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Speaking on the recently demolished building which was co-owned by senior deputy mayor Yashpal Batra who was present at Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh’s induction ceremony on joining BJP, MCG chief Praveen Kumar said that there was no political motivation behind the action. Kumar is also said to be a relative of the Haryana CM, [...] Continue Reading »
The Municipal Corporation (MC) and the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department are engaged in a serious blame game over the 178 high-rise buildings that have been constructed in the city and its peripheries located in the seismic zone V. Many of the buildings have hostels in the top floors making it really difficult to [...] Continue Reading »
Nashik Municipal Corporation’s (NMC), General Body Meeting (GBM) resolved to grant higher Transfer and Development Rights (TDR) for land owners at Tapovan to acquire plots for Sadhugram to accommodate the sadhus visitng the city during next year’s Kumbh mela. City’s Mayor, Yatin Wagh said the civic body would grant TDR of 10 for land at [...] Continue Reading »
Punjab Government, after spending crores on preparing Detailed Project report of the proposed Ludhiana Metro project (since 2011), estimated to cost a whopping Rs 10,330 crore, has on Wednesday dumped the project and doled out much ‘cheaper and economical’ Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) for Ludhiana which will cost Rs 1,250 crore only. The Government [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The contract pourakarmikas of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), who went on a rally came to a quick halt followed by a high-level meeting of two pourakarmika unions with the officials from the Labour Department and BBMP. The contract pourakarmikas, feared of job layoffs, since new garbage contractor will be taking charge from December [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The construction of an organic waste convertor unit at Jayanagar was opposed by the residents fearing the negative effects of the convertor. Concerned about the health hazards associated with the organic waste converter unit, the residents of Jayanagar staged a protest to stop the unit from being set up on the Jayanagar swimming pool [...] Continue Reading »
Senior citizens and retired employees of Allahabad organised a meeting at Chandra Shekhar Azad Park in which they raised concern over hike in house tax. United Forum of Pensioners Association, expressing the views of retired employees have urged the municipal commissioner, mayor, district magistrate to take measures to reduce the proposed hike. The state government [...] Continue Reading »
At the BBMP Budget session on Wednesday, Mayor of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, D Venkatesh Murthy, announced that all 198 corporators should take up an ‘andolan’ to ban plastic in their respective Wards. He added that whoever is successful in this campaign will be rewarded with Rs 1 lakh. Though the Palike had taken [...] Continue Reading »
A Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) council meeting was held recently wherein the engineer-in-chief of BWSSB was astonished to hear a flow of complaints on par of water supply issues in Bangalore city. The area corporators, Mayor and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner Shankarlinge Gowda all addressed never ending sewerage-related grievances. Also [...] Continue Reading »
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) has overlooked a ward of Bangalore in case of providing basic amenities to the residents. The part of the city facing the problem is Settihalli ward. The ward include areas like Chikkasandra, Nisarga Layout, Someshwara Layout, Abbigere, Myadarahalli, Jalahalli West and Kammagondanahalli Muniswamy Layout. In an earlier norm, the civic [...] Continue Reading »
