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Varachha flyover set to generate gardens, income
Tuesday, 16 September 2014 09:51
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The Times of India 16.09.2014 Varachha flyover set to generate gardens, income SURAT:
Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) doesn't have a pay and park facility
under the city's longest flyover. This, when the civic body earns Rs 4
crore annually from its 28 parking set-ups, a majority of which are
under the bridges. The SMC officials are unable to explain this
dichotomy and why it took them so long to realize the revenue potential
of the 2.5-km-long Shreenathji flyover at Varachha. "We have
been losing Rs 2 crore on an annual basis for not having a pay and park
facility under Shreenathji flyover. SMC has decided to develop the area
under the bridge on a public private participation (PPP) basis. The
private partner will operate and maintain the whole facility and
sponsors will be allowed to develop the underground area in a phase-wise
manner," a SMC officer said. A detailed plan has been worked
out for the beautification of Varachha flyover. It envisions development
of 77 gardens, 34 parking slots, 13 road crossings and a number of
fountains under the 100 spans of the bridge. "The work would be
outsourced and it will be the responsibility of the private partner to
collect parking fees and to keep the area free from encroachments," city
engineer Jatin Shah said. Former deputy mayor Kumar Kanani,
who is now BJP MLA from Varachha, said, "SMC should hand over the area
for development to a private party." The SMC plans to give the
contract for the beautification project to a private party at the
earliest. The private party would develop and maintain the project and
share the revenue with the SMC, sources said.
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NMMC to give some fire brigades Rs 1.5cr upgrade
Monday, 08 September 2014 10:44
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The Times of India 08.09.2014 NMMC to give some fire brigades Rs 1.5cr upgrade Navi
Mumbai: To minimize risks and ensure safety of its firefighters, the
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) will soon procure advanced fire
fighting equipment. During the civic general body meeting on
Saturday, administrative approval was sought to buy cooling vests, rope
launchers and portable self-oscillating monitor sets. The estimated cost
has been pegged at around Rs 1.54 crore. "Firemen risk their
lives while conducting rescue operations. There are regular innovations
made in ensuring safety of those dousing fire. Few of these gears are to
be procured for all the four fire stations and their staff," said chief
fire officer Vijay Rane. These are in addition to the demand
made by the department for adding to the fire proximity suit worn by
firefighters while attending calls. "The cooling vest is an
essential gear because it will enable firemen to handle soaring
temperatures. The rope launcher will be useful while rescuing a person
stuck in water and the portable self-oscillating monitor uses advanced
technology to douse fire and is ideal for unmanned operations," said a
source from the office.
EDMC gets 28 new garbage trucks
Monday, 08 September 2014 05:57
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The Hindu 08.09.2014
EDMC gets 28 new garbage trucks
A total of 28 new garbage collection trucks were added
to the East Delhi Municipal Corporation’s fleet on Saturday, with Mayor
Meenakshi flagging off the vehicles. The corporation also launched a
sanitation drive. The Mayor said the corporation
would focus on micro-level monitoring of overall cleanliness as well as
the timely collection of garbage. The EDMC is taking measures to arrest
the spread of water and vector-borne diseases. — Staff Reporter
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SMC to launch smart Surat pilot project in December
Wednesday, 27 August 2014 11:21
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The Times of India 27.08.2014 SMC to launch smart Surat pilot project in DecemberSURAT:
Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has decided to start a pilot project
by December 2014 for real time integration of basic infrastructural
sectors like water supply, sewerage, transportation and solid waste
management. This is a first step towards making Surat a smart city.
A workshop was held in the city on Tuesday in this regard. It was
attended by experts from technical institutes, agencies and SMC
officials. "We have got many suggestions from experts on how to
integrate and incorporate data into our core services so that they
become more efficient and effective," said Jatin Shah, city engineer,
SMC. The SMC has already given work for preparing a GIS-based application to Antriksh.
Vikram Patel, principal, SVBIT Engineering College, Gandhinagar, who is
an expert in structural engineering; Dr Hitesh Chinkanlwala, an expert
in data mining; Dr Ashish Jani, an expert in cell phone application;
Haren Shah, an expert in ICT and e?governance; Parth Shah, an expert in
ICT and embedded systems and Dr Priti Garg, professor and head of
department of public administration of Veer Narmad South Gujarat
University (VNSGU), were among those who attended the workshop.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 August 2014 11:22
Plan for one sewerage for Patna, Phulwari?
Wednesday, 27 August 2014 11:09
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The Times of India 27.08.2014 Plan for one sewerage for Patna, Phulwari?PATNA:
The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) along with Bihar Rajya Jal
Parshad has come up with an action plan to keep low-lying areas of the
city free from waterlogging. The state urban development
department had directed the civic body to prepare such a report so that
long term steps could be taken to rid these areas of waterlogging. The
topography of the city is saucer shaped, posing difficulty in flushing
out water from areas such as Sipara, Hind Nagar, IOC Colony, Ramkrishna
Nagar, Shivaji Chowk and Lalu Path besides Kankarbagh, Rajendra Nagar
and Kumrahr areas. At present the rainwater of east and central
Patna capital area is being drained out through Pahari and Nand Lal
Chhapra drain to Badshahi and Khanua drains. The Badshahi drain needs to
be widened and strengthened, says the report. Areas such as
Pakari, Dashratha, Etwarpur, Sipara, Dhalwan and Gopalpur, lying south
of bypass, suffer from acute waterlogging problem. Also unplanned
constructions without proper sewerage in these areas aggravated the
problem. These areas have since 2008 seen massive constructions which
eventually turned the sparsely populated areas into densely populated
ones. The report suggests the need of an integrated drainage network to
ensure proper drainage system in Patna civic body and Phulwarisharif
civic body areas. As for accumulation of rainwater in Jakkanpur
is concerned, accumulated water earlier used to flow into Mithapur's
agricultural fields. But now new institutions and constructions have
come up on the vacant land, due to which rainwater flows to low-lying
nearby areas such as Karbigahiya, Postal Park, Ashok Nagar etc. The
report suggests construction of a sump house north of NH 31 and a drain
along the railway line up to Badshahi drain to free these areas of
waterlogging.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 August 2014 11:12
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