Civic Issues
Ludhiana- The Municipal Corporation and district administration, had announced that the property tax has been implemented in Ludhiana from April 1 while the civic body has failed to fix the unit values and complete the survey by the deadline. The joint commissioner of municipal corporation, P S Ghuman, had announced that, property tax has been [...] Continue Reading »
Kolkata- The worries of residents of Rajarhat Town regarding civic amenities have been resolved. The state cabinet has taken a significant decision by approving the proposal to enact the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2013. The amended bill will allow New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) to function as a municipality for New [...] Continue Reading »
Punjab- The Punjab government is all set to impose property tax from April 1, 2013. The government is expecting to collect nearly Rs 1000 crore annually by this exercise. The state has been divided into eight zones in order to calculate tax ratio on property. The zoning has been done on the basis of prevailing [...] Continue Reading »
Finally, the BBMP has realised that solid waste management (SWM) is not the sole responsibility of bulk generators. Realising its mistake, the BBMP, in association with the Bengaluru Hotels’ Association, other commercial bulk waste generators and an agency entrusted to process the waste (Noble Exchange), has identified around 20 acres of land to process waste [...] Continue Reading »
Hubli- The Hubli Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) has initiated aggressive campaigning to meet its property tax target for current fiscal. With financial year ending, the corporation has started making announcements over loudspeakers through its vehicles. The corporation officials are distributing pamphlets and issuing notices to people who have not paid tax despite requesting them to [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- Financial year is ending and till now the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has collected only Rs 620 crore as property tax. In 2012, the property tax collection at the same period was Rs 486 crore. This means that the current collection is Rs 134 crore more than the last year. But the corporation [...] Continue Reading »
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to give green signal to hoardings in the city which are illegal, if they follow the policy and proposed new rates of Rs 222 per sq ft. This decision was taken by the civic body after the Bombay High Court went crude over illegal hoardings and boards in Mumbai. [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned of launching an electronic web based system to stop all the parking woes in the city. The main motive is to do away with the pay and park lots and issue printed receipts to the vehicle owners in the civic parking lots. The officials in the civic body are [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) which had kept buy and park options in some areas in South Mumbai is thinking of introducing variable parking rates in the city. The civic body is planning on a new policy to revise parking rates and that will be area specific. As of now, the rates will be higher in [...] Continue Reading »
The proposed Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd metro line (CBM) is not yet sanctioned and not to be executed soon. However, the residents feel that it is unfair for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to give unnecessary reasons of starting the project and making it an elevated corridor. The residents in the western suburbs of Mumbai are [...] Continue Reading »
