Municipality
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has recently demolished 38 illegal structures standing tall in Shivajinagar, KasbaPeth, Wadgaonsheri, NIBM Road and Shivarkar Road. These structures which were razed by the civic body include 38 tin shed structures and eight concrete houses located in the slums. PMC has already started the demolition drive which has been one month [...] Continue Reading »
With the increasing population and vehicles on road, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had thought of an initiative to put an end to parking woes. If everything goes fine and the proposal gets approved, some of the areas in South Mumbai will be reserved for parking vehicles. Owners will have to pay to reserve the space [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has recently spent public funds to fill up a pond which is supposed to be a heritage property. BMC has invested Rs 5.25 crore to fill a 100 year old pond located at Kandivali West with debris. The pond belongs to the collector and not the civic body, still BMC [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been directed by the Supreme Court to clear down six illegal buildings at Worli Naka. The six buildings have occupants who have moved into the units twenty five years back. The illegal buildings which include Esha Ekta, Patel, Orchid, BY, Midtown, and Shubh had been constructed by four seperate developers [...] Continue Reading »
Pune Development Plan (DP) has again gone into troubles after some of the corporators raised issues during a recent general body (GB) meeting of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). The ruling party and others managed to get their resolutions passed in this meeting but some were not happy with the resolutions and hinted that they would be moving [...] Continue Reading »
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has recently sealed about 30 properties in the city for not paying property tax in time. The property tax department of the civic body had already sent notices to these properties in Pune and 353 prominent defaulters had been reminded for not paying the taxes in the given time frame. Around [...] Continue Reading »
Nashik- As water scarcity issue is rising in many cities, the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has stopped builders from using potable water for the ongoing constructions by disconnecting water connections. The Corporation said that the concerned builders have to arrange water from other sources like wells, borewells, etc. This move of the civic authority of [...] Continue Reading »
According to a research paper, it may take an entire generation to rid Ahmadabad of slums and re-house the 4.2 lakh households living in the slums. Factors like the existing policies and pace of work are also responsible for this. The research paper had a team of seven members who authored the working paper. It stated that the city’s housing stock increased [...] Continue Reading »
Patiala- The unit evaluation committee of Patiala Municipal Corporation (MC) has fixed the unit values of the properties per square metre according to five categories defined by the Punjab government. The property tax calculation will be done based on several parameters such as usage factor, type factor, structural factor, occupancy factor and most importantly, the [...] Continue Reading »
BMC is all set to take matters into its own hands due to the slackening response from the state government towards the garbage treatment problems in the city. The BMC has decided to enter into agreements with the land fill owners even without the approval of the state government, by amending a clause from the Mumbai Municipal Corporation [...] Continue Reading »
