Civic Issues
Hyderabad- The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is under high pressure over the augmention of its citizen service delivery mechanism and to make its officials and engineers more responsible in 2013. This pressure came into light when people faced a disastrous year from cleanliness point of view. The Residents welfare associations, civil society organizations and urban [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- As per the 12th Five Year Plan, a high-tech hospital has been proposed to be established in each zone of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Under the National Urban Health Mission, a part of the 12th Five Year Plan, modern health care units with a capacity of over 100 beds each with diagnosis, [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- An eight-lane, signal-free corridor is coming up at Okalipuram, which is one of the oldest areas of the city. The new corridor is expected to bring down the traffic congestion in prime areas in Bangalore West such as Rajaji Nagar, Basaveshwara Nagar, Vijayanagar and Nagarabhavi. The project includes building loops, underpass and road under [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) will soon set up lifts and escalators in the completed metro stations in February 2013. Work has been completed at CMBT and Koyembedu metro stations. Johnson Lifts Pvt. Ltd and China-based SJEC Corporation will provide 125 lifts and 300 escalators respectively. The cost of installing lifts and escalators for 32 metro stations [...] Continue Reading »
Belgaum- A protest was held before the Deputy Commissioner’s office, by several families demanding houses under the ‘Nanna Mane’ Scheme. B.S. Yeddyurappa ruled that government had launched Nanna Mane which is a low-cost housing scheme in order to solve housing problems of the poor and needy. But many families in the city could not prevail [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The slow work of Storm Water Drainage (SWD) project in Third Avenue, Indira Nagar, Adyar is troubling and annoying the general public. This project in Adyar was initiated more than five months back. Its now difficult for people to walk as pavements and half of road space has been dug. Every second of the [...] Continue Reading »
The civic administration of Pune has made a proposal to increase the property tax by 8 percent for the financial year 2013-2014 by pushing up the general tax structure. The rate of taxes are finalised every year by the civic body, as per section 99 of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation (BPMC) Act, 1949, and places the [...] Continue Reading »
The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is planning to widen the Spine Road at Triveninagar in Talawade by 600 meter to reduce the traffic snarls. The Spine Road is an important link road which is 14 km from the Mumbai-Pune highway to the Pune-Nashik highway. The road has been developed by the Pimpri Chinchwad New [...] Continue Reading »
Mangalore- Mangalore City Corporation Commissioner Harish Kumar has emphasized on starting a helpline for the people to lodge complaints about non-collection of garbage from their locality. The garbage helpline would also be made available for registering complaints related to street lights, water supply and underground drainage system. The Corporation has already issued work orders for [...] Continue Reading »
Mangalore- The Mangalore City Corporation has planned to conduct a ward-wise survey for property tax which would find the liability of each building. The ward-wise estimate of the tax would help in prioritising allocation of funds for each ward in the forthcoming budget. As of now, a private firm will be starting the survey in [...] Continue Reading »
