Civic Issues
Reliance Infrastructure Ltd has completed its fifth road project in Tamil Nadu. This road project from Salem to Ulundurpet in Tamil Nadu is expected to ease traffic flow to the city centre, connecting centers of tourism and industrial zones. The main objective is to reduce the rural-urban gap by connecting 79 villages with Chennai. The [...] Continue Reading »
After corporators demanding new age mobile phones and insurance cover, the recent demand from a corporator has asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to make office spaces for all city corporators available. Samita Naik, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) corporator from ward 202 has suggested that the corporation provide space for members on civic plots in [...] Continue Reading »
Criticizing Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) passing a proposal to chop down 481 tress for a housing project in Goregaon (E), BJP corporators have accused the civic administration of giving in to pressure from the developer and walked out of a general body meeting. The BJP has raised doubts over transplanted trees as a solution to [...] Continue Reading »
Healthcare solutions provider e-Kshema has set up 18 affordable health kiosks in Bangalore. On the backdrop of rising dengue and malaria cases, it comes as a reprieve to the population belonging to low income section. These kiosks are set to provide medical check-ups including tests for just Rs.120. The facilities include general check-up of body [...] Continue Reading »
The Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) began re-carpeting of Gurgaon city roads after rains had caused waterlogging and potholes on the city roads. The impact of rains on the city roads, including those carpeted a couple of months ago, has been highlighted in the press and the authority has promptly reacted to the matter. The [...] Continue Reading »
Sources reveal that even after a year is passed of the report on flyovers and bridges were submitted to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), the civic body has not yet taken up any initiative to address the repairs needed. The condition of nearly 40 flyovers, rail over bridges (ROBs) and other bridges and suggested [...] Continue Reading »
The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation launched a special sanitation drive to start making the city litter-free. The drive was started on Saturday at the helm of Vijayawada (Central) MLA Malladi Vishnu and Municipal Commissioner Md. Abdul Azeem. The MLA has stated that additional 200 crores, along with already released 700 crores, should be released for the [...] Continue Reading »
Nagpur Municipal Corporation, which has been facing severe fund crisis, can breathe a sigh of relief as this year’s revenue collection so far has increased significantly compared to the previous year. The NMC generated revenue of Rs 220.81 crore in the first four months (April-July) of 2012-13, registering a significant increase against the corresponding period [...] Continue Reading »
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has been emphasizing on the cleaning up of Hussainsagar Lake. Having taken up the initiative to clean up the polluted Hussainsagar Lake, the 400-year-old water body in the heart of the city, the HMDA has been working at diverting the sewage inflows. The lake faces pollution threats from industrial [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Council has passed a resolution to include Electronics City under its fold for administrative purposes. As per resolution, villages in and around Electronics City will be merged under the BBMP’s jurisdiction. At present the electronic city has a total built up area of over 3 crore sq. feet. Though [...] Continue Reading »
