civic amenities
Chhattisgarh is one of India’s youngest and newest states which was established in November 2000. Chhattisgarh has envisioned a new city, Naya Raipur to serve as the state’s new capital. It will replace the existing capital at Raipur in due course. In the spirit of its new found statehood this decision was taken. Naya Raipur is [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai’s civic body has decided to demolish the 35 illegal floors in the seven high rises of the Campa Cola Compound. The Supreme Court has refused to regularize them and the residents have given a time of five months to vacate the premise. Only six floors were permitted but the builders had illegally constructed excessively [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- It surely takes some time for areas located in the city outskirts to get reasonably priced civic amenities, observes urban planners. Projects have been announced in the suburbs even before the land acquisition formalities are completed. Areas such as Oragadam and Sriperumbudur lack basic amenities such as water supply, sewerage system and health and [...] Continue Reading »
A group of residents led by six ward councillors of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) held a protest at the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) office, demanding civic amenities in unauthorised colonies in the city. The councillors have demanded that MCG must provide basic amenities like water supply and sanitation in these colonies within [...] Continue Reading »
A Planning Commission committee has recommended the entry of private sector in the delivery of public services in an attempt to improve civic amenities. This includes water and sewage treatment. A majority of cities have poor water supply system due to leakages and poor distribution system. Only half of the garbage gets disposed of and [...] Continue Reading »
The Tiruchi–Chennai National Highway has stimulated the construction of residential properties in Tiruchi. It is also noticed that a good number of residential colonies have come up in the recent years. As the construction work is happening quite rapidly, the civic body is unable to provide basic civic amenities for the apartments in Tiruchi, particularly [...] Continue Reading »
There has been many witnesses of poor provision of civic amenities in the Patna city. The members of the state legislative council have recently complained about the state government’s work over civic amenities in the city. The issue was raised in the question hour in the state assembly about the issues like mosquito menace, waterlogging, [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Sector 23, Gurgaon have been living in a neighbourhood without any civic amenity. They have been dealing with issues like blocked sewage line, damaged roads and stray animals. Whenever they file complaint with the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda), the workers demand Rs 500 as bribe to clean the locality. The unbearable stench [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Bhubaneswar are more interested to buy apartments from government agencies than from private builders. Though it is reported that the projects from private builders are cheaper than government agencies, the main concern for the private builders that they are not keeping their promises. The properties from private builders are lagging in proper [...] Continue Reading »
Salt lake in Kolkata which was inaugurated five decades back are yet to receive many civic amenities. The amenities which was promised two years back are yet to be fulfilled. Already a list of issues have been submitted by the corporators to the state urban development department but all in vain. Some of the issues [...] Continue Reading »
