Municipality
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has been on a demolition spree recently and has removed all illegal constructions which measure more than 25,000 sq ft in Ghorpadi area. One of such buildings had 36 flats and out of total, about 18 were occupied. Apart from this property, a six-storey reinforced cement concrete (RCC) building was also [...] Continue Reading »
With the fast pacing growth in the city with high rise, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has no idea of the number of open spaces or plots in Mumbai. The civic body which is an authority body, supposed to keep records of all the plots available in the city, but fails to do so. It does [...] Continue Reading »
Residents staying in and around Shivajinagar are distressed as even after many complaints, the civic authorities have not taken any measures to tackle the drainage issue persisting from many years. Many shops in this area are operating without electricity supply as the project to remove slit and widen the drain started has left unfinished. Every [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is developing a video feature on its pothole-tracking website to upload videos. The website for this purpose was launched in November 2011 and currently, the citizens can upload only pictures clicked through their android phones. Very soon, uploading the videos of the potholes in the city will be an option. The [...] Continue Reading »
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has recently received a record breaking revenue from the allotment of building permissions in the financial year 2012-13. The building permissions department of the civic body has received around Rs 631 crore as fees for construction including development charges. The high revenue received has been so due to the revision of [...] Continue Reading »
The biogas plant project proposed by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in Bangalore is not ready till now. Palike officials said that six more months will be required to complete the project. The plant designs to convert tonnes of waste generated at Krishna Raja Market to power. The BBMP will provide 600 square meters [...] Continue Reading »
Lucknow- Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma directed the corporation officials to form a committee in order to bring in transparency in the house tax assessment system and applicable interests on them. The decision came in following the complaints lodged by corporators about residents being overcharged and being compelled to pay compound interest during collection of taxes. [...] Continue Reading »
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has plans of including the norms for setting up mobile towers in the city. This has been planned witnessing many mobile towers coming up in the city. This initiative will be a part of development control (DC) rules which will be included in the revised Development Plan (DP) for old areas [...] Continue Reading »
Kolkata- The worries of residents of Rajarhat Town regarding civic amenities have been resolved. The state cabinet has taken a significant decision by approving the proposal to enact the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2013. The amended bill will allow New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) to function as a municipality for New [...] Continue Reading »
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to give green signal to hoardings in the city which are illegal, if they follow the policy and proposed new rates of Rs 222 per sq ft. This decision was taken by the civic body after the Bombay High Court went crude over illegal hoardings and boards in Mumbai. [...] Continue Reading »
