Municipality
Each beneficiary of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s housing scheme for economically weaker sections (EWS) will save Rs 36,000 as the state government has waived the stamp duty on conveyance. Now that the stamp duty on registration of EWS houses built under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme has been waived, the beneficiaries [...] Continue Reading »
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to tackle the arsenic threat looming large over the residential areas of the city. As per the new rules charted out by KMC, it has been made mandatory for promoters in certain parts of the city to get groundwater tested for arsenic before they can submit building plans. The [...] Continue Reading »
Gurgaon Citizens Council (GCC) held a meeting on Sunday. The main orientation of the meeting was to discuss the issue of bringing private areas under the purview of the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG). Representatives from various Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) demanded a democratically elected municipality to ensure transparency in governance and better management of civic [...] Continue Reading »
Following the Mantralaya fire, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to tighten safety norms for all residential, commercial and high-rise structures in the city. Under the new plans, The city buildings will be required to get a certified fire audit report from listed licensing authorities stating the building is well-equipped with safety systems and [...] Continue Reading »
The ambitious project taken up by the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) seeking the door-to-door collection of garbage, now seems to be in disorder with the project mostly failing to elicit assistance from the city residents. As being admitted by the civic body itself, sanitary workers have to face hostile conduct from many households and also [...] Continue Reading »
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) continues their crusade against garbage dumping in public places. In a recent drive staffers of Cream Corner, Ramdaspeth, Central Bazaar road were caught by the squads of health department throwing garbage on the road and were slapped a fine of Rs 10,000. Apart from Cream Corner, action was also taken against [...] Continue Reading »
In a recent development, Crime Investigation Department (CID), has been approached to probe allegations of corruption against the city’s municipal corporation in allotment of garbage-collection contracts to private parties. Around 75 per cent of the garbage is being cleared by private contractors, the remaining by municipality employees. As per the allegation, made during the ongoing [...] Continue Reading »
The tussle between public and private authority has pushed back development in Gurgaon. Almost the entire area of ward 34 comes under private developer DLF in New Gurgaon. Due to this, the authority of the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) in the area remains constrained. The councilor of the area has also been in a [...] Continue Reading »
Bandipora, a north Kashmir town has been turned into a garbage dump with heaps of garbage present on the roadside in many wards including the main market. Locals said that traders and municipality employees dump garbage and as a result foul smell emanates from the garbage which makes movement of pedestrians difficult. Residents of ward [...] Continue Reading »
The builders, developing the mega city in Chennai are struggling to prevent the burglary of construction material from the work site. As a result, the builders are not showing interest to participate in the technical bid for the township projects by the Chennai Corporation. According to corporation officials, small contractors are spreading rumors of possible [...] Continue Reading »
