BMC
Under the new capital value-based system property taxes are likely to go up in south Mumbai, while residents in the suburbs may get some relief from the current property tax levels.The new system was announced on 1st April 2010, but has not been enforced as the tax rate has not been fixed yet. The civic [...] Continue Reading »
The BMC has installed 147 flow meters around reservoirs, at a cost of Rs 80 crore, in order to measure the quantity and pressure of water supply.In a bid to tackle leaks and water wastage, the BMC has decided to hasten the process of installing flow meters in the city. 147 flow meters were installed [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has increased the period of making suggestions and objections in connection with the proposed circular of evaluation of the new property tax system by a month. The property tax will be computed on the basis of capital-value system. Earlier, property tax was computed on the basis of rent paid by [...] Continue Reading »
Railway figures say on an average 3,000 people are killed every year crossing railway tracks in Mumbai. Western Railway’s Anmol Jeevan campaign, aimed at educating people about the dangers of crossing tracks and the need to use foot overbridges. But now, Western Railway (WR) and the BMC is putting to risk many lives at Andheri [...] Continue Reading »
The state owes the civic body Rs 1,06,516 crore in the form of property tax, water tax and others. The dues have accrued over many years. The state government has finally decided to pay all the pending dues to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Manukumar Shrivastav, secretary, urban development (UD) department, had called for a [...] Continue Reading »
By a rough calculation made by the Mumbai civic authorities, at least one lakh million litres of water has gone down the drain this monsoon. If the rainwater harvesting and overflow of lake water could be arrested, the city could be able to get over 1,75,000 million litres of water. Despite last year’s severe shortage, [...] Continue Reading »
According to a survey by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, there were more than 1,000 unauthorized towers in the city at last count.High-power committee examining health hazards lays down ground rules for installation of cell towers. The panel, set up earlier this year to examine health hazards caused by mobile towers, has in its report said [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is maintaining an e-database of all the Ganesh mandals to simplify the permission procedure.The e-database includes name of the mandal, location, size and permission period among other details. Electronic database of the Ganesh mandals simplifies the permission procedure and helps to book those mandals that flout norms. The Ganesh festival begins [...] Continue Reading »
After recent media reports claimed that malaria is now also affecting heart and is causing strokes in patients with no history of heart ailments, guardian ministers Naseem Khan (suburbs) and Jayant Patil (island city) held meetings to review the situation and Khan directed the civic body to carry out precautionary measures to curb malaria which [...] Continue Reading »
