Chandigarh: Moving a step forward in the proposal to run 100 AC and non-AC buses in the city, the UT Administration has awarded the contract for the project to Tata Motors. Confirming this, Secretary (Transport) Ram Niwas said:
KOLKATA, March 30: Unable to complete its slum development projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme on time, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) now faces a cost escalation of around Rs 80 crore. This amount will be borne by the civic body.
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has asked the BMC to furnish a list of 28 trees that are to be hacked for the Nepean Sea road widening project.
A division bench of Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice Dhananjay Chandrachud have also asked the corporation to submit a list of the 46 trees that have gone "missing'' from the road over the last few years.
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will receive Rs20 crore in lieu of carbon credit from the Asian Development Bank.
The BMC earned its carbon credit from the Gorai dumping ground, which becomes the first garbage dump in the country to earn 'carbon credits'. The BMC sold it to recover the money it spent on closing the dumping site.
MUMBAI: While the BMC plans to transplant 73 trees on Nepean Sea Road, experts say only 21 trees will survive transplantation, that is, if proper
protocol is followed.
In recent reports, the BMC has said it will increase the number of trees transplanted from 57 to 73 along Nepean Sea Road, which is being widened.
Ranchi, March 24: The state capital is not only a dirty place to live in, it also lacks proper basic amenities. This has been revealed by a study conducted by a New Delhi-based NGO.
The Calcutta Municipal Corporation has finally decided to preserve water bodies after allowing more than 50,000 buildings to come up by filling up ponds.
