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		<title>Realty worsens in last 6 months; stakeholders hopeful</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/realty-worsens-in-last-6-months-stakeholders-hopeful-54407</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/realty-worsens-in-last-6-months-stakeholders-hopeful-54407#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2014 07:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dinesh.k</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real estate trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks and financiers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chennai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FICCI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hyderabad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knight Frank India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kolkata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MMR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai Metropolitan Region]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Capital Region]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PE funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty developers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residential]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supplier]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In one of the first real estate sentiment indices, Industry body FICCI and residential and commercial property consultancy, Knight Frank India have concluded an overall negative sentiment for realty across all zones including the National Capital Region (NCR) and Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The index further cited that the mood have got worse than what it was in the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Residents to hire private agencies for waste disposal</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/residents-to-hire-private-agencies-for-waste-disposal-33952</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/residents-to-hire-private-agencies-for-waste-disposal-33952#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 03:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awareness programme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP engineers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compost-making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DECORA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defence Colony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage collectors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pourakarmikas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private firms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residents Welfare Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wet wastes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=33952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the Defence Colony residents sincerely segregating dry and wet waste, the unconcerned Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) pourakarmikas are mixing up the waste collected from them. Distressed residents are now planning on a systematic disposal of waste through private agencies. The untrained garbage collectors have been messing up the segregated wastes in the garbage trolleys, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civic bodies have crossroads</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/civic-bodies-have-crossroads-33376</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/civic-bodies-have-crossroads-33376#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chief Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crossroads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garbage issue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karnataka High Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vikramajit Sen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=33376</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore- The high court will hear petitions filed by garbage contractors objecting the modern tenders and also the public interest litigation (PIL) producing problem about the city&#8217;s ruin wreck. The State Government and the BBMP are confused as they do not know what to do regarding garbage issue. The civic bodies are at the focal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BMC planning to award contracts for roads construction</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bmc-planning-to-award-contracts-for-roads-construction-33090</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bmc-planning-to-award-contracts-for-roads-construction-33090#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maintenance tasks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monopoly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipal corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[road works contract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RWC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RWS system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ward roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web-based mechanism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=33090</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mumbai- Inside the wish of smashing contractors&#8217; corporation monopoly, the BMC  designed strategy of awarding deals for maintenance tasks of &#8220;ward roads&#8221; and decided to swap to an on the net process. The civic body said that no manual interference will be allowed in the tender process for the new web-based mechanism. For maintenance and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slowdown of garbage trucks heaps up backlog</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/slowdown-of-garbage-trucks-heaps-up-backlog-33021</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/slowdown-of-garbage-trucks-heaps-up-backlog-33021#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backlog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bingipura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodda Nagamangala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drivers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Engineers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landfills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mandur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terra Firma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=33021</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore- As the movement of garbage-laden trucks to various landfills had slowed down in Bangalore on Monday, collection of waste was interrupted. Around 360 trucks had lifted 3,800 tonnes of garbage in the city on Sunday, but most of them failed to reach the landfills till Monday afternoon due to issues like narrow roads, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bhubaneswar to get three footbridges</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bhubaneswar-to-get-three-footbridges-31637</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bhubaneswar-to-get-three-footbridges-31637#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dipjyoti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertisement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bhubaneswar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Footbridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revenue]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=31637</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided at a meeting of the BMC corporators to build three footbridges in Bhbaneswar. The bridges would be constructed at Jayadev Vihar, Master Canteen and Rupali Square and each footbridge would reportedly be developed at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore. As per the agreement, the contractor would make profit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contractors not complying with BMC orders</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/contractors-not-complying-with-bmc-orders-30414</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/contractors-not-complying-with-bmc-orders-30414#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dipjyoti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Errant contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GPS devices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monitor contractor's work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Potholes on Mumbai roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tenders]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=30414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation&#8217;s ambitious plans to monitor road contractors&#8217; work quality may not take off soon. The BMC had invited tenders worth Rs 120 crore to repair potholes and asked contractors to install sensors and GPS devices on their machinery to enable the civic body to monitor quality. BMC made it compulsory for contractors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BMC to start audit of potholes</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bmc-to-start-audit-of-potholes-28896</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bmc-to-start-audit-of-potholes-28896#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dipjyoti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Additional municipal commissioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civic engineers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cold-mix technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Errant contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipal contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pothole-filling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reassigned or reopened potholes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Road contractors]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=28896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A team of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) civic engineers is to conduct an audit of the pothole-filling work being carried out on city roads. The decision has been taken after 1,738 potholes were reassigned or reopened for filling. The BMC claimed that the cold-mix technology used to fill potholes is effective enough. However, recent heavy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huda begins re-carpeting of Gurgaon roads</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/huda-begins-re-carpeting-of-gurgaon-roads-27003</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/huda-begins-re-carpeting-of-gurgaon-roads-27003#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dipjyoti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gurgaon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City civic bodies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gurgaon roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HUDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MG Road Metro station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Potholes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property in Gurgaon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[re-carpeting of roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Road safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sikandarpur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water logging]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=27003</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) began re-carpeting of Gurgaon city roads after rains had caused waterlogging and potholes on the city roads. The impact of rains on the city roads, including those carpeted a couple of months ago, has been highlighted in the press and the authority has promptly reacted to the matter. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garbage will be cleaned twice, daily</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/clear-garbage-twice-a-day-says-bbmp-26464</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/clear-garbage-twice-a-day-says-bbmp-26464#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anupma</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disposal of Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage disposal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage dumping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mavallipura landfill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the corporators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=26464</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In order to improve garbage collection, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to start a second shift. The BBMP council passed a resolution to hike the tender amount for garbage contractors by 20 per cent. Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy pointed out irregularities among garbage contractors as many of them claim bills without cleaning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garden city turns into Garbage city</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/garden-city-turns-into-garbage-city-24420</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/garden-city-turns-into-garbage-city-24420#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bangalore residents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doddaballapur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mandur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mavallipura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rajarajeshwarinagar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terra Firma Biotechnologies Ltd.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=24420</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The &#8216;Garden City&#8217; residents are waiting to see when the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will wake up to their plight and takes some remedial action against garbage that is piling up in Bangalore as the contractors are not bothered to collect it. The communities, who live around Mavallipura, where the city’s garbage was dumped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BAI requests CCI to revise cartelisation rules</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bai-requests-cci-to-revise-cartelisation-rules-24349</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bai-requests-cci-to-revise-cartelisation-rules-24349#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 05:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Association members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Builders' Association of India (BAI)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartelisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cement company officials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cement manufacturers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compensating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Competition Commission of India (CCI)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminal prosecution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[net profit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[profiteering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trustee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[turnover]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=24349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Builders&#8217; Association of India (BAI) has requested the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to revise its rules to allow for criminal prosecution against cement company officials for their alleged role in cartelisation. BAI trustee D L Desai said that the association members have urged the CCI to amend its rules to allow criminal prosecution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GHMC Hyderabad to bring in reforms in contract system</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/ghmc-hyderabad-to-bring-in-reforms-in-contract-system-22121</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/ghmc-hyderabad-to-bring-in-reforms-in-contract-system-22121#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hyderabad]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Contractor Identification Number]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GHMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GHMC Hyderabad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standing committee]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=22121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Witnessing many contracts not able to finish within the stipulated time by the contractors, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has plans of making some amendments in the current contract system. One of the reasons cited by the contractors is due to financial constrains as contracts have to be finished within the limited budget of Rs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debris a chaos for residents of Banjara Hills</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/debris-a-chaos-for-residents-of-banjara-hills-16201</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/debris-a-chaos-for-residents-of-banjara-hills-16201#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banjara Hills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banjara Hills Hyderabad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens of Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constructing houses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Construction raw materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GHMC Hyderabad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hyderabad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TMT bars]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=16201</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The construction raw materials and debris on the roads of Banjara Hills in Hyderabad is quite a common site. The citizens who are busy constructing their houses in this area limits are least bit worried about paving way for the smooth ply of vehicles in Banjara Hills. This is a sign of irony wherein the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBMP garbage tenders pending from August 2011</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bbmp-garbage-tenders-pending-from-august-2011-13048</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bbmp-garbage-tenders-pending-from-august-2011-13048#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[August 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP terms and conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP's contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic works]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage clearance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage tenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local councilors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pending tender]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=13048</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new system of terms and conditions was supposed to be declared to the garbage contractors from August 2011. However, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has not taken initiative of fulfilling this, as it has long pending tenders. The tender process has been kept pending since August 2011, and the due to this the contractors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protests outside BBMP&#8217;s office</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/protests-outside-bbmps-office-12956</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/protests-outside-bbmps-office-12956#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General public]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Long pending bills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protests outside BBMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=12956</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Quiet a scene was observed outside BBMP&#8217;s main office on Monday. Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is yet to pay the long pending bills to its contractors. Due to which, the contractors had shown their protests outside the main office and have stopped the work from Tuesday till the bills are not cleared. The civic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Realty contractors to stop construction work</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/realty-contractors-to-stop-construction-work-12583</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/realty-contractors-to-stop-construction-work-12583#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic works]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors lodging complaints]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors' Association of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GHMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hyderabad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Payment delayed]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=12583</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A total chaotic realty environment has been witnessed at Hyderabad. The city Contractors&#8217; Association of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has ordered to stop of all civic works in the city from January 16th onwards. This is due to payment delayed to many of contractors in the city. It has been learnt that the officials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contractor held for building collapse</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/contractor-held-for-building-collapse-10815</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/contractor-held-for-building-collapse-10815#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adjoining plot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Architects of the project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collapse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Developers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devkrupa Chambers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foundations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=10815</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A plot in Surat adjacent to Devkrupa Chambers collapsed couple of days ago. The digging work of the adjoining plot to this building said to have damaged the foundations and led to collapse. The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) lodged a police complaint against the contractors, developers and architects of the project which was held responsible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mandatory pay and park!</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/mandatory-pay-and-park-10403</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/mandatory-pay-and-park-10403#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ahmedabad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pay and park]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=10403</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pay and park will soon be mandatory in Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL) after its success in implementing pay and park other stretches of the city; it has now decided to make it common to whole of the city. However, the contractors who are taking initiative of this work from Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One spell of Monsoon Rain damages roads laid a year back in Chennai City</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/one-spell-of-monsoon-rain-damages-roads-laid-a-year-back-in-chennai-city-9477</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/one-spell-of-monsoon-rain-damages-roads-laid-a-year-back-in-chennai-city-9477#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accidents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chennai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commuters in Chennai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damaged roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federation of Adyar Residents Associations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good rainfall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaliamman Koil Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Konnur High Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monsoon rain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipal Corporation of Chennai (MCC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nelson Manickam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perambur High Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prolonged traffic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Re-construction of roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ready mix tars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic situations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virugambakkam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vysarpadi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=9477</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chennai city witnessed a good rainfall previous week and here are the condition of the roads seems to be un-explainable. It was just one spell of monsoon rain and the city roads are damaged in such a way that it demands dire need of repair. However, the same roads were constructed previous year with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work towards better roads in Mumbai</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/work-towards-better-roads-in-mumbai-9078</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/work-towards-better-roads-in-mumbai-9078#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rakesh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bad roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Potholes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Road repair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=9078</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) Mumbai, has finally woken up from its slumber after residents and members in the Opposition censured it severely for its inaction towards road repair. KDMC has finally started the work of restoring the roads in Dombivli. The stretch was a nightmare for motorists and many occasions of people being hurt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Construction of highways in New Delhi has picked up a new pace</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/construction-of-highways-in-new-delhi-has-picked-up-a-new-pace-8345</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/construction-of-highways-in-new-delhi-has-picked-up-a-new-pace-8345#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Construction of Highways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delhi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delhi NCR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Highway Authority of India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transport authority]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=8345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The construction of Highways in New Delhi had laid back since years and there was hardly any development seen in the transport authority in the city. However now the walled city is far ahead with growing infrastructure, has seen a drastic improvement and today its showing a remark of nearly 11 kilometres of road being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mumbai to follow Strict Road Contract Terms</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/mumbai-to-follow-strict-road-contract-terms-7804</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/mumbai-to-follow-strict-road-contract-terms-7804#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Road construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Road contract Tenders]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=7804</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is introducing a set of tender rules to stop illegal bidding encouraged from the builders in Mumbai. The civic body is ahead to takeover this tender contract and the security deposit given by the road contractors will only be given after the bidding documents are checked throughly.  Satish Badve the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BMC : Penalty over 1.2 crore to Contractors</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bmc-penalty-over-1-2-crore-to-contractors-7723</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bmc-penalty-over-1-2-crore-to-contractors-7723#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Realty News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=7723</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The civic administration in Mumbai admitted saying that they had penalized the tender contractors and that the administration has put down the terms and conditions of the current tender. To uphold this, contractors are encouraging plants more than five in number to take over the tender contract. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has collected nearly 1.2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BMC Mumbai to consider Software to Monitor Complaints about Potholes</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bmc-mumbai-to-consider-software-to-monitor-complaints-about-potholes-6719</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bmc-mumbai-to-consider-software-to-monitor-complaints-about-potholes-6719#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMC Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies supplying material to fill potholes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Complaints about potholes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detailed information on the trouble spots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindustan Colaco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCMC Pune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Potholes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality of raw material used]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Six Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software to Monitor Complaints about Potholes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Test material from six companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Track the quality of roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wonderpatch]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=6719</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the footsteps of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to consider software to monitor complaints about potholes and undertake immediate repairs. Officials claimed that they would be able to attend to potholes immediately with the software. A presentation on the system will be made for corporators and civic officials on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penalties levied against GHMC Streetlight Contractors over poor Maintainence of Light</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/penalties-levied-against-ghmc-streetlight-contractors-over-poor-maintainence-of-light-5898</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/penalties-levied-against-ghmc-streetlight-contractors-over-poor-maintainence-of-light-5898#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GHMC Hyderabad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GHMC Streetlight Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heavy penalties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hyderabad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintainence of streetlights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penalties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penalties levied against GHMC Streetlight Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poor Maintainence of Light]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Streetlights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Streetlights maintenance contract]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=5898</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 80 percent of the contractors hired by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) have to pay heavy penalties due to low maintainence of streetlights. The GHMC had awarded streetlights maintenance contract to 55 contractors by dividing them into packages. In each package 7,000 streetlights should be maintained by the contractor. And the contractor gets [...]]]></description>
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