Civic Issues
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has now extended the 50% rebate in property tax to ex-servicemen residing in the city. This came in a year after the State government issued a gazette notification. Though the gazette notification was issued on April 24, 2012, the BBMP had not implemented it. Due to this, several ex-servicemen, [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The city will not face sewage outflow onto the street as the Chennai Metro Water is planning to use a new technology to minimize sewage outflow. It is a Rs 3.60 crore project which is being implemented in comply with the orders of Municipal Administration and Water Supply Minister. In this technology, the officials [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi Jal Board has considered the importance of getting additional water for the National Capital Region after the environmentalists have demanded a fresh environment impact assessment (EIA) with the Lakhwar (of the Lakhwar-Vyasi) project in Uttarakhand. They have also demanded that no dam should be constructed on Yamuna River and the Yamuna basin to [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- Owing to the request of Metro rail authorities, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is ready to remove foot over bridges in the city. The authorities requested GHMC to remove over-bridges as the construction of metro has picked up pace in the core city. The removal of footbridges will not only affect vehicular traffic but it [...] Continue Reading »
People think that water crisis is the major problem in Bangalore. But a survey, conducted by a non-profit organisation had disclosed that only 28 percent of water in the city is potable. The non-profit organisation started the survey from mid of January in all 198 wards of Bangalore city. The survey will be done on [...] Continue Reading »
The new scheme, i.e. the conversion of Delhi Development Authority (DDA) flats that were registered on general power of attorney (GPA) and agreement to sell (AS) to freehold has been liberalised by the Urban Development Ministry. Earlier, DDA had stopped conversion from leasehold to freehold of properties registered on GPA. But the new move brought [...] Continue Reading »
Unsatisfied property owners in Mumbai are planning to move court over the new way of calculating property tax. There had been already many criticisms in the past against the imposition of property tax in Mumbai and its suburbs with retrospective effect. The property tax system based on capital value that has been planned recently but will [...] Continue Reading »
The three municipal corporations of Delhi have collected crores of rupees through property tax this financial year. East Delhi Municipal Corporation has collected Rs 140 crore and has been rated as the highest. There were 2,10,837 tax payers this year whereas, last year, the number of tax payers was 2,04,117. A corporation official said that [...] Continue Reading »
Lucknow- The recent draft prepared for state urban housing and habitat policy 2013 suggests introduction of mixed land use and pooling scheme in the state. The housing and urban planning department believes that mixed land usage and land pooling will encourage urban development. The old housing policies had made provisions for segregated or compartmentalized land [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- The city will soon witness 100 percent hike in residential property tax. However, the property tax rates for commercial buildings in some of the areas may reduce. In this regard, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will invite suggestions and objections from citizens on the new tax rates within seven days. The last revision [...] Continue Reading »
