Water
Kochi is one of the cities which the Government has decided to develop into a smart city among the 22 other cities on its project list. Smart City Kochi, as it has been termed announced its recent clearance from the environment board and is now on track to complete infrastructural development and aims to complete [...] Continue Reading »
In a recent statement made in the Karnataka State Secretariat, Vinay Kumar Sorake – Karnataka’s Minister for Urban Development – said that the State would prefer to develop or upgrade existing towns and cities as ‘smart cities’ instead of creating new greenfield cities. With the Union Government not having laid down any guidelines or formula [...] Continue Reading »
Within the next two months, Noida authority will upgrade the two sewage treatment plants (STPs) located in Sector 50 and 54. The authority wants to make Noida a ‘zero discharge city’, so it has decided to upgrade the technology to the sequential batch reactor (SBR) technology. This new technology will make sure that better quality [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- A Ravindra, the chief advisor of Karnataka Chief Minister, stressed on the need for a water regulatory authority which would fix tariff for water consumption, as there has not been any water tariff revisions made in the city for years. Athena Infonomics, a research based consultancy firm, and the British High Commission along with [...] Continue Reading »
It is demanded that the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) should reduce water tax from the people who do not have NMC water connection or else NMC will have to face protest, said ex-corporator and NCP leader, Vedprakash Arya. Currently NMC charges 40% of tax from general tax payers. 15 % of waster tax was being [...] Continue Reading »
Canal water will be provided to the residents of Rajendra Park Colony in Gurgaon after the boosting station for the supply facility in Rajendra Park inaugurated by the Haryana Sports Minister Sukhbir Singh Kataria. This boosting station was constructed at a cost of about Rs 12.33 crore and the foundation being laid by Haryana Chief Minister [...] Continue Reading »
In a recent meeting held, the Supreme Court said that the common man felt cheated as the authorities only demolish illegal slums of the poor and not the illegal constructions by the rich. A bench of Justices said that the illegal constructions by the affluent destroyed the concept of planned development and also it affects [...] Continue Reading »
The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has gone hi-tech with SMS services. The citizens can now get notifications about water, sewerage bills and house tax on their cell phones. The authority would send texts to the registered cellphone numbers of its consumers informing them of the due dates and even receipts. The civic body is preparing an [...] Continue Reading »
Developers in Noida Extension have sent a letter to the Greater Noida Authority to clear the relief being offered to them buyers can be benefitted and home sales start soon. Loan processing by banks is expected to start soon so that buyers can avail funds to buy homes. Meanwhile, Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association [...] Continue Reading »
Around 900 flat-owners of Indra Puram Colony on the outskirts of Jalandhar are facing a tragical irony as even after paying the last installment before three years, they cannot move into the flats as basic amenities such as electricity, water and sewerage connections are missing. The flat owners paid the full amount to the Jalandhar [...] Continue Reading »
