New Delhi: A big challenge for the state health department during Commonwealth Games 2010 will be to ensure there is no outbreak of an epidemic of dengue and other vector-borne diseases. Instead of drawing up a combined action plan, the Delhi government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) are busy in a blame game.
LUCKNOW: Planning to drive your dream car in the heart of the city? Hold on. For, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) is planning to put brakes into your dream drive by increasing the parking cost. And that too on an hourly basis.
MUMBAI: Rains may have come to the catchment areas of lakes, but that has not come as any relief to Mumbai's five-star hotels. The BMC has curtailed supply to as many as 23 hotels across the city, including Oberoi, Taj and J W Marriott. Water supply has been curtailed to 21 mineral water companies.
Show me the money: the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) seems to have perfectly blended this saying into their always-wishful nature. After making hue and cry over the reduction of funds, related to infrastructure development works, the civic body has now demanded release of extra funds to the tune of Rs 50 crore from Delhi Government to make the Capital green before Games.
After a successful pilot project at Simon Bolivar Marg, the New Delhi Municipal Council will replace the existing streetlights on 67 city roads with new, energy-efficient lights.
The MCD has demanded the Delhi government to immediately release Rs 50 crores needed for beautification of the city for the Commonwealth Games 2010. The civic body plans to plant at leas 10 lakh trees and shrubs as well as spruce up its parks.
Mumbai: As rains lashed the city, the metropolis is all set to face the highest tide of the season which will hit its shores today.
The meteorological department had allayed fears of large scale flooding due to rains and said that it was unlikely very heavy rains would be experienced during the high tide period.
State health and civic officials have found the incidence of malaria, particularly the malignant variant, has increased in the city compared with last year, despite anti-mosquito drives by the civic body.
The officials suspect patient resistance to the drug chloroquine is the main reason for the spurt in malaria cases.
New Delhi: After much fanfare and consultation with pundits, the auspicious time of 1pm was chosen to start the mammoth task of door-to-door segregation of garbage in the city. But despite seeking divine intervention, the scheme which kicked off from Shalimar Bagh and Model Town on Monday ended without any segregation taking place.
