While the city faces 30% water cut after Diwali, a society in Prabhadevi is selling water from a ring well dug in its premises. Manoj Co-operative Housing Society in G (North) ward makes Rs10,000 a month by selling non-potable water to tankers.
Ahead of the Commonwealth Games, the Noida Authority officials are planning to clean up the streets and drains to give a completely fresh look to foreign visitors.
UPVAN LAKE: The TMC is busy working towards cleaning several lakes in the city, as part of its lake beautification project. One of the lakes selected as part of the project is Upvan Lake. As part of the cleaning work, the TMC plans to divert the waste water and drain water to the nearby nallah to free the lake of pollution.
Bhopal: The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has served notices to 174 houses and shops' owners whose houses were causing hindrance in construction of Bus Rapid Transport System (Corridor).
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has found a new road to prevent encroachments as it begins work of replacing the 12.3km water pipeline network between Maroshi and Ruparel College. An underground tunnel will be constructed to overcome the problem of inequitable distribution of water and cut down on leakages.
MUMBAI: Faced with an unprecedented water crisis, the BMC is considering different options to be able to sail smoothly next year. Not only has it cleaned and repaired its borewells and dug wells, but it will also set up filtration plants at those spots.
Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) authorities have locked horns with the forest department officials over the issue of garbage disposal.
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While forest department officials allege that the TMC has been dumping garbage on forest land, the municipal authorities maintain that nothing of the sort has been done.
MUMBAI: Four years after the BMC conducted a survey to assess the number of people who live below the below poverty line (BPL), the list is still not out. As a consequence, over 12 lakh families in the city who claimed to be in the category, have been left without the possibility of availing of the facilities provided by the government.
MUMBAI: This time, the monsoon came late and was not even adequate, but the number of trees it managed to uproot touched almost 1,500, more than double the figure last year. The total count of trees that fell this year is almost (more than three months are still left of 2009) equal to the city toll in the last two years.
