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A survey taken up by the civic authority has exposed various fraudulent practices employed by builders to construct buildings illegally in the walled city. According to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation officials, the first two days of the survey in the walled city – primarily Khadia, Raipur, Dariapur, Kalupur and Shahpur – has exposed several frauds by [...] Continue Reading »
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to utilise the ‘Off Site Real Time ‘(OSRT) system for town planning operations and services to prevent unauthorized constructions and deviations in sanctioned buildings. The GHMC would monitor the sites through satellite maps and images. Under the OSRT system, GHMC’s town planning staff would take pictures of [...] Continue Reading »
For the Republic Day- Lalbagh Flower Show 2011 highlight of the show were the model of a Metro coach which is 33-feet long and 5.5-feet high as well as an impression of the Kempegowda Watch Tower. But there seem to be no takers for the state government’s ambitious ‘belaku’(light) campaign to promote the use of [...] Continue Reading »
In at least two cases, maids hired through a placement agency and a security agency looted valuables from the employer’s house. Bangalore is home to lakhs of working couples who need a maid at home. With demand being high, some people have started offering maids at your doorsteps. Dubious people are taking advantage of demand [...] Continue Reading »
Vasant Kunj- an upscale residential colony in South West Delhi has taken the lead in reducing its dependency on fresh water. B-11 residents are recycling waste water from kitchens of seven households and using the resultant 2,000-odd liters thus salvaged for watering about 4,000sqm of the Jogger’s Park. The program, assisted jointly by the parks [...] Continue Reading »
Teachers are not slaves. Their job is to teach- Bombay High Court The Bombay high court ordered the state to stop forcing teachers from private unaided schools into census duty. The judges were hearing a petition challenging a state order that directed all schools, including private unaided schools, in Maharashtra to keep their “teachers away [...] Continue Reading »
When the Metro Rail ran the entire Reach One from Byappanahalli to MG Road on Sunday afternoon, all of Bangalore rejoiced. The trial run was supervised by the BMRCL and Railways Design and Standards Organization (RDSO) of Indian Railways. [Pics] But what nobody realised was Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) had thrown all safety [...] Continue Reading »
The Deputy Commissioner (Urban), M K Ayyappa, has issued notices to catfish breeders in Razaakpalya, Mastanpalya and Budanshahpalya near Bagalur, for “causing public nuisance”. Recently, as many as 12 students and two teachers of Navodaya School were injured in an attack by a stray dog in Bagalur village. The expanding cat fish rearing industry in [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has set March 31, 2011 as the last date to pay BBMP property tax for the year 2010-11. With GIS-based property survey finally reaching completion, it will now have access to a complete property database with details of dimensions, directions and land use. Even the number of floors in [...] Continue Reading »
T A Mohandas Pai, human resources director, Infosys, said there had been a shift in the focus of the company, which was once synonymous with Bangalore.Infosys made several representations to successive governments, seeking land near Sarjapur Road, but got nothing apart from bundles of assurances. The company waited quite some time, expecting the state to [...] Continue Reading »
