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The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) plans a 100% clearance of all garbage containers in the city. In fact, from next Wednesday, deputy municipal commissioners in individual zones will monitor garbage-dump clearance. The AMC will also strengthen its fleet with 40 garbage trucks fitted with lifters and compactors. Each vehicle can lift an average of 200 [...] Continue Reading »
The procedure for taking action against unauthorized constructions and illegal conversions provided in the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act is very lengthy and the offenders continue with their illegal activities in spite of notices being issued by the enforcement staff concerned. There are certain loopholes in the Act. Many within the corporation, as well as the [...] Continue Reading »
Insurance of buildings has been compulsory since 2001 under the state government byelaws, hardly any housing societies have taken the initiative. Title insurance ensures that the current owners are safe from past claims and title faults, and puts the property firmly in their possession, particularly in case of housing societies. Insurance can also protect against [...] Continue Reading »
A new property tax formula with weightage for different properties has been introduced by the state’s latest municipal corporation. The final proposal will be placed in front of the general board of the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) for consent.The general board would debate on whether to base the new tax formula on the Ahmedabad or [...] Continue Reading »
Demand for a separate residence by a wife itself is not a cruelty. A wife may have her views/dreams to set her matrimonial home in a particular way. To speak out of such an idea of a separate residence, it cannot be taken in hostility and cannot be labelled as cruelty. In matrimonial companionship, difference [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of DLF City Phase 2 are worried about spread of malaria, dengue and other diseases due to dumped garbage during rainy season. According to a resident of Sushant Lok, the problem seems to have no solution. Civic agencies pass the buck. Nobody is ready to address the issue. Residents of the Millennium City have [...] Continue Reading »
Following the footsteps of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to consider software to monitor complaints about potholes and undertake immediate repairs. Officials claimed that they would be able to attend to potholes immediately with the software. A presentation on the system will be made for corporators and civic officials on [...] Continue Reading »
Builders in Noida Extension have assured existing buyers that they do not have to incur any additional expenditure due to the ongoing land row. The builders say that new home buyers may have to shell out more than the current prices to cover the losses incurred by them if additional compensation is paid to villagers. [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of RK Garden near Outer Ring Road have formed an organisation called the ‘Ramakrishna Garden Welfare Association’. Be it holding free eye camps or vocational camps to help the underprivileged or plans of adopting a government school, the association acts as a model for every other society in Bangalore to do their part [...] Continue Reading »
Owners of 140 flats of a co-operative group housing society in east Delhi’s Indraprastha Extension are facing a demolition threat. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) issued a show-cause notice to Saraswati Group Housing Society Ltd on August 5, stating that the supporting pillars of parking space of the 140 flats would be demolished, which [...] Continue Reading »
