NCP corporator held in NMMC contract scam
Friday, 14 August 2009 08:35
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The Times of India - Mumbai 14.08.2009 NCP corporator held in NMMC contract scamVijay Singh, TNN 14 August 2009, 01:26am IST NAVI MUMBAI: NCP corporator M K Madhvi was finally arrested by the CBD police in Belapur on Thursday for his alleged role in the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) scam.
The police were looking for Madhvi for over a month in the case in which NMMC had been overcharged by a private contractor, H B Bhise, over a period of three years by forging and inflating bills for his services in various demolition works.
Before Madhvi's arrest, a total of six persons were arrested in the case, including Bhise and an NMMC clerk, Rajesh Patil.
Deputy commissioner of police (zone 1), Pratap Dighavkar, said: "We have incriminating documents that link financial bank transactions and transfers from Bhise to Madhvi. We have also sealed 12 accounts of Madhvi who will be in police custody till August 18.
The DCP added that the police have also asked the municipal commissioner to give them all previous audit reports and also a list of duties and responsibilities of all NMMC officials.
"We are trying to find out if there was any dereliction of duty on part of any NMMC official in connection with this scam,'' said DCP Dighavkar.
Madhvi had earlier applied for anticipatory bail from the Thane sessions court, and later Bombay high court; but it was rejected by both courts, leading to his eventual arrest.
GHMC chief sets 45-day deadline
Tuesday, 11 August 2009 12:40
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The New Indian Express 11.08.2009 GHMC chief sets 45-day deadline HYDERABAD: GHMC Commissioner SP Singh has directed Town Planning officials to speed up the disposal of BPS applications and called for an action plan to complete the entire process within 45 days. While reviewing the status of disposal of BPS applications, he said out of the 2,04,320 applications received, only 17,870 (8.75 percent) had been cleared so far and the remaining were in various stages of processing. Expressing unhappiness over this state of affairs, the commissioner asked the additional commissioner and chief city planner (CCP) to visit various GHMC circles to personally monitor the process. He also asked the deputy municipal commissioners to convene BRS melas, if needed, for the convenience of the public and asked officials to set up help desks in circle offices. If required, all the officials in the tax and engineering sections, besides town planning, should be utilised to counsel the public on BPL cases. The commissioner advised officials to collect the BPS fee in a crossed bank demand draft taken in the name of the Commissioner & Special Officer, GHMC. Announcing that he would review the disposal of BPS applications every Saturday, he asked the Deputy Municipal Commissioners to form inspection teams and visit housing colonies in their respective areas and guide the public on obtaining the certificate from licensed structural engineers. Chief City Planner Purushotham Reddy has told all the DMCs that while acknowledging the receipt of BPS applications, the date of disposal be intimated to the applicants so they can come to office and collect copies of the final certificate on the day mentioned.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 August 2009 12:41
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GHMC takes up work on Chaderghat bridge
Monday, 10 August 2009 05:05
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The Hindu - Andhra Pradesh 10.08.2009 GHMC takes up work on Chaderghat bridge Staff Reporter Hyderabad: The long-pending works pertaining to expansion of a part of Chaderghat bridge have been finally taken up by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. The expansion works are being taken up towards the Koti side of the bridge where the triangular shaped extension will serve as a free left turn for motorists intending to go towards Jaambagh, Moazamjahi Market and Nampally. “The project is being taken up at a cost of Rs. 65 lakh and is slated to be completed in October, ensuring some relief to motorists,” said P. Panduranga Rao, Engineer-in-chief, GHMC. The extended part of the bridge will branch out 25 metres parallel to the bridge and the bund and will join the Chaderghat-Putli Bowli main road, allowing motorists to take the left turn easily, he said. With huge volumes of traffic crossing over the Musi river and moving towards Koti and Nampally, the expansion of the bridge will bring the much needed respite for motorists coming from areas such as Dilsukhnagar, L.B. Nagar, Chanchalguda and Malakpet to name a few.
Last Updated on Monday, 10 August 2009 05:38
GIS to be used in polls: Health Minister
Saturday, 01 August 2009 10:56
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The New Indian Express - Hyderabad 01.08.2009GIS to be used in polls: Health Minister  Minister for Health and Family Planning Danam Nagender launches a brochure of the GEMSIGNOU community college on Friday. Also seen is IGNOU professor,The Minister added that GIS would also be used for constituency mapping and development work. Although he didn’t specify exactly how the government planned to use the new tool for municipal elections he did say, “This field has good applications and the youth will find jobs after training in GIS. Five to 10,000 people will be needed to operate GIS applications in the coming years”. He was speaking at the occasion of the launch of the GEMS-IGNOU community college. Community colleges are an alternative system of education where the needs of the community are taken into consideration before framing the curriculum. For instance, a community college in Allapuzha in Kerala specialises in coir weaving. Geographical Information Systems create databases of knowledge in fields as diverse as agriculture, soil sciences and field surveys which can be used in planning and decision-making. The GeoMap Society, a Hyderabadbased organisation that specialises in GIS has teamed up with the Indira Gandhi National Open University to offer courses in GIS at two centres: one in Somajiguda and the other in Giraipalli village in Medak. Latha Pillai, Pro Vice- Chancellor of IGNOU, who was present at the launch said, “We want to combine the your expertise with our academic excellence and offer rural youth training so that they can join the mainstream right away”. Though community colleges are a well recognised form of education abroad they have just been launched in India. IGNOU identified 100 such organisations across India and tied up with them. The tie-up provides these private institutes academic support in the form of certification, examination support, grading etc. The community college scheme was launched on July 4 in New Delhi. According to Major Shiva Kiran, Principal of the GEMS-IGNOU community college, GIS is a computer-based tool that creates a multi disciplinary database. “It can be used in diverse fields like agriculture, geology, mapping and more to store information that can be used by the government when it wants to,” he said.
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