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The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) sources say that expenditure on solid waste management may come down soon. The civic body spends around Rs 400 crore on solid waste management at present. The contractors participated in the new garbage tenders had quoted up to 40 per cent less. With relaxation of terms and conditions in [...] Continue Reading »
A group of residents led by six ward councillors of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) held a protest at the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) office, demanding civic amenities in unauthorised colonies in the city. The councillors have demanded that MCG must provide basic amenities like water supply and sanitation in these colonies within [...] Continue Reading »
In the light of repeated complaints regarding poor drinking facilities and water supply in the rehabilitation settlements built in Chennai, the Chennai Corporation has asked the slum clearance board to provide basic amenities in the housing board quarters for the poor population. Earlier the corporation instructed all the 200 ward councillors in the city to [...] Continue Reading »
The BJP government has decided to levy commercial property taxes on properties owned by discoms and power generation companies due to the steep hike in power tariff, especially in streetlights. According to officials, discoms are charging electricity at commercial rates for street lighting and operating pumps in corporation parks. As per the recent order, the [...] Continue Reading »
The municipal commissioner of MCG Gurgaon has taken this initiative to train the local residents on how to use the civic body’s website. By doing this, the residents will be able to file their complaints online and also view the number of developmental works done in their area. Their are also plans of training the [...] Continue Reading »
Janakpuri and Vikaspuri are two localities located in close vicinity in West Delhi. These localities were formed in 1976 and have the similar demography with same set of problems. The residents of these areas are facing problems like poor drainage system, low water supply and many other issues. Even the five parks are not being [...] Continue Reading »
Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has allocated budget for next fiscal year. The same budget was rejected before in a meeting of Standing Committee. The proposals in the budget may not be used as the civic body is being divided into three bodies in April. A sum of Rs two crore has been kept for [...] Continue Reading »
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), tough working hard is still lagging behind to keep the city neat and clean. To discuss public grievances an in house meeting was held wherein the councillors explained as to how the MCD is failing to keep the city clean. After hours long meeting, it was traced that MCD [...] Continue Reading »
The corporation authorities in Kerala recently held a meeting in concern with the demolition drives to be taken initiative by them. The authorities were busy in the demolition drive of the illegal buildings all these days, however old city buildings have been considered as a threat in a large scale according to the recent survey [...] Continue Reading »
An unhappy mayor has asked all the councillors to conduct a survey in their respective wards and has formed committees for each zone to check on the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon’s claims of funds spent. The councillors have already started the groundwork for the survey. Many of them have claimed that there have been several [...] Continue Reading »
