The development comes amid growing complaints from residents in several parts of the city over irregular garbage collection and poor sanitation Gurgaon: MCG on Tuesday issued a show-cause notice to a private sanitation contractor and imposed a penalty of over Rs 5.3 lakh after inspections found the agency failed to deploy the required number of…
Patna: Reaching Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH), one of Asia’s largest govt medical institutions, has itself become an ordeal for patients seeking treatment. Outside the hospital’s old Ashok Rajpath gate — still the main access point for most visitors despite the opening of a new gate on the Marine Drive side — roads are riddled…
Recent rains have turned roads dug up for sewerage and repair works into slushy stretches, making commuting difficult and hazardous for motorists, pedestrians and schoolchildren in Mohali Mohali: The municipal corporation’s decision to undertake road excavation and sewerage repair works on the eve of the monsoon has left residents across Mohali grappling with muddy roads,…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday called on youth and women self-help groups to take up the mantle of being ambassadors for a clean Goa and a green Goa.Sawant said that the state spends crores to maintain trees, shrubs and saplings planted along the highways. He also said that exorbitant funds are paid to…
– A growing crackdown on undocumented foreign workers is drawing attention to the informal labour networks that supply workers for some of the city’s least desirable and most hazardous jobs..____________________Picture by TOI Gurgaon: Before the city wakes up, they are already at work — hauling bricks, climbing scaffolding, sorting garbage, clearing waste. In Gurgaon’s vast…
“The city has not expanded. Waste generation has not doubled,” a councillor said Gurgaon: In a span of just a few months, MCG has proposed spending nearly Rs 45 crore on two routine sanitation activities, including road sweeping and door-to-door garbage collection, with both witnessing extraordinary cost escalations. While sweeping costs have jumped 66%, the…
Chennai: Sandwiched between GCC and Tambaram corporation limits, Medavakkam’s population has grown from 40,312 in 2016 to 94,665 in 2026. The village panchayat has emerged as one of the most sought-after residential destinations, thanks to its proximity to OMR, Velachery, Pallavaram and Tambaram. No wonder, the per square feet rate for a residential apartment has…
A pothole-riddled and muddy stretch in Snehitha Hills Hyderabad: Thousands of residents in Snehitha Hills, Peeramcheru of Ranga Reddy district, despite its proximity to the Telangana State Police Academy, are struggling with a range of unresolved civic and infrastructure issues that have left them frustrated.The locality, which houses several apartments and independent houses, is facing…
Residents across several housing societies in Pimpri Chinchwad have raised a red flag against the civic body’s decision to levy property tax on amenity spaces Pune: Residents of several housing societies in Pimpri Chinchwad have raised objections to the civic body’s decision to levy property tax on amenity spaces within residential complexes, arguing that the…
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