Civic issue
Nagpur- Nagpur Municipal Corporation is very soon planning to save and approve at least 3 projects under the central government’s Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The projects namely sewage water treatment plant, Maskasath railway overbridge (ROB) and 24X7water supply project are of worth Rs 520 crore. Municipal commissioner Shyam Wardhane assured to complete all [...] Continue Reading »
To improve the level of sanitation in Gurgaon, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) is considering to procure machines to clean, collect and dump garbage. Till now, the streets are cleaned by workers. However, the civic body aims to replace manual cleaning of roads and to improve efficiency in work. Sources say that a machine [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Noida are agitated over highly-inflated water bills sent to them and mulling the option of going to court against Noida Authority. The residents have alleged that the Noida Authority has unfairly imposed the inflated bills on them and the only option left is to file a PIL. The Authority has maintained that [...] Continue Reading »
Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) faced criticism from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) recently for their failure for not upgrading sewerage network in the Greater Hyderabad limits. Not even five percent of the new sewage pipelines were laid in the last ten years. Due to lack of sewerage network, nearly 75 percent [...] Continue Reading »
Ill-quipped system of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation came out in the open again as when the northern grid failed, city could get only half the water of total supply from the Kajauli during disruption period. The reason being Kajauli water works has low power generator, which can only take the load of two lines out of [...] Continue Reading »
At one corner of garden city Bangalore, citizens complain about shoddy work upheld by BWSSB. However, BWSSB proved this statement incorrect by hurrying up the civic works at th Cross in Sector-7 at HSR layout, Bangalore. The stinking sewage water overflow was ruining the life of residents in HSR layout. The fed up residents and [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of the apartments in Pratap Nagar are suffering from the foul smell coming out from the uncovered drains in the area. The civic body dug up the drains in the region for the construction of new stormwater drain. Though six days passed, the place kept uncovered and unprotected with five feet deep trench. [...] Continue Reading »
In Spite of repeated application and order by the Mumbai High Court, the residents of apartments in Grant Road, Worli, Khar(W) are getting contaminated water which cannot be used for washing hands. Death of two women in Worli was reported who consumed the contaminated water. An outbreak of waterborne diseases occurred in the society of [...] Continue Reading »
The Punjab state government planned to construct Sulabh toilets in the rural area of Punjab to improve the livinghood of the residents of the rural Punjab. As per the agreement Sulabh International will construct 15,000 toilets in various places in the state. The entire project will cost approximately Rs. 27.75 crore, and it will take [...] Continue Reading »
The passerby at 2nd Cross of Koramangala 5th Block KHB Colony in Bangalore have no other go but to hold their breath and walk until they cross this junction! The stench of sewage overflow in this area from roadside drain has turned nearby residents condition worse. The residents are spending days in fear as the drinking [...] Continue Reading »
