The civic authorities on Tuesday deferred the planned two-day drive to free the city markets of banned plastic bags under pressure from traders.
The Calcutta Municipal Corporation had declared last week that officials would visit markets on Tuesday and Wednesday and slap fines on traders and customers found using plastic bags thinner than 40 microns.
Jammu : Deputy chairman of the Legislative Council, Arvinder Singh Micky has asked the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) to strictly enforce ban on polythene in the city and involve the public in creating a mass movement against the use of polythene.
Chairing a meeting of the Jammu Development Authority (JDA), JMC and
LUCKNOW: As part of celebrations on completion of Dinesh Sharma's three years as mayor of Lucknow, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) organised a cleanliness drive on Sunday.
Cyclone Phyan may have spared the city, but the downpour it caused didn't. The unexpected showers have made the civic health authorities worried about a fresh spurt in cases of malaria, which, they say, is now bound to rear its head in the city again.
Officials in charge of ongoing construction work at the Commonwealth Games Village have been fined by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi after civic agency officials found mosquitoes breeding at the site.
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to integrate its pulse polio campaign with the drive against malaria. This integrated approach will materialise from November 9 to 15. A working plan has been prepared for the health ambassadors, BMC's health officials, to visit 33 lakh households in the next 15 days. They have been trained at Nair Hospital.
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With its new, more comprehensive solid waste management plan in place, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has said it will generate 28 mega watts (MW) of power from treated solid waste.
New Delhi: Refusing to take responsibility for the rise of dengue cases in the city, Municipal Corporation of Delhi blamed the situation on work related to Commonwealth Games and resistance to fogging by Delhiites.
