Civic Issues
Kochi: The Kochi Corporation had requested the state government for an exemption to provide individual housing loans to families belonging to below poverty line (BPL) under the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) scheme. But the government failed to take up the request following which apprehensions have been raised about the successful implementation of the scheme. According [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The recent report of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has revealed that the pollution levels across various areas of the city have increased significantly. Many areas of Chennai like Kathivakkam, Tiruvottiyur, Anna Nagar, Adyar, Kilpauk, T. Nagar, Vallalar Nagar, etc are witnessing high pollution levels. The report says that the respirable suspended particulate [...] Continue Reading »
Gurgaon: Gurgaon police has listed 83 points under the revised list of traffic issues in the city, which have to be taken care by the expressway concessionaire and National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). Most of the issues mentioned in the list are old ones which the police have been pursuing for the past many [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi: With summer setting in, most parts of the country is likely to face power outage issues. Some states are unable to meet at least half the total demand in this season. The situation has worsened in places where state electricity boards have not secured the power they need to supply. Since many of [...] Continue Reading »
Over 8,000 members of Arkavathy Layout Allotees’ Association, who have been denied their promised plots, have written to Prime Minister over the lack of concern of Bangalore Development Authority and the state government, to draw the PM’s attention to their condition. The Association have paid the sital value in the year 2006 and around 4,000 [...] Continue Reading »
Agra- As summer has arrived, the residents of the city are facing acute water and electricity crisis. With mercury shooting up, the demand for electricity and water has also increased. Despite Supreme Court orders, the power distribution company “Torrent Power” failed to supply uninterrupted electricity to the city. The business community has decided to initiate [...] Continue Reading »
In a new tender passed by the municipal corporation, it is said that South Delhi will have better parking places. There will be 39 parking sites under the jurisdiction of the corporation. This new parking sites will follow the new parking policy and the corporation is expecting to earn an additional annual revenue of around [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- Groups of residents across 60 wards are taking initiative to manage their waste at source. It was found that around 300 residents of Rajeswari Avenue Apartment at Mugalivakkam segregated waste into dry and wet. The Chennai corporation ran an awareness campaign for waste segregation. It distributed two bins in each house for dry and [...] Continue Reading »
As per a study by Praja Foundation, the citizens in Mumbai are not satisfied by the services provided by the civic body and corporators. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has not shown any good performance and according to the report, average citizen satisfaction levels with the civic body’s performance was only 58%. Around 29,852 complaints were [...] Continue Reading »
Gurgaon: A group of residents from block G and H of DLF Phase I, Silver Oaks and NMT group, on Wednesday morning, staged a protest on the Gurgaon-Faridabad road between Bristol and Kachra Chowk which blocked traffic creating a mess all around. The protesters had put up rubber breakers during their protest on the road [...] Continue Reading »
