Civic issues
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)‘s decision to impose fine on civic engineers who delay the process of assigning potholes to contractors has drawn flak from the agency’s engineering unit. The BMC had decided to impose fines on engineers, too, along with contractors,to address the issue issue of repairing potholes within a stipulated time. However, Brihanmumbai [...] Continue Reading »
Water woes seem never to leave the Noida residents. Amidst the chaos over inflated water bills issued by the Noida Authority, now question has been raised over the poor quality of water being supplied to residents. According to doctors, the water supplied to residents in Noida is essentially hard and prolonged exposure to it can [...] Continue Reading »
A decision has been taken that a team of councillors of the Municipal Corporations along with officials is all set to visit different cities in order to find the most suitable technology for setting up a sewerage treatment plant in the cities. The team will be visiting Mumbai and Delhi to observe the functioning of [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been able to reclaim the Lagoon Road after 30 years. In a major demolition drive, officials of P-north ward office have razed over 100 illegal shanties, 30 commercial structures and at least 12 illegal garages to clear Lagoon Road in Malwani area in Malad (West). Encroachment has been rampant [...] Continue Reading »
The authenticity of penalty receipts issued by Chennai corporation against those who dump debris and garbage on the city roads has come under the scanner. The issue has been raised by an RTI activist. A receipt copy available with this newspaper lacks mandatory details like name and designation of the officer collecting the penalty. Moreover, [...] Continue Reading »
While realty is growing in Kerala, especially in cities like Kochi, drinking water supply in flats have remained irregular for months. Occupants of newly-built flats in Kalamassery, Thrikkakara, and Kakkanad are facing water shortage forcing them to buy water sold through tanker Lorries. Since they cannot get access to water supply, flat dwellers have to [...] Continue Reading »
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to tackle the arsenic threat looming large over the residential areas of the city. As per the new rules charted out by KMC, it has been made mandatory for promoters in certain parts of the city to get groundwater tested for arsenic before they can submit building plans. The [...] Continue Reading »
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has been emphasizing on the cleaning up of Hussainsagar Lake. Having taken up the initiative to clean up the polluted Hussainsagar Lake, the 400-year-old water body in the heart of the city, the HMDA has been working at diverting the sewage inflows. The lake faces pollution threats from industrial [...] Continue Reading »
Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA), Nagpur, is forced to scrap many schemes designed to offer for slum-dwellers. The reason being lack of demand as most of the target population has not shown any interest so far in most of the projects. The major problem seems to be the size of flats being built under SRA, which [...] Continue Reading »
The state government on Saturday officially declared four taluks of the city – Bangalore North, Bangalore South, Bangalore East and Anekal – drought-hit areas. The reason behind is less humidity and rainfall recorded 33% less than normal. The administration plans to look into drinking water needs in core areas. Minister for Bangalore water supplies said [...] Continue Reading »
