Municipality
Sangvi-Kiwale Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) route will be constructed by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) to enable uninterrupted traffic flow. Joint city engineer Rajan Patil points out that a 14-km Sangvi-Kiwale Road is being developed. It starts from Mukai chowk in Kiwale to Rajiv Gandhi bridge on Mula river in Sangvi as a [...] Continue Reading »
The Kerala government recently launched a new housing scheme, giving aid to widowed and divorced women of minority religions. At a function held at the Collectorate in Mallapuram, Minister for Urban Affairs and Welfare of Minorities minister, Manjalamkuzhi Ali inaugurated the first installment of the housing aid distribution. He also said that more beneficiaries would [...] Continue Reading »
With the Lok Sabha polls approaching, the Haryana government has announced a major relief in property tax payments in the municipalities of the state. While presiding over the State Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced one time rebate of 30 per cent for those property owners who clear all their dues or arrears [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai- Sandhu Palace, the tallest tower on Pali Hill, which is supposed to be the most expensive controversial residential building of Bandra, is up for sale. In October, Sandhu Developers, has put the property for sale at a price of $147 million, or around Rs 800 crore. More than Rs 60,000 per sq ft, was being [...] Continue Reading »
South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has attached rent of 50 properties in Omaxe Square – an office centre in South Delhi. The 50 properties of different owners on second floor of Omaxe Square have been rented out to Wipro. The officials said 50 property owners collectively owe Rs 19,14,616 to the corporation. The property tax [...] Continue Reading »
A study by Observer Research Foundation (ORF) shows that Mumbai loses a shocking 650 million litres of water every single day due to leaking pipes — this is the total of Pune’s total daily water supply. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) does not seem to have a plan to curb this issue. The study says, [...] Continue Reading »
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has registered an increase of about 33 per cent in its tax collection as compared to the previous year. According to AMC officials, during the period from April 1 to October 15, AMC collected taxes around Rs 413.42 crore, while the corporation had collected Rs 311.85 crore during the same period [...] Continue Reading »
Residents are facing inconvenience due to unmanned gates blocking access to colonies and commuters are forced to take diversion since the gates are locked during the night and often during the day. Azhar Jamal, a resident, said that the unmanned gates do not have security personnel and a request has been sent to the Resident [...] Continue Reading »
The federation of sector welfare associations of Chandigarh (FOSWAC), an umbrella body of 60 different resident welfare associations (RWA) have raised concerns regarding negligence of municipal corporation. Concerns were raised in the executive committee meeting for not addressing the common and specific problems of RWA’s seriously by the officials of municipal corporation. The issues included [...] Continue Reading »
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has collected Rs 125 crore through the auction of 42 plots in the city. The HMDA got Rs 84.74 crore for over four acres of land in Nandagiri Hills, the most prized possession of the authority. NetNet Ventures Pvt Ltd,bought the plot for Rs 18.5 crore per acre against [...] Continue Reading »
