Pune: Rainwater harvesting systems in as many as 52 schools under Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) have been neglected amid water scarcity across the city, claim activists.They said such a condition of these systems undermined the efforts to promote groundwater recharge at a time when the city has been facing a water shortage.The systems were…
Nagpur: Barely weeks after the newly elected general body of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) passed the Rs 6,202.99 crore budget for 2026-27, a fresh circular issued by the civic secretariat has triggered a political controversy. The order directs departments not to release funds under the proposed budget without prior approval of the Standing Committee chairperson,…
The department issued a public statement on Monday night seeking cooperation from tax payers Pune: Operations at the property tax department of PMC have been disrupted after approximately 200 employees were deployed for the special voter list revision (SIR) drive.The mass deployment has left the department functioning with a skeleton staff. Currently, only three senior…
GCC officials transferred to smaller local bodies Chennai: The Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MAWS) department has promoted and posted 18 senior Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) officials as assistant commissioners in smaller urban local bodies across the state. They have been transferred as far as Nagercoil, Erode, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Madurai, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Salem, Tiruppur, Hosur,…
Chennai: Chennai police registered 38 cases and rounded up 77 persons during a week-long anti-narcotics crackdown conducted across the city between June 14 and June 20. The operation was carried out by the special teams headed by assistant commissioners and inspectors, under the supervision of deputy commissioners of police (DCP) across 12 police districts, intensified…
