Civic bodies
Mumbai- The website of Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) was hacked by a group from Bangladeshis but luckily the site was put back in place. The employees came to know about the hacking when they started working on the site. The message displayed was ” Death Note” with the sentence ‘INDIAN WEBSHIT PWNED LAME SECURITY BREACHED‘ [...] Continue Reading »
Nagpur- The civic bodies make announcement about offering service to people and increasing revenue but they have turned a blind eye to irregularities happening in the department of property tax. It’s known that mutation of property tax in Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC)’s property tax records can be seldom completed by following official process. However, the [...] Continue Reading »
A statement passed by the Municipal Commissioner Sitaram Kunte, last month about the re-development of about 300 proposed heritage structures has created confusion among the civic bodies, i.e. the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) and the state government. It was said by the municipal commissioner that the re-development of the projects will continue uninterrupted due [...] Continue Reading »
As Hyderabad reels under severe power crisis, the city civic bodies have decided to adopt power-saving measures. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to reduce the illumination of advertising hoardings and streetlights. With these cutbacks, the civic body is hoping to save 5 million units per month. Of the total 3,300 advertising hoardings [...] Continue Reading »
The recent revision in vacant land tax (VLT) has disappointed many owners of vacant sites and plots in the city of Visakhapatnam. The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) officials claim that the decision has been taken to check defaulters of tax arrears as well as to raise revenue. The GVMC is collecting arrears of VLT [...] Continue Reading »
Finally the Delhi government is set to grant recognition to the unauthorized colonies. The government has plans to regularize 624 unauthorised colonies out of 1,639 such settlements in the first phase of regularization The first phase is likely to be completed soon as all concerned agencies including ASI, Forest Department, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) , [...] Continue Reading »
Sources reveal that even after a year is passed of the report on flyovers and bridges were submitted to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), the civic body has not yet taken up any initiative to address the repairs needed. The condition of nearly 40 flyovers, rail over bridges (ROBs) and other bridges and suggested [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Council has passed a resolution to include Electronics City under its fold for administrative purposes. As per resolution, villages in and around Electronics City will be merged under the BBMP’s jurisdiction. At present the electronic city has a total built up area of over 3 crore sq. feet. Though [...] Continue Reading »
While the civic bodies always seem to project themselves of running short on funds, a recent revelation in Maharashtra pictures inefficient collection machinery causing huge loss to the bodies. An Right To Information (RTI) query filed by two BJP corporators has revealed that 70,000 property holders in Pimpri-Chinchwad have not paid property tax dues, total [...] Continue Reading »
Residents across Chennai have been complaining about sewage overflow for the last few months. However, the civic bodies are yet to take up any action to address the issue. Residents of Sixth Street, R.V.Nagar, Anna Nagar, have been putting up with stench, flies and sewage on the road. Sewage has been overflowing from manholes in [...] Continue Reading »
