The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will soon employ mechanical sweepers for Delhi roads, a job that is being done manually at present. All roads measuring 60 feet and above will be cleaned using such sweepers.
MUMBAI: Senior Congress leader Baba Siddique on Tuesday urged chief minister Prithviraj Chavan to set up a high-level special investigation team to probe into a Rs 10,000 crore municipal solid waste scam involving politicians and civic officials.
The Education Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has urged the Delhi government to renew its efforts for providing clean drinking water to MCD schools, 35 of which have no water supply at present.
*MC yet to recover Rs 7 cr from villages and colonies; Rs 5 cr from govt depts. The Municipal Corporation (MC) is yet to recover pending water bills amounting to around Rs 12 crore.
BHUBANESWAR: In what could be called a rare honour for the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), the urban local body has been chosen for the prestigious UN Sasakawa Award 2011 for disaster risk reduction initiatives.
Mayor Ananat Narayan Jena, who received the communication from the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) Secretariat, said the BMC was selected by the UN Sasa
Cabinet approves blanket ban on sale, storage and usage
The Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved a blanket ban on manufacture, sale, storage and usage of plastic bags under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, New Delhi Municipal Council and Delhi Police would be instructed to strictly enforce the ban.
Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) today scrapped the master plan of 1983, on the basis of which the present anti-encroachment drive is being carried out in the capital, and sent the same for ratification by the urban development department, even as bulldozers remained silent through the day as protesters hit the streets in support of the displaced.
