Civic Issues
Residents of Kumar Elixir Society on Baner road allege that Kumar Builders is trying to sell a plot which is a part of the society, however the conveyance agreement was never executed. The flat owners have filed an application with the Chatushrungi police station asking not to allow anyone to take the land that belongs [...] Continue Reading »
Angry villagers at the landfill site, of Old Madras Road, near Hoskote, blocked Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara palike (BBMP) trucks from disposing garbage and refused to heed warnings by the police posted in the village. Since they are left with no option, BBMP would continue dumping waste in Mandur. The garbage crisis took an ugly face in [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore turned into a sprawling landfill with heaps of garbage across the city. Heaps of garbage were found in front of the Legislators’ Home in the vicinity of Vidhana Soudha. Bungalows of ministers, the residence of minister for Kannada and culture Govind Karajol also witnessed piled up thrash. Residents worry that even pourakarmikas kept silent [...] Continue Reading »
Delegation of Delhi farmers has met Union Rural Development minister Jairam Ramesh to convey their disappointment on the systematic watering down of a draft of the Land Acquisition Bill by the Group of Ministers. More than 300 special economic zones have come up on the fertile land of the farmers and they are not been [...] Continue Reading »
In order to tackle slow response to fire emergencies, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is looking at new project from firms to modernise fire brigade communication network. The fire department is suffering from the outdated system alert about fire and when people dial 101, the fire brigade has no way to check if an alert [...] Continue Reading »
The Deputy Chief Minister and city in-charge R. Ashok has stated that the garbage problem will end up in four days following the crank up of the State Government and the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). CHief Minister Jagdish Chettar told that government is looking for a permanent solution and five dumping yards have been [...] Continue Reading »
A huge sum of about Rs. 1,255 crore has been sanctioned to spend on the road infrastructure/roads and buildings (R&B) sector by the state government. This decision was made under various Central government and state-sponsored schemes and district plans this year. As per the reports, the sum amount allotted for the development and construction comes around Rs 754.11 [...] Continue Reading »
A statement passed by the Municipal Commissioner Sitaram Kunte, last month about the re-development of about 300 proposed heritage structures has created confusion among the civic bodies, i.e. the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) and the state government. It was said by the municipal commissioner that the re-development of the projects will continue uninterrupted due [...] Continue Reading »
Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) commissioner R A Rajeev has offered a 5% property tax reduction to housing societies who reduce their waste by more than 50% and recycle the waste generated in their compounds. More than 700 plus metric tonnes of waste is generated every day and dumped into the private landfills or illegally burnt [...] Continue Reading »
The South Municipal Corporation has found out a new way to ensure that the notice of property tax is delivered to the tax evaders. They have organised a team of officials to serve notice to tax evaders and this process will be recorded in video. In case a property owner approaches the court saying that [...] Continue Reading »
