Civic Issues
As per many researches done, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to pump water from Hemavathi River till Thippagondanahalli Reservoir during wet season. The Town Planning Committee of the civic body has made this decision and has come up with the route map plan for the same. After the diversion of water, it will [...] Continue Reading »
There has been a cleaning spree for the twin cities in Hyderabad. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has plans of hiring fresh batch of municipal workers for better garbage clearance. The officials have plan of forming seven member teams instead of current eighteen. They also stated that groups have been formed in fifteen of the [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai Corporation receives about 15000 application for proposed building plans every year. Due to adequate resources they are unable to provide clearance in time. The corporation as well as the zonal offices does not have enough number of engineers to scrutinize the plans, hence the pending increases day by day. The Corporation is planning to [...] Continue Reading »
The government of Kerala is not able to manage the concern regarding the waste management. This inability leads to an agility between the state police and protesters. A group of people including women and children blocked the traffic on National Highway 17 to protest against the waste dumping in their village. Police lathi charged to [...] Continue Reading »
Pune municipality wants to make the water supply 24 X 7. To implement that, the civic body has decided to introduce water meters. In a general body meeting, the municipal commissioner also announced to bear half of the cost of water meters. The governing body also planned to analyze the actual consumption amount. They will [...] Continue Reading »
Rourkela municipality approved Rs.84.51 crore budget for the financial year 2012-13. The running council body had approved the amount after confirming to rectify the expenditure figures of 2011-12. The vice chairman of the municipality informed that the main aim will be given to enhance the civic life. All the projects related to road work, streetlights, [...] Continue Reading »
Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is counted among one of the largest municipalities is the world. Today MCD serves to more than 16 million Delhiites. The journey of the civic body started from the time of emperor Sahajahan. Later British took over the administration of the civic body. After independence the MCD was formed in [...] Continue Reading »
Ooty municipality has started a drive to demolish the unauthorized construction on the Ooty- Coonoor Road. At the time of execution of the demolishing process, four municipality official were threatened by the owner of an illegal building at that place. The officials found around 700 square feet of extended unauthorized construction in that building which [...] Continue Reading »
Now it’s high time that Bangalore has to think about managing e-waste! The annual e-waste production is the talk of the hour now. E-waste are the most hazardous as it consists of heavy metals and organic pollutants. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recently learnt that the highly toxic chemicals have started contaminated the soil and [...] Continue Reading »
Couple of decades back JP Nagar 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th phase was surrounded by mud roads and greenery. With the high demand of independent houses, people from IT and corporate sectors invested into plots, buildings and little bungalows at this place. Over the years civic bodies of Bangalore arranged water supply and sanitation facilities [...] Continue Reading »
