Municipality
The hazardous waste being dumped in Hussainsagar Lake has been a contentious issue for the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA). In order to dredge the hazardous material out of the lake, the authority has decided to use the services of Environmental Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI). The lake cleaning project has been taken up [...] Continue Reading »
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) permitted the release of 0.5 thousand million cubic (TMC) ft of water to the thirsty Daund taluka despite opposition from all major parties in Pune. Residents of Daund taluka have the right to get water from Khadakwasla, Panshet and Varasgaon dams as 80 per cent of the dam project-affected were [...] Continue Reading »
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is facing residents’ agitation against the garbage disposal in the Mavallipura locality and wants Palike to shut down the garbage dump yard in the area. The villagers staged protest and prevented garbage dumping into the landfill. Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy has agreed to visit Mavallipura on Thursday. Health risk is [...] Continue Reading »
While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has been forwarding many innovative ideas to solve the water crisis like desalination, cloud seeding and water recycling, none of these plans have been materialized. Under these circumstances, few housing societies have helped themselves through rainwater harvesting to solve the problem. The Raheja Vihar Rainbow society in Powai and Avanti [...] Continue Reading »
Disposal of construction waste from the site of multi-storied buildings is proving to be a severe problem in Gurgaon. Among other debris, cement bags and concrete slabs are being dumped in the open in vacant plots or parks. While the garbage dump in the open can be noticed in alongside Faridabad-Gurgaon road or the Golf [...] Continue Reading »
In order to provide much needed respite to passengers, the railway authorities have asked the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) to widen the road to the city railway station. The railways are planning to construct new entry and exit gates in the station. Currently, there is lack of parking facilities for vehicles around the station. [...] Continue Reading »
In an event bearing political implications, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) activists on Tuesday staged a dharna in front of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) office against auction of plots. The activists alleged that thousands of acres of government land were either auctioned or handed over to various firms and individuals by the state government [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has urged the public representatives to make a generous move to divert a portion of MP, MLA funds towards maintenance of open spaces. The Corporation is in need of fund to maintain the open spaces and in previous years the BMC has lost open land either because it failed to [...] Continue Reading »
To improve the health facilities, under its jurisdiction, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) is planning to monitor the health institutions by special committees. Presently, there are 74 health centers under the jurisdiction of the East Corporation; with 40 providing Allopathic treatments while other 34 health centers under AYUSH. The officials have maintained that each [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Rahatani and Pimpri are facing water shortage due to problems in the water distribution network, though there is no water cut in force in Pimpri-Chinchwad. The water shortage problem exists for the last one and half years in Savita Khule Chawl in Ramnagar area of Rahatani. Also, the number of water connections taken [...] Continue Reading »
