Civic Issues
Lucknow- Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma directed the corporation officials to form a committee in order to bring in transparency in the house tax assessment system and applicable interests on them. The decision came in following the complaints lodged by corporators about residents being overcharged and being compelled to pay compound interest during collection of taxes. [...] Continue Reading »
Maharashtra Chief Minister has claimed that there will be a new funding model for all the proposed metro projects in the state. The CM announced it recently in the Legislative Council after the central government turned down the proposal of relaxing the norms used for providing the funds for metro projects. The projects were supposed [...] Continue Reading »
If you own a property near metro line, then you may have to shell out more tax. The growing prices of properties along metro lines are now being targeted by the central government to earn more revenue. The government has initiated a study to encourage Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in Delhi. Now, the Union Urban [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- We have heard of several things which have been made online for the comfort users e.g. property search, tax payment etc. Now, its turn for car parking which is becoming a hot new commodity online. Portals are now linking up with people having cars with no spaces and people with empty space. Both parties [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP Commissioner has informed Karnataka high court that by April 30, the dry waste collection centres (DWCC) will be set up on 30ft x 40ft in all the 198 wards of Bangalore. BBMP will appoint staff to take care of these dry waste collection centres for six months to one year, however the civic [...] Continue Reading »
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has plans of including the norms for setting up mobile towers in the city. This has been planned witnessing many mobile towers coming up in the city. This initiative will be a part of development control (DC) rules which will be included in the revised Development Plan (DP) for old areas [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The Teynampet zone of Chennai Corporation has contributed the highest share in entire property tax collection from 15 zones in the financial year 2012-13. The zone has contributed 22 percent (Rs 103.84 crore) of total property tax collection of Rs 461.10 crore. The hefty collection from this zone was not a surprise for civic [...] Continue Reading »
Nashik- Following an issue raised by an opposition leader at the general body meeting regarding selective waiving of property tax, the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) asked the property tax department to conduct a probe on the issue. The opposition leader, Sudhakar Badgujar, had claimed that the deputy commissioner (taxes) has selectively waiving property tax worth [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The Nemmeli desalination plant is successfully quenching thirst of many residents of South Chennai in last one month. The plant has a capacity to treat and supply 100 million litres of day (mld). Around 15 lakh people of southern Chennai and the expanded areas like Velachery, Thiruvanmiyur, Pallipattu and areas adjoining the IT Corridor [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- Owing to poor civic facilities at Rajiv Gruha Kalpa colonies, many flat allottees are not willing to stay in the flats. It is found that over 6,000 residential units are lying empty. Few allottees have even sold off their flats and some are reluctant to pay the increased cost to the state government for [...] Continue Reading »
