Awareness
The MSEDCL has proposed an average 15% increase in electricity charges for domestic consumers.Strong objection were raised by various organization against the proposed tariff hike by the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited. The complaints demanded the MSEDCL to focus more on recovering dues, reducing power losses and improving efficiency, and follow standard operating procedures. [...] Continue Reading »
A fire had broke out at the food court of Oberoi Mall in suburban Goregaon.The food court is on the third floor of the three-storeyed mall. Primary investigation suggests that short circuit was the cause behind the fire.The fire started in a stall at around 10:30 and spread to 5-6 adjacent stalls in food court. [...] Continue Reading »
The district administration has directed that the houses with more than 100 square meters covered area must have rain waterharvesting system in place.A 20 member team has been formed to grant permission to install the systems within 10 days of receiving the application. District Magistrate P.C. Meena has appointed Superintending Engineers concerned of Haryana Urban [...] Continue Reading »
West Bengal commerce & industries minister Partha Chatterjee has announced that work on the steel project at Salboni in West Bengal proposed by Mr Sajjan Jindal-controlled JSW Steel Ltd will restart from August. The state government is planning to sign a lease agreement with JSW. The government will ask the company to submit a fresh [...] Continue Reading »
A fire that broke out at a business school at Unakal, Hubli here destroyed property worth several lakhs of rupees. The fire was noticed early morning, soon after which the fire brigade was alerted. There is no human casualty but properties worth 80 lakh was destroyed. Short circuit was said to be the primary cause [...] Continue Reading »
The Haryana government has asked Maruti Suzuki to pay Rs 235 crore to the state government as enhanced compensation to the farmers for land acquisition as ordered by Supreme Court for its plant in Manesar. The company has been served three months notice and warned that the land allotted for the Manesar plantwould be taken, [...] Continue Reading »
CREDAI has announced that it will fund 31 disabled people for house construction purpose in delhi region. CREDAI-NCR would help Habitat for Humanity India and Madok Foundation in developing these houses at Mundka and Bahadurgarh area. The project involves low cost disabled- friendly houses for 31 identified families, said CREDAI-NCR in a statement. According to [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Uttam Apartment in Malleswaram showed civic sense and alertness when they called up the fire department to request for a fire drill. The department welcomed the residents’ alertness. The idea was hatched after a fire broke out in the neighbourhood and the residents realized how ill prepared they would have been had [...] Continue Reading »
Two labourers were killed and several others were injured when an under-construction building collapsed in west Delhi in Kirti Nagar area. The building owner has been arrested and two engineers have been suspended North Delhi Municipal Corporation for allowing the illegal construction following the incident. According to police, the owner had been adding to the [...] Continue Reading »
A high-level coordination committee of the Congress party asked the Oommen Chandy government in Kerala to revise existing laws and bring in suitable new laws to protect the agricultural lands from getting used for constructions in the state. Till now, around seven lakh hectares of total nine lakh hectares of farm land have been either [...] Continue Reading »
