Civic Issues
Kochi- Kochi Corporation has put up a proposal of increasing building transfer fee in a measure to increase its fund-flow. In a city like Kochi, a large number of building transfers often take place, which are roughly around 3000 to 5000 per year. So the proposal of hike in building transfer fees is likely to [...] Continue Reading »
Patiala- The unit evaluation committee of Patiala Municipal Corporation (MC) has fixed the unit values of the properties per square metre according to five categories defined by the Punjab government. The property tax calculation will be done based on several parameters such as usage factor, type factor, structural factor, occupancy factor and most importantly, the [...] Continue Reading »
The long pending monorail project in Mumbai will be functional shortly. Trials are going on regular basis between Chembur and Wadala in Central Mumbai. Chief secretary of Maharashtra said that the test ride which was organised recently went successful and he witnessed the enthusiasm and the excitement of the Mumbaikars to ride a Mono Rail. [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai – The inflow of Krishna Drinking Water Supply Project (KDWS) in Andhra Pradesh is decreasing which signs the water shortage possibility in Chennai city. There are four primary reservoirs in Chennai. These are Poondi, Cholavaram, Red Hills and Chembarambakkam. Currently, these four reservoirs have around 4,631 million cubic feet of water (mcft) which implies [...] Continue Reading »
BMC is all set to take matters into its own hands due to the slackening response from the state government towards the garbage treatment problems in the city. The BMC has decided to enter into agreements with the land fill owners even without the approval of the state government, by amending a clause from the Mumbai Municipal Corporation [...] Continue Reading »
The property tax department of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) was able to recover Rs 560 crore as property tax for the fiscal year April 2012- February 2013. As per an official, it is for the first time that the civic body is able to collect such an amount in less than a year. The civic [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has now planned to seek suggestions and objections for wastewater recycling in the city. The bylaws of wastewater recycling which was made three years ago for new properties in Mumbai was not taken seriously then. Now, the civic body want to make the recycling process mandatory and plans to ask for [...] Continue Reading »
The roads, footpath and the dividers of sector 53-56 needs to be strictly monitored, say residents. HUDA engineering team is now constructing a new footpath on both the side of the road but there is no perfect vigilance taking place. Since the construction started, the residents of the adjoining sectors in Gurgaon complained that the [...] Continue Reading »
Pune- In order to address the water supply problems due to the water scarcity, the PMC has planned a ward-level water management system. This initiative will be discussed with all the political parties in a series of meetings. According to a senior official from the water management department, although there have not been major water [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has taken an initiative to promote rainwater harvesting in the city. To start with, the civic body has planned of training the senior citizens of the city of good effects of saving water. This workshop was recently held in the BMC headquarters. The workshop went on for three hours which was [...] Continue Reading »
