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Delhi Jal Board and Singapore Cooperation Enterprise will be signing an agreement on Wednesday for treatment of sewage water for drinking purposes at the Coronation Pillar sewage treatment plant. Singapore-based Temasek Foundation will be funding 70 per cent of the total project cost. A water restoration plant will be built, which has a capacity of 40 million gallons per day, [...] Continue Reading »
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) rose 1 per cent on Tuesday, a bounce back from heavy losses in the previous session, as hopes that the government would increase diesel prices as the first step to improve its finances. Major reasons behind the huge dump in shares that sent the rupee to a record low in [...] Continue Reading »
The Outer Ring Road (ORR) and the PVNR Expressway have become death traps for commuters as a series of accidents have been happening here from past few months. Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) officials are worried over the issue. The 158-km long ORR has witnessed quite a few accidents resulting in deaths of sons of [...] Continue Reading »
The Reserve Bank of India was expected to cut the lending rate by at least 0.25 per cent while lending rate has been kept unchanged at 8 per cent. The RBI was also expected to cut CRR to introduce liquidity in financial system, but the CRR remained same at 4.74 per cent. RBI has raised [...] Continue Reading »
Vijayawada West MLA Vellampalli Srinivas has said that the Government has recently announced that it will cut 10 per cent in property tax for the apartments which are solar-powered. At the Solar Power and Renewable Energy Expo which was held at the D.R.R. Indoor Stadium, there was a need for all solar-powered gadgets viewing the [...] Continue Reading »
Development proposal for 78 skyscrapers over 70 meters of height across Mumbai city has been approved by Civic authority Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and its high-rise committee. Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) has welcomed the decision to approve these development proposals. Paras Gundecha, President of Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry, said they are hoping to [...] Continue Reading »
The signal-free corridor project from Sirsi Circle-Agara Junction is likely to consume a large part of Lalbagh Botanical Gardens. According to a report prepared by Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), as much as 13,800 square metre of Lalbagh land may be required to complete the project. The report also suggests that the petty shops along [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is expected to repair major roads in Bangalore city measuring a total of 73 km at a total cost of 200 crore. This project has come as a joint venture between BBMP and the state government Tender SURE (Specification for Urban Road Execution). The cost will be shared equally between [...] Continue Reading »
Mysore Road widening work shocked the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) works panel as they found out that the consultancy services monitoring the work does not have a laboratory in Bangalore. The service of M/s Cos Consultancy has been cancelled immediately by Committee chairman NR Sridhar Reddy and he decided to send notices to the [...] Continue Reading »
As monsoon has started in Bengaluru, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) says that it is ready to meet any monsoon emergencies this year. BBMP commissioner M K Shankarlinge Gowda said, storm water drain (SWD) system is efficient and is capable of carrying storm water even with a high intensity of rain. Preventive measures are been [...] Continue Reading »
