Sitaram Kunte
Mr. Sitaram Kunte, municipal commissioner, of the BMC has given time till 10 April to issue the notices for structural tests to over 18,000 buildings that are more than 30 years old. It is compulsory for the societies to organize a non destructive test before the submission of the structural audit report to the BMC. [...] Continue Reading »
A latest order by BMC spell trouble for the Breach Candy tower built on a one-acre plot by the Singhanias of Raymond. A report prepared by municipal commissioner Sitaram Kunte says that the so much concession approved to the developers is responsible for huge construction. The report also says that the construction area is more [...] Continue Reading »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will penalise unauthorized constructions or extensions at twice the property tax levied on the entire illegal area. An amendment was made in April 2010, to section 152(a) of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 to accommodate the new structure for calculation of property tax. The announcement was made by Municipal [...] Continue Reading »
The BMC said that due to lack of technical issues many civic projects are lying incomplete, so they decided to form a technical advisory committees (TAC) for most of its departments. Sitaram Kunte, Bhrihanmumbai Minicipal Corporation chief had decided to form such committees for education, water, sewage and solid waste management departments. These types of [...] 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 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to disallow fixed glass sheets on facades. The decision has come on the wake of last week’s blaze at a commercial building in the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), where the firemen found it difficult to access the affected portion from outside in case of buildings with fixed glass facades. [...] Continue Reading »
The BMC has made an attempt for the betterment of senior citizens, by framing a special policy which will be executed from October 1, observed as International Day for Senior Citizens. A new committee for the welfare of senior citizens will be formed. The Federation of Senior Citizens Organisations, Maharashtra (FESCOM) has presented a proposal [...] Continue Reading »
