Ranchi, Jan. 29: Get prepared to pay an extra buck for quenching your thirst with running tap water.. The drinking water and sanitation department has asked the urban development department to revise water supply taxes — recommending a 40 per cent hike — to recover cost of maintenance of pipelines and other operations. Sources said that the water taxes were last revised in 2006.

Kaithal: Despite the SC directions issued following a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), the solid waste management project had been hanging fire for the past one decade. The SC had directed the state government to set up plants in 12 towns, including Kaithal, to treat “solid waste”. The apathy and prevailing red tapism in various government offices had delayed this project, which could provide much relief to the public as residents of dozens of residential colonies have to live in sub-human conditions due to scattered garbage and prevailing polluted atmosphere.

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's proposal to hike parking charges as a step towards further reform. Stating that the city needs high parking charges to control traffic chaos and dampen parking demand and car usage and that the higher revenue from increased parking charges should be reinvested to improve public transport, CSE noted that parking crisis and traffic congestion are the result of growing dependence on cars and availability of cheap and free parking.

The first fully automated, multi-level car parking facility, which has a capacity for 824 cars, was inaugurated on Thursday in Sarojini Nagar market.
The facility was inaugurated by Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Union Sports Minister and area MP Ajay Maken.

Developed at a cost of Rs 80 crore, the ‘South Square’ parking complex has been developed under public-private partnership between New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and real estate developer DLF Limited.

Delhi is all set to get its first fully automatic multi-level car parking lot, with Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath slated to inaugurate the facility at Sarojini Nagar Market on Thursday. Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit will be present at the opening.
Developed by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) under public-private partnership with real estate developers DLF Limited for a concession period of 30 years, parking arrangements will be made through “zero human intervention” after the driver leaves his car at the basement level.

Agartala, Nov. 2: The Union department of disaster management has raised the hackles of the Tripura government by warning about possible earthquakes and their likely disastrous effects on the state.
What has become a source of major concern is that North Tripura and Dhalai districts have been identified as “most vulnerable” to earthquakes.

BHAWANIPATNA: Sanitation in urban pockets of Bhawanipatna is dismal owing to the lackadaisical attitude of the municipal authorities. This situation continues despite dengue assuming alarming proportions in some parts of the State.

The multi-level parking lot at Sarojini Nagar Market, which was supposed to open last month, is still waiting to be inaugurated. The parking space, built at an approximate cost of Rs 80 crore, is waiting for approvals from various departments, said New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) officials.

It is yet to get a go-ahead from the fire department and the Delhi Urban Arts Commission (DUAC).

In the Municipal Council budget, nothing was earmarked for slums. At that time, Executive Officer K K Jain reasoned that the slums were on Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) land for non-allocation of funds. Now, a special grant of Rs 70 lakh has been sanctioned by the state government for slums of Panchkula city.