Residents
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has received good response for the regularisation of water connections from residents after implementing a water amnesty scheme ‘Abhay Yojana’ to gain water tax dues from the citizens. The amnesty scheme will be implemented till November 30. Around 1,700 citizens have applied for installation of new water meters under Abhay [...] Continue Reading »
Due to Diwali lighting and decorations, the power consumption was supposed to go up but unfortunately power consumption has come down by around 35 percent. In last one month, before Diwali, power consumption was 8 million units per day but it has come down to about 10.5 MUs per day during Diwali day, said Torrent [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Patna gathered on roads at Kurji, Digha and Durja to protest against the pathetic condition of the ghats. Less than a week is left for the most popular Hindu festival and the district administration is not taking any action to clean the ghats for the pooja. It seems that the administration has no [...] Continue Reading »
The flat owners association and civil society organisations accused the builders’ lobby for inducing confusion among flat owners about payment of value added tax (VAT), through social advertisements. Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) has published advertisement about collection of VAT. As soon as the advertisement was out, the local builders sent [...] Continue Reading »
No road has been constructed in Hadibettu village from past 20 years. After repeated complaints to the authorities, the people out of frustration or resourcefulness, pooled in their own money and built the road. Around 75 families of Uppinakudru finally fulfilled their dream, when a newly-constructed road was inaugurated. The initiative was taken by locals [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore turned into a sprawling landfill with heaps of garbage across the city. Heaps of garbage were found in front of the Legislators’ Home in the vicinity of Vidhana Soudha. Bungalows of ministers, the residence of minister for Kannada and culture Govind Karajol also witnessed piled up thrash. Residents worry that even pourakarmikas kept silent [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi is making more and more space for people to live in by developing vertically, perhaps has not been considering the need for parking, walking and driving space. With multiple members staying in the same house and owning multiple vehicles is causing vehicular congestion on the colony roads. The colony roads are eternally clogged with [...] 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 »
A group of residents led by six ward councillors of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) held a protest at the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) office, demanding civic amenities in unauthorised colonies in the city. The councillors have demanded that MCG must provide basic amenities like water supply and sanitation in these colonies within [...] 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 »
