Civic Issues
A pedestrian-controlled signal allow walkers to change traffic lights at pedestrian crossings with just a push of a button, reducing their waiting time. The system will be introduced at seven spots in south Mumbai. Imperceptible telephone-sized boxes on traffic poles that worldwide have given pedestrians a say in the way traffic works are finally making [...] Continue Reading »
Vacant plots in and around Indiranagar are posing a major threat to the residents in terms of health and sanitation. Some irresponsible denizens converting the vacant plots into garbage dumping area and the unhygienic ambience is leading to mosquito breeding making it difficult for residents who live near these plots. Thippasandra, Jeevan Bima Nagar, 100ft [...] Continue Reading »
Puttenahalli Lake Bangalore JP Nagar sparkles with new hope. A group of residents to help BBMP Bangalore in maintaining Puttenahalli Lake. Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust (PNLIT) signed an MOU on May 17 with the BBMP to maintain Puttenahalli Lake. This makes them the first residents group of Bangalore to take charge of maintaining a [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of kalakshetra road thiruvanmiyur chennai said to be suffering from health problems as the Metro water supplied to them is allegedly contaminated. For residents in several parts of Tiruvanmiyur Chennai, sewage overflow has been a recurring problem. Besides having to endure stagnant pools, they also suffer when sewage mixes with drinking water stored in [...] Continue Reading »
There are around 4 lakh mobile towers in the country. Bangalore Telecom district alone has 1,180 sites where mobile towers are installed. A majority are owned, planned, installed and managed by BSNL. Nearly 60% of energy consumed by mobile towers is from diesel sets which effectively makes mobile towers major air polluters. Due to high [...] Continue Reading »
Applications Will Be Cleared Within A Week The assault on chief conservator of forests UV Singh in February set off alarm bells in the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), which got cracking and swiftly framed a new policy for waste water treatment. The new policy for waste water treatment states that industries or [...] Continue Reading »
The urban development (UD) department is likely to announce revised incentives to make conservation of heritage structures and precincts a lucrative option. The Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) has already submitted a proposal, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan indicated that the state government was likely to approve the proposal, when he stated that a notification on [...] Continue Reading »
The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has geared up to set up water kiosks across the city. As a part of the project, which would cost of Rs 10 lakh, the Authority has installed the first water cooler at the most frequented Pari Chowk round about. Within the next week they plan to install [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi high court slammed the stakeholders — the DERC, Delhi government and private discoms — on tariff mess The Delhi high court slammed the stakeholders — the DERC, Delhi government and private discoms — for their functioning. The Delhi high court asked the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) to issue a fresh tariff order. “The [...] Continue Reading »
BBMP Bangalore has found that some citizens have misused Self-assessment scheme (SAS). The fund-starved civic body, is all set to net its big catch — such frauds. Random scrutiny of property tax returns will finally take off anytime after May 31. The delayed scrutiny process will see over 3 lakh assessed properties (30%) randomly checked. [...] Continue Reading »
