Civic Issues
The opening of the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar metro to the public will delay even though the construction of the line is nearing completion. It passed the seventh deadline without opening on time. Now, the deadline has been set to August 2013. However, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) officials said the line will be open to the [...] Continue Reading »
Jamshedpur – An amount of Rs 3 crore has been recovered as service tax from a builder in Jamshedpur. The central excise officials recovered this amount from eight offices of the builder in Bihar and Jharkhand. The builder was evading the service tax amount from past two years. The officials of the director general central [...] Continue Reading »
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has recently sealed about 30 properties in the city for not paying property tax in time. The property tax department of the civic body had already sent notices to these properties in Pune and 353 prominent defaulters had been reminded for not paying the taxes in the given time frame. Around [...] Continue Reading »
Ghaziabad- The authorities of Ghaziabad are planning to give a new look to the city in order to make it resident-friendly. The city which was noted for pollution and crime for long time is likely to transform its appearance in the next few years. The city administration is planning to give an entire new look to [...] Continue Reading »
All property tax defaulters who claimed their four-stored houses as two-storyed in the self assessment scheme will face problem now. The Palike is going to verify the tax paid by defaulters through random check. BBMP Commissioner has set a deadline of one more month for his officials to track property tax defaulter across the city [...] Continue Reading »
Nashik- As water scarcity issue is rising in many cities, the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has stopped builders from using potable water for the ongoing constructions by disconnecting water connections. The Corporation said that the concerned builders have to arrange water from other sources like wells, borewells, etc. This move of the civic authority of [...] Continue Reading »
Surat – As the financial year is approaching, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has pulled up their socks to collect pending pending property tax. The target for SMC for current financial year is Rs 485 crore. So far the civic body has recovered tax and capital expenditure works of worth Rs 324 crore and this [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad – With the announcement of extended deadline (March 15, 2013) for linking supply of subsidy domestic gas cylinders with Aadhaar, once again people queued at the Aadhar card centres. But the enrollment process in Hyderabad and Rangareddy districts are going at snail’s pace. Thus the concerned authorities are slated to extend the deadline by [...] Continue Reading »
Noida- The increasing water woes in the city have made the Noida Authority to take a stringent action against it. The Authority is all set to introduce three new water reservoirs this year which will reduce the water woes significantly. The reservoirs will be located in Sectors 116 and 117 and will be constructed with a total [...] Continue Reading »
According to a research paper, it may take an entire generation to rid Ahmadabad of slums and re-house the 4.2 lakh households living in the slums. Factors like the existing policies and pace of work are also responsible for this. The research paper had a team of seven members who authored the working paper. It stated that the city’s housing stock increased [...] Continue Reading »
