Civic Issues
The water supply planning for the year 2005-2010 has shown a miserable failure in Mumbai. Now, the Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has been held for lagging behind in the municipal works. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has now taken initiative of inspecting this case. The water supply demand has reduced so much that few [...] Continue Reading »
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has high hopes of gaining an additional revenue of Rs 25-30 crore per year from the sewage treatment plant installed in Bhandewadi. The plant which has a capacity of 100 million litres per day (MLD) has been giving an output of 80 MLD sewage water. Recently NMC had signed an agreement [...] Continue Reading »
Waste management is a perennial issue in Bangalore! The areas like Silk Board Junction, Hosur road and electronic city have turned up untidy dumped with garbage everywhere. The after consequences of this windy weather has resulted in the garbage waste spread all over these areas. The city’s beauty is completely ruined due to illegal dumping [...] Continue Reading »
An NGO recently conducted a survey on water supply project. This survey was mainly concentrated on slum dwellers in Bangalore city. It came as a surprising news that the slum dwellers are paying hefty sum for the water supply. Even after government is spending lakhs and crores on providing proper water supply, this is what [...] Continue Reading »
The zonal officials belonging to Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) have given a final warning to demolish the illegal structures in Delhi. Illegal properties at Sainik Farm, Mahipalpur extension, Mahavir Enclave and Vasant Vihar. According to MCD reports these illegal building owners have misused the innocence of the property buyers and have hid the illegality [...] Continue Reading »
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has been dumping the wastes collected from households in an open space. Due to which, the place turned into a garbage depot and created pollution. About a group of 300 villagers from Uruli and Fursungi have come forward and blocked the entry of garbage van of PMC into Uruli garbage depot. [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai is moving in fast pace with new projects to keep the city clean. The Brihanmumbai municipal corporation (BMC) has planned for a big storm-water drains and sewage disposal project. The BMC’s standing committee approved sewage and drain water proposals worth Rs 574 crore. Around 18 project proposals were cleared and was also ordered to [...] Continue Reading »
Kochi has witnessed a lot of garbage and waste menace in recent times. Keeping the woes in mind, Kerala High Court has asked the state Government to start up a centralised Garbage treatment plant-cum power generator within a month and present the report for the same. This initiative has been taken for effective waste management [...] Continue Reading »
The civic mismanagement in Bangalore city is now in the hands of the citizens. Neither the road or the metro constructions are sooth going. These works have become a major headache for the commuters and residents in localities like; Kadirenahalli in JP Nagar, CNR Rao Circle and Tagore Circle in Basavanagudi. The grievances does not [...] Continue Reading »
Gear up Bangaloreans! The deadline for installation of rain water harvesting system (RWH) is fast advancing. The mandatory installation of RWH system has to be done by December 31 this year. The compulsion has been made from 2009 with many extended deadlines, December 31 being the last one. However, only 30,000 households have abided by [...] Continue Reading »
