Civic Issues
To check the depleting groundwater level, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) has come up with a plan to constitute a special committee. The committee is to be headed by two superintending engineers (SEs) who will visit houses in Gurgaon to check defunct water harvesting pits. As per norms, to obtain a completion certificate from [...] Continue Reading »
The Bahrut Bangalore Municipal Corporation (BBMP) is to soon generate 8 MW of power from solid waste, said M K Shankarlingegowda BBMP commissioner. This comes along with Mysore City Corporation’s (MCC) plans to convert solid waste to generate power. According to M K Shankarlingegowda, Bangalore’s plant will be the first in India and he said that he [...] Continue Reading »
The Zirakpur Municipal Corporation was directed not to sanction for construction of illegal colonies in the area by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Counsel for Zirakpur MC stated that the plans for unauthorised colonies were being sanctioned as directed by the Punjab government. However, HC puts stop on any further construction of unauthorized colonies [...] Continue Reading »
Civic corporators in Mumbai have unanimously passed a resolution at the civic general body meeting on Tuesday calling for a 150% hike in their monthly remuneration, from Rs10,000 to Rs. 25,000. If it receives legal sanction, the hike will be paid by taxpayers’ money. According to the corporators, the current remuneration is a measley sum [...] Continue Reading »
At a time when Mumbaikars are suffering from water cuts due to deficient rainfall, cloud seeding is the means the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is looking forward to. The BMC has decided to rope in Israel’s national water company, Mekorot for this purpose. The plan is to carry out cloud seeding operations in the areas [...] Continue Reading »
Local planning authority has sealed a six-storeyed residential apartment for violating various building norms. As per the master plan of the city, the building was being constructed on the land which has been classified as an industrial zone. Building construction was under way when officials arrived at the spot. They ordered the workers to stop [...] Continue Reading »
As traffic problem ails Bhopal, over 10 commercial complexes in the busy New Market allegedly have constructed shops in the basement reserved for parking, thus making the shops illegal. It has been pointed out as a contributing factor to clog the busy roads as visitors are forced to park their vehicles out on the road. [...] Continue Reading »
The Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered the Haryana government to take action against builders for illegal use of groundwater. The court also ordered to seal all borewells at construction sites in Gurgaon over the next two weeks. The court order will have an adverse effect on nearly 450 ongoing commercial and residential projects. [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai municipal corporation (BMC) on Tuesday held a programme to spread awareness as part of its anti-plastic initiative in parts of Kandivali, Borivali and Dahisar. The initiative was taken in association with city NGO Helping Hands Charitable Trust. During the programme, deputy municipal commissioners Rajendra Bhosle and Bharat Marathe appealed to the attendees to [...] Continue Reading »
Ill-quipped system of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation came out in the open again as when the northern grid failed, city could get only half the water of total supply from the Kajauli during disruption period. The reason being Kajauli water works has low power generator, which can only take the load of two lines out of [...] Continue Reading »
