Surat Municipal Corporation
In Surat, the ambitious Rs 143-crore project involving the construction of the 918 m-long cable-stayed bridge over river Tapi has been shrouded with uncertainty for the last nearly one year now. The construction of the cable-stayed bridge – which connects Athwalines to Pal – was scheduled for completion in May 2013. But, even after a [...] Continue Reading »
Surat real estate market is on upward direction after an 18-month lull, as lots of demands for housing projects are being witnessed at Katargam and Varachh. A famous developer has earlier got very few buyers for flats in his scheme. But now the situation is going to change as the real estate market conditions are [...] Continue Reading »
In the phase of recession in real estate sector, the surat city developers have not stopped developing new residential buildings. In this financial year the civic body approved 680 plans of new construction which is double than approved in three year ago. In the year 2010-11 Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) Town planning (TP) department had [...] Continue Reading »
Surat: Three new projects have been sanctioned for Surat under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in order to provide better basic amenities to the residents of the city. The projects that the Surat municipal corporation (SMC) has been given the approval include a 50 million litres per day (MLD) water treatment plant [...] Continue Reading »
Surat – As the financial year is approaching, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has pulled up their socks to collect pending pending property tax. The target for SMC for current financial year is Rs 485 crore. So far the civic body has recovered tax and capital expenditure works of worth Rs 324 crore and this [...] Continue Reading »
The Gujarat State government has approved the Town Planning Scheme for Surat. The Surat Municipal Corporation had sent various Town Planning Schemes for approval to Gujarat Government and suddenly 12 of them got final approval from Gujarat Government. Town Planning Schemes are made to organize the city development and ensure bigger roads and lots of [...] Continue Reading »
Inspite of commuters lodging several complaints, Surat Municipal Corporation had least bothered to remove the dividers on the main roads. Not only this, however the bumpy roads are tarred, trees on the pavements are trimmed, roads are neat and clean. One will not get to see even a garbage dump on the city main roads. [...] Continue Reading »
Many of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) officials have resigned as the property tax drive is on high alert. They seem to have been listed under flouting norms in concern with the proper tax payment. The traces have been working on a flow to check on the city municipal officials and according to a recent [...] Continue Reading »
Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has been receiving complaints in a pile with the increasing chaos created with water supply all over the city. The residents of Surat are getting low pressure of water supply and some days to their surprise the water supply is stopped completely. With the on going pressure put up on the [...] Continue Reading »
The developers in Surat have adhered to the regulations passed by the Union environment ministry. However to Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) dismay that many have been found not to have neither applied for the No Objection Certificate (NOC) nor have fulfilled the provisions of green open area in their projects, reported saying Anil Pate the head of Surat [...] Continue Reading »
