After the commissioning of a series of flyovers permitting a signal-free drive from South Mumbai to the eastern suburbs, the state government is now working on a plan to provide respite from traffic snarls along the arterial roads in the western suburbs.
Under the ambitious slum rehabilitation scheme of the state government, 43,000 slum dwellers will be handed over flats within the next four years in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. Allegations of corruption and mismanagement have been raised against the slum rehabilitation authority (SRA), mainly regarding the delay in handing over the flats.
After five persons died of malaria this month, corporators pulled up the Brihhanmumbai Municipal Corporation for lack of action to prevent the rise in malaria cases.
AHMEDABAD: Every drop of water you use at home or office will be monitored and charged. For many Amdavadis though this will be a small price to pay, for round the clock water supply.
The countdown for 24x7 water supply in the city has begun.
New Delhi:A day after the monsoon hit the city and complaints of waterlogging poured in from different areas, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has woken up to the menace. The civic agency is planning to order 13 new super sucker machines used for cleaning drains, a demand pending for a long time.
The GHMC on Tuesday gave up its insistence of banning all plastic carry bags and settled to prohibit bags that are thinner than 40 microns from July 1, in line with the Central government directions. To make it easy for customers to make out the difference, GHMC is in talks with manufacturers to print the thickness on the bags.
Of the 28.5 crore diabetics in the world, 5.1 crore are in India
India is faced with the triple burden of persistent communicable diseases, new and emerging infections, and increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Tuesday at the Delhi Secretariat launching a new Campaign for Screening of Hypertension and Diabetes in Urban
Monsoon rain continued to lash most parts of North India on Tuesday even as 14 people were killed due to rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh and the hill State of Uttarakhand.
At least 12 persons, including women and children, were killed in rain-related incidents as heavy to moderate rain lashed Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours, officials said.
Now, Mosquito Breeding Checkers Threaten To Go On Strike From July 1
New Delhi: Mosquitoes seem to have stolen a march on the rains this year. Even before the monsoon set in on Sunday, the city had recorded five cases of dengue and 21 of malaria.
