistance in acquiring them. While the [...] Continue Reading »
