Civic officials
Illegal constructions spread over 4,000 sq ft in Warje, has been demolished by Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Saturday. According to Civic officials these incorporated residential and commercial establishments. Without permission from the civic administration, the side and front margins were occupied in the premises. The civic administration had acted against encroachments in Ambegaon, Bavdhan [...] Continue Reading »
Heavy rains in Mumbai seemingly may have brought relief to Mumbaikars as well as to the civic officials. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Authority (BMC) officials are now contemplating if they should still go ahead with cloud seeding project to increase water levels in the lakes around Mumbai, as the heavy downpour last few days have seemingly [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has given a three-day deadline to engineers of the roads departments to inspect the major Ganpati routes in their jurisdiction. The engineers are asked to report all potholes that need to be attended to. They have been asked to report the potholes on the civic body’s website following which the [...] Continue Reading »
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has filed an FIR against few civic officials in connection with alleged irregularities in the purchase of garbage bins for solid waste management programme. FIR was registered against Rajkot Municipal Commissioner Ajay Bhadoo, his predecessor Dr Dinesh Brahmbhatt and three other civic officials under the provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act two [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Rahatani and Pimpri are facing water shortage due to problems in the water distribution network, though there is no water cut in force in Pimpri-Chinchwad. The water shortage problem exists for the last one and half years in Savita Khule Chawl in Ramnagar area of Rahatani. Also, the number of water connections taken [...] Continue Reading »
The Nizampet’s water mafia in Hyderabad is the talk of an hour! Each family in this locality claims to be spending Rs 4,000 a month on water alone. There are around 70,000 and odd residents who are depending on the ground water by private contractors who are enjoying political connections. To which the civic officials [...] Continue Reading »
Parks are being constructed as per government rules, however it is not being maintained by the civic bodies! Similar is the situation at Noida Sector 23 wherein 4 parks are almost ruined without proper care being taken off! Residents claim to have complained about the bad condition of the parks to city civic officials! Even [...] Continue Reading »
The Maharashtra chief minister agreed new development control rules (DCR) at Mumbai on Tuesday. The implementation of this new rule is to eradicate the illegal practices in the realty industry. However, the policy’s emphasis denied saying that this new rule gives a clear picture about the revenue Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) earns from the builders [...] Continue Reading »
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently filed an First Information Report (FIR) against nearly 15 people for encouraging the illegal erection of stalls. FIR has been filed under “Maharashtra Region Town Planning Act” at the Chembur police station limits. The civic officials were reported saying, the shops will be sent a court stay order with a [...] Continue Reading »
JJ flyover in Mumbai had nearly crores of rupees spent on it for the beautification of the city as well as to reduce the traffic chaos in the city. However even the residents and the commuters were in a glee once the flyover construction was started but they are considering it now as a trauma. [...] Continue Reading »
