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Vidyamanyanagar, Bangalore lacks tarred roads and streetlights. There is no proper drainage facilities in the area. Residents have been denied of basic civic amenities. As there is a dearth of drinking water facilities, the residents end up paying Rs 300 to 400 for the water tank. The residents also complained neglected vacant sites. They say [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Sector 56, Gurgaon have started drinking bottled water because the water from the tap is so dirty that even purifiers can’t filter it. Every other person in the neighborhood is falling sick. Open pools of sewage in the vacant plots are also poisoning groundwater.This has led to contamination of drinking water and the [...] Continue Reading »
Sewage treatment plants (STPs) are mandatory for all apartments in Bengaluru, especially in areas not covered by the underground drainage system.The STPs are immensely beneficial for the apartments. Installing the STPs helps the apartments to recycle the water. Many apartments, even in the areas where underground drainage network is present, have installed the system. Getting [...] Continue Reading »
The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation ( PCMC) has made water recycling facility mandatory for housing schemes.The state government had issued a government resolution (GR) on August 7, 2010, approving the civic body’s proposal to make it mandatory for builders to provide water recycling facility on schemes measuring 4,000 sq.m or 1 acre. Municipal commissioner Ashish [...] Continue Reading »
LEDs help cut down on the power consumption figures greatly, while providing more energy as compared to conventional lights. LEDs have 80% efficiency, which means around 80% of the electrical energy you supply gets converted to light, which is quite high compared to conventional light sources, which have only 20% efficiency. According to the Haryana [...] Continue Reading »
The total population of Pimpri Chinchwad township is estimated to be around 17 lakh and the area falling within the municipal limits is 175 sq km. Around 500 to 600 tonne garbage is generated daily and dumped at the garbage depot at Moshi. For the last two years, non-governmental organisation (NGO) SWaCH has been collecting [...] Continue Reading »
Complaints from all over the Bihar State will be heard in Patna through video conferencing, saving three days. The Bihar State Information Commission (SIC) launched a video conferencing system for disposal of complaints related to the Right To Information (RTI). A brainchild of Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Jankari will enable people living in the [...] Continue Reading »
West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee is concerned about the security in all high rise buildings and multiplexes. It is a request that the owners and the residents of those buildings install CCTV, alarm system “magic eye” and other security gadgets and follow the advice given by the police from time to time. Pointing out [...] Continue Reading »
Most roads in Bangalore have huge potholes whose condition has been made worse by the recent rains. They are water logged and commuters are predisposed to accidents. Drains throughout the locality have been left open. The BBMP has begun the construction of several drain passages. The major problem associated with it is the time that [...] Continue Reading »
A new model has been introduced by Pratap Dighavkar, deputy commissioner of police (Zone IX) to have a cohesive group of citizens and assign 8-10 housing societies to one constable in Mumbai. He will liaise with secretaries of the societies and maintain data of security guards. The constable will also get in touch with security [...] Continue Reading »
