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Narasimharajapura will be soon a Town Municipality’

Saturday, 01 August 2009 11:29 administrator
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Deccan Herald 01.08.2009

‘Narasimharajapura will be soon a Town Municipality’

N R Pura,DH News Service:

The N R Pura Town Panchayat will be upgraded into Town Municipality soon in the backdrop of a circular by the government.
 

Earlier, Town Panchayats were upgraded into Town Municipalities only when the population exceeded 20,000. However, the government has changed the criteria and decided to upgrade all Town Panchayats located at taluk headquarters. If N R Pura was upgraded into Town Municipality, 6,367 population comprising 1,620 families in Hiluvalli, Indiranagar, Hale Cinemaraste, Suggappanamata, Housing Board Colony, Suragimata, Nagalapura, Janatha Colony, Yadadalu, Bastigadde, Menasuru, Bypass Road, Bagravani, Kamana Kodige, Malankar Church Road, Lingapur and BH Kaimara areas will be added to it. The annual sanction will be increased to Rs 3 crore from Rs 1 crore once it was upgraded.

Though infrastructure including underground drainage and roads will be developed after the upgradation, people are apprehensive about an increase in the revenue tariff.

All elected representatives will lose their power, when their respective gram panchayats were merged with the new municipality. Similarly, villagers will lose the opportunities to avail the benefits under the NREG Scheme. Meanwhile, sanctions from Centre will be increased considerably after the upgradation.

A proposal has already been sent to the government for the upgradation of Town Panchayat. The proposal will be published in the Karnataka Gazette and a decision will be taken by the government after verifying objections.

Town Panchayat President B S Ashish Kumar said that the town will be developed rapidly, if it was upgraded. Similarly, villages attached to the panchayat will also be developed, he added.

 

Pehelwans to add muscle to demolition drive

Friday, 31 July 2009 11:01 administrator
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Hindustan Times 31.07.2009

Pehelwans to add muscle to demolition drive

The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) is adding muscle to its operations. Soon, hefty six-feet tall bouncers will accompany MCG officials on encroachment removal drives.http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/images/pehelwan.jpg

The civic body recently floated a tender inviting bids from agencies that supply bouncers to bars and discotheques, looking for gutsy pehelwans (wrestlers).

The 20 bouncers should meet minimum norms in height (six ft), weight (75 kg) and chest size (36 inches).

These norms are stricter than those for Haryana Police recruits. The police seek jawans with a minimum of 5.8 feet height and a 33-inch chest size.

Shamsher Singh, whose company provides bouncers to pubs, said bouncers meeting the MCG’s specifications were available for Rs 500-1,000 for seven-hour shifts.

MCG commissioner RK Khullar said the manpower shortage in the Gurgaon police forced them to look elsewhere. “Encroachment removal drives get delayed due to non-availability of policemen. Most of our officials haven’t been provided gunmen. So, hiring bouncers makes sense,” Khullar said.

Gurgaon police commissioner SS Deswal admitted his department was short of about 1,200 personnel. “The strength of the police hasn’t kept pace with the rise in population and the growth of the city. Gurgaon has 3,810 personnel for 25 lakh people. This includes 300 traffic police personnel. There is just one policeman to protect 656 people.”

Compared to this Delhi has one policeman to protect 425 people.

 

GHMC decides to start construction of hall

Friday, 31 July 2009 07:13 administrator
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Deccan Chronicle - Hyderabad 31.07.2009

GHMC decides to start construction of hall

July 31st, 2009
By Our Correspondent

Hyderabad

July 30: In the wake of the AP High Court’s stay on GHMC polls, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has decided to speed up the construction of the new council hall.

The civic body has invited expression of interest from national and international agencies to execute the Rs 50 crore project envisaging the construction of a 12-storey complex on a three-acre site at Lower Tank Bund.

Though the construction of the new council hall will take at least two years, the officials said: “Sooner or later, a new council hall is required. We are going ahead with the project. If the elections are conducted earlier and new elected body comes into office, general body meetings will be conducted at an alternative location until the new building is constructed.”

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation was looking out for a hall to conduct general body meetings. Currently, the corporation does not have space to house the new MPs, MLCs, MLAs and corporators.

The existing council hall at the corporation head office has room for only 100 persons while the new elected body of GHMC after ensuing elections will comprise 150 corporators, 50 MLAs, MPs, MLCs and co-opted members, 100 officials, 100 mediapersons among others, all swelling up to 400.

 
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