Civic Issues
In a welcome initiative, The Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, a not-for-profit organization in Bangalore, has launched a website to connect the city’s residents with administration officials and elected representatives. The website, www.ichangemycity.com, will allow the residents to post complaints related to civic issues such as sewage problems that will be collated and sent [...] Continue Reading »
Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has issued a show cause notice to Vapi Waste and Effluent Management Co. Pvt. Ltd (VWEMCL) for neglecting the precautionary steps mandatory ahead of the monsoon at the common solid waste management site. Industrial sludge had spread into the fields and orchards near Vapi after a protection wall of the [...] Continue Reading »
The residential areas near dumping grounds in Mumbai have been complaining about the inconvenience caused to them. To curb civic problem the State Ministry for Urban Development has declared that the state would legally disallow residential areas around any dumping grounds developed in future. A residents’ group had approached the Supreme Court against the Brihanmumbai [...] Continue Reading »
Three realtors of Surat have been caught with Rs 18.50 crore as undisclosed income to the income tax (I-T) department on Thursday. I-T officials had conducted a search and survey operation under the Income Tax Act, 1961 on few realtors in Varachha and Mota Varachha areas in Surat on Tuesday. About 45 places in the [...] Continue Reading »
In 2007, the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) had cautioned Gurgaon that if it continuously uses groundwater at high extent, then the resource would be exhausted by 2017. But the Haryana government overlooked the warning and continued issuing licences to real estate companies which abruptly exploited the resource. According to experts, Gurgaon has been drawing [...] Continue Reading »
Spat was caused between Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Residents Welfare Association of Pillana Garden area due to Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) asserting residents of the area to pay half the money to re-lay the footpaths that were being broken by the civic utility. According to the residents, the BWSSB broke [...] Continue Reading »
Following the Mantralaya fire, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to tighten safety norms for all residential, commercial and high-rise structures in the city. Under the new plans, The city buildings will be required to get a certified fire audit report from listed licensing authorities stating the building is well-equipped with safety systems and [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) seems to be woken up to the issue of safety and health of public. They conducted an audit of all the bakeries in the city following a cylinder explosion at an illegal bakery in Trombay which claimed lives of people. The survey has revealed that there exist 127 illegal bakeries [...] Continue Reading »
As a responsive measure to the depletion of groundwater at a great speed, the apex body for real estate Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) has decided to adopt rain water harvesting as corporate social responsibility (CSR) this year. The announcement comes two days following the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed [...] Continue Reading »
The ambitious project taken up by the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) seeking the door-to-door collection of garbage, now seems to be in disorder with the project mostly failing to elicit assistance from the city residents. As being admitted by the civic body itself, sanitary workers have to face hostile conduct from many households and also [...] Continue Reading »
