Municipality
Gurgaon’s underground water table has reached a significant low of 51 metres and the state has failed to check on this. The water crisis which Gurgaon faced this summer is only going to get worse. The estimated demand is 200 million gallons per day (MGD), whereas Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) is able to supply [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), which is undergoing a major fund crisis at present, hopes to raise Rs. 120 crore through auction of 42 plots. The authority which is in dire need of funds for even its own ongoing projects, has ruled out the possibility of fund transfer realized through auction to the government. However, [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Gurgaon have been repeatedly complaining about the bad road conditions in the city and are apprehensive of the fact that with the coming of monsoons the condition would only get worse. They have alleged that the departments concerned, i.e., the civic bodies, Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) and Haryana Urban Development Authority [...] Continue Reading »
The Punjab and Haryana high court has barred the state government and other agencies from issuing fresh licenses for any construction activity in Gurgaon unless builders gave an undertaking to not draw underground water. Raising concerns about the depleting groundwater level in Gurgaon, the bench asked the state officials to give details of how many [...] Continue Reading »
In order to conduct a survey of all properties in the city, officials of civic agencies propose to hire a private agency. Property tax department officials have suggested that a private agency should be hired to prepare the database and find out which house owners are evading tax. It is suggested that a team should [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra government has conceded that the recent raids conducted by state anti-corruption bureau (ACB) at the octroi check posts have resulted in a rise in revenue. Octroi being the highest sources of revenue for the corporation, which adds approximately Rs 4,500 to its fund, is also a source of revenue theft as a large [...] Continue Reading »
In a recent development, Crime Investigation Department (CID), has been approached to probe allegations of corruption against the city’s municipal corporation in allotment of garbage-collection contracts to private parties. Around 75 per cent of the garbage is being cleared by private contractors, the remaining by municipality employees. As per the allegation, made during the ongoing [...] Continue Reading »
Following 5,419 complaints in June regarding contaminated water, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) water department has been instructed to take at least 1,000 water samples every day. The Corporation has instructed the water department to look into the reasons of the contamination and also to find measures to plug the problem. The usual process is that [...] Continue Reading »
East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) is to send property tax notices to over six lakh properties under its authority as it is having a financial crunch. The corporation did not have a database on the number of properties liable to pay taxes in East Delhi, therefore, it turned to power discoms and the data received was shocking. [...] Continue Reading »
The tussle between public and private authority has pushed back development in Gurgaon. Almost the entire area of ward 34 comes under private developer DLF in New Gurgaon. Due to this, the authority of the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) in the area remains constrained. The councilor of the area has also been in a [...] Continue Reading »
