Civic Issues
The BBMP officials are trying hard to find a solution for the uncleared garbage in the city. A permanent solution needs to be found to manage the estimated 3,500 tonne waste generated in the city. The residents of Mavallipura and Mandur have made it clear that they wont allow Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to dump anymore [...] Continue Reading »
Hill Road in Mumbai which is most commonly known as Hell Road by its residents has reverted back its old name after years. The anti hawker drive taken by the Mumbai police has come as a relief for the residents and locals of Hill Road. However, the hawkers have a different story to tell. They [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai - By the end of 2013, commuters will have many options to travel from elevated metro station, St Thomas Mount to others parts of the city. This station will be the first metro line to be opened. St Thomas Mount station will link private and government bus terminus at Koyambedu with suburban rail network and Mass rapid [...] Continue Reading »
Property registration in Mumbai goes online! Downloading of property registration documents in Mumbai will be allowed very soon by the inspector general of registration (IGR). Now, citizens do not have to wait in queue to visit registration offices to get hard copies of the transactions. The departments at present receives four lakh requests approximately seeking [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad- It has been six years and still the road over-bridge (RoB) at Hi-tech City MMTS station is incomplete. This road over-bridge will connect Kukatpally with Madhapur. It is designed as 910 metre long and 21.5 metre wide and is equipped with four land undivided carriageway. It has crossed many deadlines with the recent deadline of December 2012. This [...] Continue Reading »
It should be a pleasure driving along NH 17 on the west coast as the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) as the 190 km stretch from Kundapur to the Goa border will soon have four laning. The total cost of the project will be Rs 1,756 crore approximately and the project will start by [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of western, southern and south eastern parts of Bangalore are facing water crisis as Bangalore Water Supply And Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is trying hard to plug leakage in the Cauvery 4th Stage Phase I pipeline. According to sources, the leakage occurred because of soil-testing work taken up by BMRC near Bangalore University on Mysore [...] Continue Reading »
Now, it would not be difficult for commuters to travel from Navi Mumbai till CST as the Central Railway (CR) plans to introduce a direct rail link between CST and Vashi-Panvel via Thane. Currently, due to the mega block between Mankhurd and Vashi/Nerul stations, travellers go to Thane and then change trains on the trans-harbour [...] Continue Reading »
The draft civic budget which was presented recently with an 8% hike in property tax in Pune for 2013-14 has been opposed by a citizen group in the city. Sajag Nagrik Manch, a citizen group, has opposed the said hike in property tax for properties in Pune. However, the municipal commissioner wants the hike to [...] Continue Reading »
Civic society members have raised their concerns on the constitution of the ward committees and transparency in their functioning as the Karnataka High Court directed the BBMP to form ward committees before 21st January. An NGO in association with several RWAs, had called for a workshop on ward committees. A higher official from Bruhat Bengaluru [...] Continue Reading »
