The work on improving the drainage and sewerage systems in Kolkata may cost around Rs 20,000 crore, though in phases, according to Mr Alapan Bandopadhyay, Commissioner, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).
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Addressing an interactive session, organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Thursday held a meeting of all its councillors and health officers to discuss steps to be taken in order to check the dengue menace this season.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will now work for climate change in the Capital.
MCD mayor Kanwar Sain today said that the corporation will have funds earmarked for mitigating the effects of climate change.
He made the announcement after attending the C-40 Large Cities Climate Summit held at Seoul in South Korea where he had gone to attend a conference on climate change.
KOLKATA, 27 May: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to construct dwelling units for slum dwellers who have been rendered homeless in the aftermath of cyclone Aila that hit the city on Monday.
LUCKNOW: The state government has directed the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), UP Housing Board, Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) and the estate department to take up an intensive afforestation drive in the city before the onset of the monsoon.
Cyclone Aila has forced the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) to draw up new safety norms for billboards, which include a ban on sheet metal hoardings.
Over 1,000 billboards were destroyed by the wind and found hanging precariously from buildings and gantries across the city.
The sheet metal roofs of several bus shelters were also blown off.
Lucknow Development Authority, Lucknow Municipal Corporation and Housing Board have decided to give a facelift to more than 300 parks lying in a shambles across the city.
An amount of Rs 20.43 crore has been earmarked for the purpose and plantation will be undertaken on a large scale during the rainy season.
This monsoon may not see the otherwise common view of choked and overflowing drains in Delhi. With the rainy season close to hitting the Capital, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is speeding up the de-silting of drains. Going by the information given by the Corporation, 98 per cent of the de-silting work is over.
MUMBAI: Corporators on Monday served a vital blow to Mumbai's chances to close the 127-hectare dumping ground at Deonar and converting it into a green belt.
MUMBAI: Water-starved residents of Mira Road and Bhayander may have to wait for another two years before they get adequate water supply. Keeping the assembly elections in mind, the state h.TIMy agreed to set aside 200 mld water every day from the Surya dam for the Mira-Bhayander region.
