Civic Issues
Pune Municipal Corporation has recently approved the development plan (DP) for old city areas which was in draft mode for long. The general body of the municipal corporation approved the same after12 hours of discussion and speeches by 53 corporators. It was approved after three long months of getting it. At the end of discussion, [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- With the budget just a month ahead, the Railway Minister has made a rare decision of raising the railway fee by January 21 midnight. This is the first such increase in the decade with a net amount of Rs. 6,600 crore a year. This increase in the railway fee will generate an additional amount [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- In a recent survey, about 82 percent of the public transport vehicles in Delhi have been plying without fitness certificates. There are about 78 percent who have not procured fitness certificates and are functioning without any pollution certificates as well. These violations came into light when the prominent incident of Delhi gang rape took place [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi-NCR- In an assumption concerning the trifurcation of Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the people of Delhi are expected to pay a heavy price. The East Corporation in the month of December proposed its budget with a slew of new taxes with a raise in property tax as well as parking fees. As per an official, the raise [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- The recent norms imposed by the environment ministry pertaining the green clearances has been quite a menace to the highway developments projects. Owing to this, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has approached the Supreme Court. The NHAI requested the Supreme Court for a clarification/modification which was declared in the year 2011 which further [...] Continue Reading »
Ahmedabad- In a recent launch, the upcoming International Financial Services Centre, the Gujarat International Finance-Tech City which is located in Gandhinagar will be investing a whooping sum of Rs. 2000 crore for a year. This investment by GIFT is done to set up the infrastructure. The Gujarat government is planning to hardshell GIFT in the financial sector from India [...] Continue Reading »
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) started eviction drive at Ejipura quarters near the National Games Village in Koramangala. The slum dwellers will be relocated temporarily at Iggalur in Anekal taluk till the time the construction is completed. The BBMP carried out the drive and demolished 32 shanties. Later, each of the displaced families was given [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- A new survey will be conducted by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) in order to increase the number of properties under tax net. However, the deliberative wing of the civic body is not in favour to increase property taxes due to political compulsion factors. The corporation is further planning of alternatives which can fetch maximum number [...] Continue Reading »
With the increasing population, there has been an increase in garbage from every area in Pune. So, to keep this in check, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is planning to increase the number of garbage processing units across the city. With the existing mechanism, PMC is able to process 70% of the city’s garbage and [...] Continue Reading »
The Subramanyapura lake in Uttarahalli, which was left unnoticed for nearly five years, will now get a new life and the recovery work will be done by Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in association with other civic agencies and government bodies. Higher official of BBMP visited that lake and found that the lake was illegally [...] Continue Reading »
