Civic Issues
Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, (KSPCB) along with Bangalore traffic police and resident welfare associations have taken the initiative to lower down noise pollution on the city roads. For this, a message ‘No Horn Monday’ has been circulated against the sound polluters. Vaman Acharya, KSPCB chairman is planning to carry out the project in other areas of [...] Continue Reading »
The residents complained that they are facing health issues as Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) burning excess waste violating rules. However, the BMC has denied the allegation by residents. With no other option in hand, BMC had to shift overflowing waste from Kanjurmarg to Deonar as High Court temporarily banned dumping waste at Kanjumarg after Vanashakti, [...] Continue Reading »
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has received good response for the regularisation of water connections from residents after implementing a water amnesty scheme ‘Abhay Yojana’ to gain water tax dues from the citizens. The amnesty scheme will be implemented till November 30. Around 1,700 citizens have applied for installation of new water meters under Abhay [...] Continue Reading »
Due to Diwali lighting and decorations, the power consumption was supposed to go up but unfortunately power consumption has come down by around 35 percent. In last one month, before Diwali, power consumption was 8 million units per day but it has come down to about 10.5 MUs per day during Diwali day, said Torrent [...] Continue Reading »
During night time Himachal Pradesh is touching the below zero mark on the celsius scale which in turn is affecting power generation with far less water making it through the turbines due to freezing. In the days to come if the temperature drops further then power shortage is likely to envelop whole northern India. Kalpa [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Patna gathered on roads at Kurji, Digha and Durja to protest against the pathetic condition of the ghats. Less than a week is left for the most popular Hindu festival and the district administration is not taking any action to clean the ghats for the pooja. It seems that the administration has no [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP had to arrange for five JCBs and 16 trucks to lift the garbage piles and clean up the shopping avenue which was filled with 90 tones of Diwali festival garbage leftover. The garbage piles created a pungent situation and the shop owners had to literally walk through the waste to reach their shops. [...] Continue Reading »
In a move to improve the street lighting in the city, the Chennai Corporation is planning to privatise maintenance operations. The civic body is to call short-term tenders for repairing and maintenance of streetlights. After complains from residents, the civic body will immediately replace defunct tube lights or mercury vapor lamps or other electrical equipment. [...] Continue Reading »
Diwali celebrations added to the Chennai garbage woes. Around 5360 tonnes of solid waste was collected by the Chennai corporation. The corporation collected around 830 tonnes which is higher than the quantity of waste collected on a normal day. Few areas like Anna Nagar zone with 720 tonnes and this was largest collection of garbage [...] Continue Reading »
Due to the maintenance work carried out by power distribution company BSES Yamuna Power Ltd (BYPL) in areas of East and Central Delhi, the supply of electricity from (10 am- 5 pm) will be hampered for about 15 days starting from November 14. The maintenance work is carried out to maintain their infrastructure. This work will be followed by the company to [...] Continue Reading »
