civic projects
Bangalore- An RTI activist’s queries revealed that Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has to recover rental dues of over Rs 15 crore from the shops and office spaces it had leased out in its 15 shopping complexes in the city. Several media copies of documents obtained through RTI were released on Tuesday by the activist, BM [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court has put its trust on independence of the Technical Vigilance Cell under the Commissioner (TVCC) of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and directed the TVCC to submit a report within 45 days on the outcome of the ongoing scrutiny of civil works by BBMP in 25 zones. The order came [...] Continue Reading »
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has taken up several civic projects, including the one undertaken to de-silt storm water drains, which are yet to be delivered. As all the projects are delayed, there is no chance of completion of those projects before the monsoon. And as they will not be completed before the rains, [...] Continue Reading »
Earlier the Nagpur Municipality was divided under 136 wards. In last municipal election the wards were reformed into 72 ward by clubbing the areas of different wards. After the formation of new wards, all the wards need to be distributed among 10 zones in the city. As the zonal distribution has not been completed yet, [...] Continue Reading »
As the 2012 civic polls are nearing, BMC general body has planned to name 43 chowks, gardens and roads across the city. Most of these chowks are T intersections that didn’t have any nomenclature before. Now, they sport some long-winding names and tongue twisters. Observers were surprised that all the requests were cleared in one [...] Continue Reading »
