Civic Issues
The BBMP’s plan of shifting the EWS slums on five acres of land each in Sarjapur and Iblur near Chandapura till their houses get constructed was opposed by the local MLAs and the public. The builder who has got the tender to construct a mall and housing complex for the original slum-dwellers is set to [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad – As the work at Godavari and Krishna drinking water projects has picked up the speed, the concerns of Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) has raised. These essential projects will meet the rising water needs of Hyderabad city. The concerns raised are related to the high power bill when these two [...] Continue Reading »
The Mysore Road flyover, built in the 1990′s, will be closed till February 1 for the renovation work between Royan Circle and Sirsi Circle. So commuters will now have to take left ramp down to join Chamrajpet I Main and Sirsi Circle through Body Builders junction from City Market and NR Road. The same stretch [...] Continue Reading »
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has recently decided to hike property tax by 6%. This will be the first hike after four years. Corporators at PMC standing committee meeting approved the hike for the financial year 2013-14 and it will be applied from April 2013. Earlier, the civic body had proposed to increase property tax by [...] Continue Reading »
New-Delhi- The green and blue dustbins which were set up across the city in 2009 with an aim to segregate the waste are now being used just as ordinary dustbins. A large number of households are failing to segregate the waste as one of the three municipal zones has issued a tender to collect and [...] Continue Reading »
While BBMP takes stringent action against EWS (economically weaker sections) quarters at Ejipura by demolishing shanties as its occupants had been living there illegally, the Palike and the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) have turned a blind eye towards several other cases in the city. The Palika had not taken any action against some builders in [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to install dustbins along the drains in the city to prevent slum dwellers from dumping garbage into nullahs. These bins will be installed in 400 spots around the city after the civic body carries a nullah cleaning drive before monsoon to clean the Mumbai city garbage. Around 400 spots [...] Continue Reading »
New-Delhi- A state consumer commission has directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to either provide a flat or pay Rs. 30 lakh to one of its allottees, as the unit allotted to him has been sold to someone else. However, it was stated by the Delhi State Consumer Commission that the confirmation amount demanded by [...] Continue Reading »
New-Delhi- In the light of the upcoming elections, the Delhi Government has decided to start developmental work on the 91 unauthorized colonies which had encroached the land belonging to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and forest department. As per an official from the Urban Development Ministry, the government has given a nod to the [...] Continue Reading »
New-Delhi- With the Chennai Corporation hiking the property tax, the IT companies are quite worried off late and are planning to meet the senior state government officials in a day or two pertaining the issue. A tax hike of about 50 to 200 percent was imposed on the IT industries. According to a senior official from an [...] Continue Reading »
