Civic Issues
Ahmedabad- If you are living in one the smaller cities of Gujarat, then be prepared to pay more property tax than cities like Ahmedabad or Surat. Now owning a home in larger urban centres of Gujarat will be cheaper than any property in smaller townships of Gujarat which is less populated and have comparatively less [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai – If you are there in tax defaulters’ list, then very soon a town crier may enter your locality and announce the whole world about your tax secrets. Traditionally town crier or bellman were the chief means of news communication. They were employed to make public pronouncements as required by the court and also [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has for the third time extended the deadline for getting objections and suggestions from the citizens for the existing land use (ELU) maps. Since January 24, deadlines have been shifted twice. Now it has been extended for another month. BMC had got around 3,000 responses on the last day of giving [...] Continue Reading »
Pune metro rail project has finally got a budget of Rs 10 crore in the Union Budget which was announced recently. The long delayed project had proposals from Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations in association with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Pune metro, for the first time has got listed in this year’s list of projects of the urban [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai- Now Mumbaikars will have to pay the congestion charges for driving in SoBo areas and the western suburbs as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has proposed a rule to the state. However, its is expected that state will approve this proposal. Apart from this, the residents in Mumbai city will also have to [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- The government of India has made a budgetary provision to promote setting up of waste-to-energy (WTE) plants in this year’s budget. Following the government’s measure on funding WTE plants, a debate has been started whether this was really needed or not. Waste management has become a muddle across many cities of India nowadays. In [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- According to a report, about 3.5 lakh property tax defaulters in the city owe more than Rs. 786 crore to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). If paid, the property tax arrears will reach up to Rs. 1,000 crore followed by the BBMP levying 2 percent penalty every month. Each ward had a property tax [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad – The city is all set for the two hour power cut from March 1, 2013. This daily heavy power cut will be for all domestic consumers throughout the state. The energy department has decided to restart this power cut and is expected to continue till the end of April 2013. This decision was [...] Continue Reading »
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has started demolishing illegal buildings in Hauz Khas. The corporation successfully demolished two illegal constructions in the Hauz Khas village. As per officials, stringent action will be taken against all the illegal constructions taken place after February 2007. This issue was highlighted in the media and was also discussed in [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has got around 3,000 responses on the last day of giving suggestions for the existing land use (ELU) maps. With just one day remaining, 3,000 people came out with suggestions and feedback on the deadline day. At least two months of period was given to the citizens to respond to the [...] Continue Reading »
