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A garbage dump near Mavallipura village on the outskirts of Bengaluru is posing a major health and environmental hazard for residents of Mavallipura. Nearly 700 tons of garbage is cared away to this site from Bengaluru every day. Residents of Mavallipura complained of skin ailments, fever and gastro-intestinal disorders. Those who were affected by the [...] Continue Reading »
BDA will give flats, not sites-To start with, the agency plans to build apartment complexes in the proposed Kempe Gowda Layout. A formal proposal focusing on vertical development of the city has been sent to the urban development department. All these years, its brief was to develop layouts and allot sites in Bangalore city. Now, [...] Continue Reading »
Build or lose your vacant sites in Bangalore. Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) will soon issue notices to allottees who had left their sites vacant even five years after purchasing them. It will inform them that if construction has not taken place in vacant spaces even five years after their allotment, the agency has the legal [...] Continue Reading »
The International Labour Organization (ILO) will mark 100th International Women’s Day. To commemorate Women’s Day in India, ILO will organize a Women’s Mela in collaboration with Tamil Nadu Trade Unions Joint Action Forum (JAF) consisting of representatives of the six national trade unions (AITUC, BMS, CITU, HMS, INTUC and LPF) March 8 at Jawaharlal Nehru [...] Continue Reading »
Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn welcomed the budget proposals to check fiscal deficit by keeping a tab on the subsidy bill, saying they are the right steps towards fiscal consolidation and offer the central bank more leg-room on monetary policy front. The Budget proposed to bring down fiscal deficit to 4.6% next fiscal from [...] Continue Reading »
Yesterday was the deadline day for LPG consumers to submit the documents. The department had set January 30 as the deadline, which was extended to February 9. It was further extended to February 19 and finally to February 28. At the launch of Belaku Yojana on Monday, power minister Shobha Karandlaje, said: “If documents haven’t [...] Continue Reading »
Budget 2011: Raising the priority home loan limit from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 25 lakh is good news for the low-income group segment. This will boost the affordable housing segment. However, this will not benefit the home buyers in metropolitan cities. The interest subsidy of one per cent on housing loans of up to [...] Continue Reading »
The Congress on Tuesday suspended Ramaswamy Palya BBMP corporator N Chandra, who is accused of assaulting UV Singh-chief conservator of forests (Lokayukta Vigilance Director) during his inspection of the Nagavara tank on Sunday. The Congress has condemned the attack on U V Singh. BWSSB chief engineer (corporate planning and waste water management) SM Basavaraj, who [...] Continue Reading »
Seven CMCs and one TMC will get water from the river by March 2012, the board has promised. BWSSB’s efforts to accomplish Cauvery IV stage second phase gains momentum with Rs1,150 crore being added to its kitty. Old areas will also get from this pool which will go up to 1,470mld when the additional 500mld [...] Continue Reading »
BMC to recycle, sell water for use in hosps, gardens The civic body has plans to improve the conditions of marine life and save on potable water for citizens. Sewage will be given secondary treatment and it will not be discharged into the sea. The civic body also plans to generate electricity from recycled water [...] Continue Reading »
