Civic Issues
The Pune Municipal Corporation has recently given green signal to the hike of 6% in property tax. It will definitely put a lot of pressure on the citizens. With the hike in property tax, PMC is expecting an additional revenue of Rs 40 crore. Maharashtra NavnirmanSena had joined hands with NCP to put a stay [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- The city’s latest initiation of the secret pin for delivering mobile water tankers have disappointed many working couples and singles. The secret pin in Hyderabad city was introduced by the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board. There were complaints by the residents that except maid servants there are usually no one at home. Servants find it [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- Water problems in Chennai has always been an issue resulting in conflicts with the neighboring state. Perhaps the problems have come to an end as the city’s water supply will be boosted with the additional supply from the Veeranam Lake. According to an official from the water board department, the Veeranam Lake which contains 0.03 thousand million [...] Continue Reading »
BBMP is going to start a drive to recover the the pending tax amount from the tax defaulters. The civic body has decided to flash the name and photographs of the tax defaulters on hoarding at major traffic intersections. So if you are a property tax defaulter, beware! In addition to this, Palike is planning [...] Continue Reading »
Agencies providing security for the city’s private and the public sector including apartments are facing severe shortage in manpower. The reason for the shortage is that the states from where the city agencies recruit manpower have launched various welfare schemes targeted at young men to migrate to other cities in search of jobs. A huge [...] Continue Reading »
South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is tangled in pending tax issues related to the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium. However, citing a court order against any coercive action on DDCA, SDMC has become moderate about the issue. South corporation mayor Savita Gupta told that the Delhi District Cricket Association’s (DDCA) requested the corporation to permit them [...] Continue Reading »
Recently, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) approved a budget of Rs 890.77 crore, in which Gurgaon got the lion’s share of Rs 605.48 for the development work in the urban sector across the state. The development project consists of storm water drainage system, construction of a flyover and special repairs of roads connecting Surajkund. [...] Continue Reading »
Parking woes continue for residents of South Delhi. As the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) delayed the implementation of project of providing better-monitored surface parking facilities, now it’s up to the contractors and parking attendants to solve the woes of the residents. SDMC officials have promised a modified and better-monitored surface parking lot to the residents [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has requested the government to direct all its departments to segregate and manage the waste generated in their offices. The government offices are generating the majority of waste in the city. The government has allocated Rs 200 crores for solid waste management in this year’s budget. They will utilise [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) commissioner has called for a meeting to streamline the functioning of the town planning, health and sanitation and the engineering departments. GHMC started a new call center (153304) to solve all civic issue related problems of the citizens. But they failed to resolve many of them within the stipulated [...] Continue Reading »
