Civic Issues
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has urged the public representatives to make a generous move to divert a portion of MP, MLA funds towards maintenance of open spaces. The Corporation is in need of fund to maintain the open spaces and in previous years the BMC has lost open land either because it failed to [...] Continue Reading »
To improve the health facilities, under its jurisdiction, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) is planning to monitor the health institutions by special committees. Presently, there are 74 health centers under the jurisdiction of the East Corporation; with 40 providing Allopathic treatments while other 34 health centers under AYUSH. The officials have maintained that each [...] Continue Reading »
The Chennai Corporation has made arrangements for property tax payments at counters of any of the 146 branches of three designated banks from today onwards. It was planned earlier but delayed due to technical glitches. However, the facility will be started with three banks: Indian Overseas Bank (74 branches), City Union Bank (31 branches) and [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Rahatani and Pimpri are facing water shortage due to problems in the water distribution network, though there is no water cut in force in Pimpri-Chinchwad. The water shortage problem exists for the last one and half years in Savita Khule Chawl in Ramnagar area of Rahatani. Also, the number of water connections taken [...] Continue Reading »
Gurgaon’s underground water table has reached a significant low of 51 metres and the state has failed to check on this. The water crisis which Gurgaon faced this summer is only going to get worse. The estimated demand is 200 million gallons per day (MGD), whereas Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) is able to supply [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), which is undergoing a major fund crisis at present, hopes to raise Rs. 120 crore through auction of 42 plots. The authority which is in dire need of funds for even its own ongoing projects, has ruled out the possibility of fund transfer realized through auction to the government. However, [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Gurgaon have been repeatedly complaining about the bad road conditions in the city and are apprehensive of the fact that with the coming of monsoons the condition would only get worse. They have alleged that the departments concerned, i.e., the civic bodies, Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) and Haryana Urban Development Authority [...] Continue Reading »
The Punjab and Haryana high court has barred the state government and other agencies from issuing fresh licenses for any construction activity in Gurgaon unless builders gave an undertaking to not draw underground water. Raising concerns about the depleting groundwater level in Gurgaon, the bench asked the state officials to give details of how many [...] Continue Reading »
In order to conduct a survey of all properties in the city, officials of civic agencies propose to hire a private agency. Property tax department officials have suggested that a private agency should be hired to prepare the database and find out which house owners are evading tax. It is suggested that a team should [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra government has conceded that the recent raids conducted by state anti-corruption bureau (ACB) at the octroi check posts have resulted in a rise in revenue. Octroi being the highest sources of revenue for the corporation, which adds approximately Rs 4,500 to its fund, is also a source of revenue theft as a large [...] Continue Reading »
