Civic Issues
Around 125 homeless people have taken shelter in the night shelter run by the Gurgaon Municipal Corporation (MCG) at Bhim Nagar. This is recorded as the highest as of now. The shelter has been operating from past two years. A spokesperson for the municipality said they feel good to see that the number of people [...] Continue Reading »
Ashok Sangwan, municipal commissioner, was shocked to see unused new trash bins piled up in the office on his visit to one of the Municipal Corporation Gurgaon (MCG) offices. These trash bins were supposed to be installed in various parts of the city. The commissioner then directed the officials to install the bins at respective [...] Continue Reading »
Coimbatore – Recently Coimbatore Corporation added one more new feature named “property tax calculation” in its website. As per the Commissioner, this new feature will help the assessee to know the calculations done by civic body for the same. He added that to know the property tax calculations, assessee need to click Public Disclosures’ in [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- One of the most popular city lakes, Saroornagar Lake on the city fringes will soon sink due to the encroachment activities. This man made lake was dug in the year 1626 in order to meet agricultural and drinking water needs. After HussainSagar, Sarroornagar Lake is one of the largest water bodies in the twin [...] Continue Reading »
It seems that in spite of constant complaints and criticism regarding the road condition, concerned authorities have no taken any action against this. It is not only Bangaloreans who complaint about this problem but also the visitors and tourists from other cities and countries are equally critical about the issue. Commuters who travel on two-wheelers [...] Continue Reading »
Rajkot- The Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) tax department has launched a massive drive to collect the pending property tax in city. An amount of Rs. 126 crore has already been collected by the civic body against its target of Rs. 155 crore for the year. According to an official, they have started sealing the defaulter’s properties [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to buy sewage cleaning and processing machines to do away with manual cleaning. The sewer cleaning machines and high capacity suction units will be used to avoid manual contact with garbage. This initiative has been taken by the civic body witnessing several conservancy workers who have to clean the sewer lines manually, due to [...] Continue Reading »
Aurangabad- The latest drive initiated by the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) against the tax defaulters in the city has proved to be fruitful as the authorities have collected an outstanding amount of Rs. 80 lakh in just three days. They have targeted the big property owners who have been evading the property tax for quite a long time. Starting [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- Nampally Sarai is targeted by the city corporators for the construction of a high rise commercial complex. Thus they urged Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to take over this heritage resting place from the Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) so that they can generate more revenue. A general body meeting of main parties was held [...] Continue Reading »
Coimbatore - Many people get confused whether it is the plinth area or the carpet area that has to be considered while assessing property tax. Well, Mr. Sundararajan, Assistant Commissioner, Revenue, clarifies the doubt with clear explanation. He said that the Coimbatore Corporation considers the plinth area and not the carpet area in assessing property tax. [...] Continue Reading »
