Civic Issues
Though BBMP Bangalore has made it mandatory for taxpayers to pay solid waste management cess along with property tax, the cess is based, not on population, but on the size of the house. The Palike, it seems, hasn’t done any ground work to determine the average number of persons staying in a house built on [...] Continue Reading »
For residents of East of Kailash, there seems to be no end to the growing monkey menace. Residents of E-Block in East of Kailash in south Delhi are facing a threat from simians, with incidents of attack by monkeys increasingly becoming common. Residents say that despite repeated complaints, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has [...] Continue Reading »
on Day 1 of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s Zero-Garbage Week, a total of 150 unauthorized waste dumps in the city were identified. The drive, to go on till May 8, is not only aimed at keeping the city litter-free,but also studying the patterns of garbage generation so that the routes of waste collection vehicles can [...] Continue Reading »
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has appealed the citizens to pay the property tax on time. The PMC has decided to accept property tax bills even on holidays. The PMC has appealed that property owners, who have not received their property tax bills, or have complains with the bills, should contact the PMC tax department [...] Continue Reading »
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi had to pay a heavy price for the campaign he had launched to identify illegally encroached government and Wakf land in his Chandrayangutta constituency for public use. Unidentified assailants opened fire at Akbaruddin in the old city of Hyderabad. The assailants reportedly came on horsebacks, attacked Owaisi with swords [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore Property Owners can breathe a sigh of relief. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has extended the deadline for payment of property tax 2011-12 till May 30. The property owners can avail a 5% rebate on payment of property tax for whole year. BBMP had earlier fixed April 30, 2011, as the last date [...] Continue Reading »
With the water demand in Chennai expected to shoot up to 2,248 million litres per day (MLD) by 2026 and rapid depletion of groundwater, the city has to find ways to make the best use of available water. A number of housing projects in Chennai are installing centralized Reverse Osmosis plants for pure water. Some [...] Continue Reading »
The plans of Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) to provide new water connections online seems to have gone for a toss. In the last two months, many denizens have filed online applications but officials like section managers, deputy general managers and general managers have reportedly made people run from pillar-to-post, to know [...] Continue Reading »
With Switch over from 66kv to 220kv power lines, BWSSB Bangalore expects there will be fewer issues with power, which is a major factor affecting smooth water supply to the city. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) decided to go back to 220kv power lines at its Tataguni station as it faced frequent [...] Continue Reading »
The High Court issued interim orders on Monday staying the property tax hike by the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC). The High Court division bench comprised of Justice V.V.S. Rao and Justice Ramesh Ranganath issued interim orders on Monday staying the property tax hike by the GVMC and ordered that the hike should not be [...] Continue Reading »
