Civic Issues
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) continues their crusade against garbage dumping in public places. In a recent drive staffers of Cream Corner, Ramdaspeth, Central Bazaar road were caught by the squads of health department throwing garbage on the road and were slapped a fine of Rs 10,000. Apart from Cream Corner, action was also taken against [...] Continue Reading »
Recently a wetland at Pirtala in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) area has been filled up in broad daylight and been allocated into plots by land sharks and are being sold at Rs 3.25 lakh per cottah. Located in Chowbaga, the 52-bigha waterbody was filled with marsh around. In the summer, the water dried up, leaving [...] Continue Reading »
Faced with the grave issue of water shortage in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to acquire all privately-owned wells in the city to alleviate the troubles of the citizens. Currently there are 784 private wells in the city and the BMC is to solicit the Collector’s assistance in acquiring them. While the [...] Continue Reading »
The hazardous waste being dumped in Hussainsagar Lake has been a contentious issue for the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA). In order to dredge the hazardous material out of the lake, the authority has decided to use the services of Environmental Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI). The lake cleaning project has been taken up [...] Continue Reading »
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) permitted the release of 0.5 thousand million cubic (TMC) ft of water to the thirsty Daund taluka despite opposition from all major parties in Pune. Residents of Daund taluka have the right to get water from Khadakwasla, Panshet and Varasgaon dams as 80 per cent of the dam project-affected were [...] Continue Reading »
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is facing residents’ agitation against the garbage disposal in the Mavallipura locality and wants Palike to shut down the garbage dump yard in the area. The villagers staged protest and prevented garbage dumping into the landfill. Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy has agreed to visit Mavallipura on Thursday. Health risk is [...] Continue Reading »
While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has been forwarding many innovative ideas to solve the water crisis like desalination, cloud seeding and water recycling, none of these plans have been materialized. Under these circumstances, few housing societies have helped themselves through rainwater harvesting to solve the problem. The Raheja Vihar Rainbow society in Powai and Avanti [...] Continue Reading »
Disposal of construction waste from the site of multi-storied buildings is proving to be a severe problem in Gurgaon. Among other debris, cement bags and concrete slabs are being dumped in the open in vacant plots or parks. While the garbage dump in the open can be noticed in alongside Faridabad-Gurgaon road or the Golf [...] Continue Reading »
In order to provide much needed respite to passengers, the railway authorities have asked the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) to widen the road to the city railway station. The railways are planning to construct new entry and exit gates in the station. Currently, there is lack of parking facilities for vehicles around the station. [...] Continue Reading »
In an event bearing political implications, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) activists on Tuesday staged a dharna in front of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) office against auction of plots. The activists alleged that thousands of acres of government land were either auctioned or handed over to various firms and individuals by the state government [...] Continue Reading »
