Nagpur: After years of recurring monsoon waterlogging and three consecutive years of flash floods across several parts of the city, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has launched an ambitious exercise to overhaul Nagpur’s stormwater drainage network. Municipal commissioner Vipin Itankar has entrusted chief engineer Leena Upadhey with preparing a stage-wise Storm Water Drainage Master Plan…
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Tuesday came down heavily on the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) over recurring waterlogging across the city, questioning the purpose of collecting taxes if basic civic services continue to fail.“If citizens pay taxes for civic amenities but, in return, have to endure damaged roads, waterlogged streets and…
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Monday pulled up Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) over delay in acting against alleged unauthorised constructions in Shankar Nagar-Bajaj Nagar area, asking why civic bulldozers reach encroachments within 24 hours in other cases but have remained idle here despite legal hurdles having been cleared.The oral observation came…
Nagpur: Empty liquor bottles, used glass tumblers, food wrappers and piles of garbage were found strewn across the sixth floor of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) headquarters on Monday, exposing serious lapses in security and administrative discipline inside one of the city’s key govt buildings.The sixth floor houses several key civic departments, including the garden department,…
Nagpur: Leader of opposition in Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), Sanjay Mahakalkar, on Monday alleged that chairpersons of various special committees were misusing their positions by repeatedly summoning departmental officers, adversely affecting civic administration and delaying public works.In a letter addressed to municipal commissioner Vipin Itankar, Mahakalkar claimed that committee chairpersons were convening frequent review meetings…
Nagpur: Barely weeks after the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) claimed to have repaired hundreds of potholes across city, several of those restored stretches have already deteriorated, with potholes reappearing and exposing what motorists describe as poor-quality restoration work.A preliminary survey by NMC across its 10 zones identified 1,282 potholes covering 12,398.20sqm of damaged road surface,…
Clogged drain near Binzani College Nagpur: Unabated garbage dumping has choked a roadside drain near Shree Binzani City College in Reshimbagh, increasing the risk of flooding during the monsoon and raising fears of a disease outbreak.A TOI visit found heaps of mixed waste, including household refuse, plastic and other non-biodegradable material, strewn along the drain.Residents…
Manish Nagar underpass flooded Nagpur: Failure of the dewatering system triggered flooding at the Manish Nagar underpasses during the July 28 cloudburst-like downpour, a post-flood review by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has indicated.Sources said rainwater entered the electrical installations, disrupting power supply and crippling the dewatering system. As water accumulated rapidly in both the old…
Nagpur: While the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) assured Nagpur bench of Bombay high court that contractors have been directed to secure excavated stretches and provide safe pedestrian passages, the ground reality at the busy Gokulpeth market tells a starkly different story.Large portions of Gokulpeth market road remained dug up on Saturday, forcing residents, traders and…
Nagpur: Days after donning a sanitation worker’s uniform to stage a protest outside the Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s special general body meeting, Congress corporator Shailesh Pande on Saturday felicitated sanitation workers from Prabhag 11, urging them to help make the ward the cleanest among the city’s 38 prabhags.The programme was organised by the Congress Block Committee…
