Municipal Commissioner
Nashik- Last week, the Nashik Municipal Corporation standing committee rejected the property and water tax hike for all the residential areas. This hike was proposed by the municipal commissioner following the civic Budget 2013-14. However other proposals were approved by the standing committee based on few amendments. A draft budget of Rs. 1,556.80 crore was presented by [...] Continue Reading »
Gurgaon- In an attempt to get rid of the polythene bags in the city, the recently appointed municipal commissioner has given a word to take up an initiative. In a meeting held at the Ambiance Mall, the biggest mall in the city, it was stated by the commissioner that the mall will be free of all the polythene [...] Continue Reading »
Kolkata- While hunting the targeted revenue, Kolkata Municipal Corporation found that around 3000 properties around Behala and Jadavpur were not estimated. The civic body have been needy to find ways to improve income ever since the Unit Area Assessment method to regulate property tax dropped through. Khalil Ahmed, Municipal Commissioner, issued a circular to the [...] Continue Reading »
Due to the presence of many educational institutions located in Gayathrinagar Colony on Pinnamaneni Polyclinic Road, the area has lost its peace and calmness. During the peak hour, the area remains full jammed because of school and college students and school buses moving causing commuters facing difficulty in their day to day life. The Gayathrinagar [...] Continue Reading »
Five years after Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) first proposed to undertake redevelopment of Crawford Market, the civic body has now finalised tenders worth Rs 20 crore for restoration of the front heritage building. The 141-year-old front portion of the market is a notified grade one heritage structure. The city civic body decided to undertake both [...] Continue Reading »
A statement passed by the Municipal Commissioner Sitaram Kunte, last month about the re-development of about 300 proposed heritage structures has created confusion among the civic bodies, i.e. the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) and the state government. It was said by the municipal commissioner that the re-development of the projects will continue uninterrupted due [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi government wants to speed up development work in unauthorised colonies. Speedy regularisation of unauthorized colonies is the first step towards this and the Delhi chief minister has set up a task force to ensure quick regularisation of the colonies. The task force will coordinate between different agencies involved in the grant of clearances. [...] 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 »
The Standing Committee of the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) presented the Rs 1,810.82 crore civic budget for 2012-13 in the general body meeting(GBM). The standing committee, while modifying the budget worked out by the former municipal commissioner, had rejected proposals to hike house and water taxes. The former commissioner had proposed 10 per cent hike [...] Continue Reading »
In India, where the bureaucracy is often criticized to be working under political pressure or in nexus with the lobbies, a bureaucrat’s action would be appreciated to work out a solid construction approval system in Mumbai. The influence of the powerful builders’ lobby in Mumbai has been curtailed due to the firm steps taken by [...] Continue Reading »
