Civic Issues
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has now decided to send a leaflet along with the property taxbills, highlighting the insurance scheme it has paid for. Meanwhile, the proposal to pay Rs8.83 lakh to the private agency appointed for the insurance scheme has been approved. Recently it has been highlighted in print media that NMC has [...] Continue Reading »
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has decided to literally wake up the tax defaulters to make them pay their taxes. The property tax defaulters of South and some parts of West Delhi soon might be surprised to hear drum beats (dhols) outside their homes. Unable to make several property owners pay the tax in [...] Continue Reading »
The new Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) sectors near the KMP (Kundli-Manesar-Palwal) Expressway are yet to take months to have even the basic civic amenities. However, several residential projects are coming up in the area, with people already started to shift or waiting to shift in their dream homes. Of the apartments, Tulip Ace on [...] Continue Reading »
In the wake of scanty rains and below average lake levels, Mumbaikars are asked to use water sparingly while celebrating the festival of dahi handi. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which has enforced the 10 per cent water cut since July 1 following poor showers and waning lake levels, has appealed to residents to use [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)’s cloud seeding plan is getting delayed, as it is yet to receive the feasibility study on the project. The civic body’s had already asked the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and Mekorot, an Isareli company, which is an expert in cloud seeding experiments, to [...] Continue Reading »
The empowered committee headed by Minister Shanti Dhariwal, cleared 45 pending cases related to land allotment, conversion and regularization. To expedite the development work, the committee cleared the files that were stuck in the bureaucratic cycle for long. Of the cases, nine pertained to land regularization in residential colonies, 18 were of acquired land. Another [...] Continue Reading »
The complaints of the residents of localities in Ward 44 of the Coimbatore Corporation seem to be growing louder. The Southern Railway has 53 acres on the western side of the road that connects Sanganoor Road with Nallampalayam Road. The land stocks garbage, waste from poultries and meat shops, and construction debris. Added to that, [...] Continue Reading »
Considering that the intricate self-assessment forms of property tax proves to be difficult ones to fill out for residents, Kochi Corporation is to send out its officials to help residents fill the forms. The welcome move is announced as a wide range of information, including the distance of the building from the thoroughfare, type of [...] Continue Reading »
The property tax in Mysore is likely to go up from 50 per cent to 500 per cent, once the amended Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act comes into force. The amended act paves the way for more revenue generation on the part of the city civic body. Before the amendment, the maximum rate of property tax [...] Continue Reading »
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to tackle the arsenic threat looming large over the residential areas of the city. As per the new rules charted out by KMC, it has been made mandatory for promoters in certain parts of the city to get groundwater tested for arsenic before they can submit building plans. The [...] Continue Reading »
