Civic Issues
Farmers residing on both sides of Yamuna Expressway have forwarded their demands to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. Their main demand is that the Yamuna Expressway should not be opened till their service road parallel to it is developed for connectivity of villages along the Expressway. The proposed service road runs along Yamuna Expressway from Greater [...] Continue Reading »
Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar is to order a probe into the alleged irregularities in the work taken up by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in removing silt from drains in the last three years. CM stated this in response to the janata Dal (Secular) member M Srinivas’s allegations, which said payments had been made [...] Continue Reading »
While the civic bodies always seem to project themselves of running short on funds, a recent revelation in Maharashtra pictures inefficient collection machinery causing huge loss to the bodies. An Right To Information (RTI) query filed by two BJP corporators has revealed that 70,000 property holders in Pimpri-Chinchwad have not paid property tax dues, total [...] Continue Reading »
The hundi system monitored by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has come under severe criticism of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. The CAG has reported that the Palike commissioner and the Chief Accounts Officer are responsible for its poor financial condition. CAG has observed that the BBMP’s improper financial management has resulted in useless [...] Continue Reading »
Distracted with legal battles, the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has lost 108.94 acres out of its 2,750 acres to Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML)?Employees’ House Building Co-operative Society (HBCS) at several villages in north Bangalore. The land was taken for formation of Arkavathy Layout. Now, the civic body has laid claim to 1,200 acres, albeit with [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) plan to include Electronics City under its jurisdiction, to raise more money, has angered the companies and their employees in the E-City. It is currently maintained by Electronic City Association, which is the best industrial estate of India and the pride of Bangalore. The association gets the cost of maintenance [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Koramangala say that the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) manipulated tenders to favour contractors and floated tenders to move trees after they were already moved. Between May 26 and 27, the BDA cut over 34 trees along Sarjapur Road for the signal-free corridor extending from Sirsi Circle to Agara Junction and passing through Koramangala, [...] Continue Reading »
Taking a good initiative, Confederation of Real Estate and Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) has come forward to contribute its support to Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) against malaria. CREDAI has agreed to provide vehicles fitted with GPS. Each vehicle with six personnel will visit construction sites and monitor it for conditions that allow mosquito larvae [...] Continue Reading »
The garbage disposal issue seems to have irked the residents of Bangalore as well as the court. The high court has issued notices to the state government, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and Karnataka Slum Clearance Board (KSCB) in a public interest petition related to the garbage disposal system in the [...] Continue Reading »
The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to launch a project to increase and improve open spaces in the city. The BMC has allocated Rs. 1 crore in the civic budget for 2012-13 for consultation to carry out the Mumbai’s Open Space project. The main objective is to add open spaces to the city. The [...] Continue Reading »
