Mumbai
In a judgment that will set a precedent for housing societies on how to treat pets, the Central Mumbai Consumer Redressal Forum has rapped a Mahim society for charging one of its member Rs 500 for each of his two dogs using the elevator. The forum ruled there is no reason why pets can’t use [...] Continue Reading »
Under the new capital value-based system property taxes are likely to go up in south Mumbai, while residents in the suburbs may get some relief from the current property tax levels.The new system was announced on 1st April 2010, but has not been enforced as the tax rate has not been fixed yet. The civic [...] Continue Reading »
A team of engineers with the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd ( MSEDCL) trapped the consumer who used special remote to stop power meter. The accused had devised a method that was difficult to detect. The remote acts in such a manner that when pressed, it turns off the meter’s counting display. A team [...] Continue Reading »
The BMC has installed 147 flow meters around reservoirs, at a cost of Rs 80 crore, in order to measure the quantity and pressure of water supply.In a bid to tackle leaks and water wastage, the BMC has decided to hasten the process of installing flow meters in the city. 147 flow meters were installed [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has increased the period of making suggestions and objections in connection with the proposed circular of evaluation of the new property tax system by a month. The property tax will be computed on the basis of capital-value system. Earlier, property tax was computed on the basis of rent paid by [...] Continue Reading »
Railway figures say on an average 3,000 people are killed every year crossing railway tracks in Mumbai. Western Railway’s Anmol Jeevan campaign, aimed at educating people about the dangers of crossing tracks and the need to use foot overbridges. But now, Western Railway (WR) and the BMC is putting to risk many lives at Andheri [...] Continue Reading »
The state owes the civic body Rs 1,06,516 crore in the form of property tax, water tax and others. The dues have accrued over many years. The state government has finally decided to pay all the pending dues to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Manukumar Shrivastav, secretary, urban development (UD) department, had called for a [...] Continue Reading »
RBI introduced a ceiling on “loan to value” (LTV) ratio for home loans. The central bank has said that the loan to value ratio for home loans cannot exceed 80 per cent of the value of a house as housing loan.This in effect means that you will have to shell out more from your own [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is making it compulsory for builders to submit the building plan based on carpet area only.The concerned departments, Revenue and Urban Development, have been given instructions in this regards. Making it tough for builders to flout norms while selling flats, Maharashtra Government would make compulsory submission of building plan to [...] Continue Reading »
Permission for bar in a residential area upsets Bandra residents. Fed up of revellers’ drunken brawls, noise and snarls, a section of residents had launched a protest drive against nightclubs in residential areas. The cops’ sanction has added zing to the residents’ campaign against nightclubs in residential areas. According to source, The Royalty run by [...] Continue Reading »
