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Due to the high demand and Hyderabad city is reeling under a water crisis, demand for water tankers is almost on par. As monsoon continues to play truant and water supply remains erratic, the wait for water tankers is becoming longer. Some residents also allege that priority is being given to commercial customers who are [...] Continue Reading »
Sushant Lok was developed by Ansals. The residents of the colony, Block E, got a rude shock on Tuesday evening, when the private builder had the gate dismantled which was installed by them without their approval. To beef up security, the residents had collected Rs 50,000 for the gate sometime back. There have been incidents [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will henceforth not grant building plans/licences without a no-objection certificate from the Fire and Emergency Services. The notification directs the BBMP not to issue occupancy certificates to buildings if fire safety measures had not been provided under the building byelaws, zonal regulations, etc. As directed by the High Court, [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of a housing society are banned from keeping pets by the management committee. The committee of Kanchunjunga Cooperative Group Housing Society (CGHS) in Sector 56 has justified its move citing a by-law that it claims exists in the original allotment letter issued to occupants. It has even issued a circular terming the presence [...] Continue Reading »
In a major policy decision, the state government has decided to release all welfare benefits only through the Aadhaar card. Andhra Pradesh is leading in Aadhaar card enrollment in the country. Till date, 1.80 crore persons have applied for the 12-digit unique number and a record number of 42 lakh Aadhaar numbers have been generated [...] Continue Reading »
The new law, Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Bill , 2011, will replace the earlier legislation which was enacted in 1988. In a bid to deal with the menace of black money, the government is likely to consider the possibility of enacting a new law to track benami transactions at the meeting of the union Cabinet. The [...] Continue Reading »
Delhiites’ demand to get power companies’ accounts audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) gained momentum on the second day of the public hearing on tariff petitions, as more Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) thronged the hearing to lay stress on their objections. But the discoms are not willing to budge. BSES has said that [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST), that supplies power to south Mumbai, on Wednesday proposed to gradually increase the average cost of supply from its existing average tariff of Rs 4.22 per unit to Rs 5.60 per unit by 2015-16. Power tariff for around 10 lakh consumers in the island city of Mumbai-—from Colaba [...] Continue Reading »
Tis Hazari civil court in Delhi directed a resident of AP-Block, Maurya Enclave in Pitampura, to pay Rs.3,900 to the AP-Block RWA. Observing that the RWA would not be able to discharge its welfare activities if occupants stopped paying the monthly subscription, the judge said that the defendant had not produced any evidence to prove [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Mantri Greens Apartment felt they were pushed to the streets and allege that the BBMP demolished ramp is only a small part of the story. The Mantri Green Bangalore residents, who constitute around 400 families, are having a hard time getting themselves accustomed to the sudden disarray caused, that that too without any [...] Continue Reading »
