Civic Issues
The Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) are selective in targeting builders who flout occupation certificate (OC) norms. Small-time builders alleged that they were being harassed and threatened with police complaints by the municipality. While FIRs are being filed against small-time builders, no cases have been so far registered against the big developers who have massive [...] Continue Reading »
Since sellers don’t perceive a market for TDR Real estate,developers are able to buy TDRs at throwaway sums. Developers buy certificates issued in B or C zones (the secondary and peripheral parts of the city), and utilize them in projects in the centre of the city (part of the A zone) where land valuations are [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) likely to adopt Bihar housing policy, a housing policy initiated by Nitish Kumar’s government in Bihar. Under the new policy, the civic body just notifies the detailed guidelines, according to which the architects are required to plan the new projects. The Bihar pattern will shortly be recommended by the centre to [...] Continue Reading »
Every day the satellite township produces over 300 tonnes of municipal waste. In the absence of an efficient waste management system or even a designated landfill site, residents of Noida have started taking matters into their own hands are making innovative efforts to manage waste. Residents explained that the root of the problems lies in [...] Continue Reading »
CM B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday launched the e-payment service through which traders can pay their sales tax, VAT, CST and entry tax. The customer will no longer go through the hassle of using drafts and cheques for payment. Karnataka has become the first state in the country to introduce RBI’s e-payment system for commercial [...] Continue Reading »
The District Education Officer (DEO) in Ahmedabad has asked all schools to remove mobile towers within a month. The DEO had written to all schools in January, asking them to provide details of cellphone towers, terms of contract with mobile phone companies, payment and duration. Sources say there are more than 10 schools in the [...] Continue Reading »
The old system of BBMP property tax collection system which was in existence between 2003 and 2007 will be revived to facilitate easy and simple payment of property tax. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to revert to the old system of property tax collection in the next four months. As most of [...] Continue Reading »
Eighty five year old, freedom fighter K Ramachandra struggle for BDA site. He was nominated by Gandhi Bhavan for a site allotted for freedom fighters in 2008. After two years, he explained that his site was still part of a stretch of land which was fast turning into a garbage dump. He had been unable [...] Continue Reading »
The illegal encroachments have been found in the villages of Dasanapura Hobli, Dombarahalli, Heggadadevanapura and Makali villages. Rampant encroachments around the Tippagondanahalli (TG Halli) reservoir are also largely responsible for the poor inflow of water, says the BWSSB Bangalore. The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has now identified 57 encroachments and slapped notices on them to [...] Continue Reading »
Tanker Free Mumbai awareness about the availability and distribution of drinking water and to keep the tankers off the city streets. The actress Sonam Kapoor is set to join the campaign. The campaign “Tanker Free Mumbai”, intends to spread awareness about the amount of water which is adequately available for the city’s needs as per [...] Continue Reading »
