Civic issues
The civic authorities of Bangalore seem to have come up with a unique plan as a segregation plant, biogas converter and a gas-to-power plant will be set up in a vacant land near NMKRV College. The waste collected from eight wards in Padmanabhanagar Assembly constituency will be first segregated and converted to biogas. Then the [...] Continue Reading »
As the city of Bangalore grapples with loads of garbage being dumped on streets and BBMP failing to find a place to dump them, finally a solution seems to be on the horizon. The BBMP council approved a proposal for purchasing 400 acres of land at Bagepalli in Chikkaballapur district for waste disposal. The civic [...] Continue Reading »
The Mumbai civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), plans to restructure its water supply system to ensure equitable supply to all areas in the city. The BMC has decided that each person in the city should get at least 135 litres of water per day. Earlier, in 2009, it had set 90 litres per capita [...] Continue Reading »
Poor garbage clearance has made lives hard for residents in few areas in Bangalore. The garbage lying uncleared on the road have left little space for commuters in roads like Shobha Tent Main Road. Since the garbage clearance is poor, mounds have been lying uncleared for days. The residents have complained that although the pourakarmikas [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will undertake a pilot project of the newly adapted technology of geo-tagging all the garbage collection points in the city. The geo-tagging will help the BMC keep a close check on the garbage collection process. The tracking would be done with the help of GPS devices fitted in the garbage [...] Continue Reading »
The Kochi City Corporation is planning to tie up with the Railways to channel the city’s non-degradable waste and construction debris for construction activities of the Railways. The waste can be used as a filler for the construction of platforms and other development works. Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation has already tied up with the Railways for [...] Continue Reading »
Hundreds of residents of Rajajinagar and Malleswaram have given vent their anger against Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL). The residents are angry over the devastating condition of Maha Kavi Kuvempu (MKK) Road. Gathered under the platform of Save Bangalore Committee (SBC), the residents, who claimed that they had suppressed their anger for over two [...] Continue Reading »
As Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biodiversity (CoP-11) approaches, chief secretary Minnie Mathew has directed the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) not to take up any new works, especially road repairs. The chief secretary has conducted an inspection on ongoing works at Hitex, Hi-Tec City along with officials from GHMC, Hyderabad Metropolitan [...] Continue Reading »
Old and decaying underground utilities have worsened the road conditions in Mumbai as many of them have been suffered cave-ins recently. Pedder Road, Dr E Moses Road and Dr Annie Besant Road are among those roads who have witnessed cave-ins and portions of the roads have collapsed. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) do not have [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi government wants to speed up development work in unauthorised colonies. Speedy regularisation of unauthorized colonies is the first step towards this and the Delhi chief minister has set up a task force to ensure quick regularisation of the colonies. The task force will coordinate between different agencies involved in the grant of clearances. [...] Continue Reading »
