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Reorganisation of urban mandals in offing

Thursday, 30 July 2009 04:27 administrator
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The Hindu 30.07.2009

Reorganisation of urban mandals in offing

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: Revenue Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao said the State government has decided to reorganise mandals in urban areas and appoint additional Joint Collectors in districts as part of steps to streamline Revenue administration.

He informed the Legislative Council during question hour on Wednesday that Collectors were given guidelines to carve out new mandals in urban areas on the basis of population. In municipalities with a population of more than one lakh, it was proposed to have one new urban mandal by bifurcating the rural and urban areas. It meant that the existing mandal became the rural mandal and a new urban mandal was created.

One new urban mandal would be created by bifurcating urban and rural areas in municipal corporations with population below three lakh. Two new urban mandals for each half of municipal corporation area would be created in municipal corporations with population between three and six lakh. One new urban mandal for every three lakh population would be created in municipal corporations like Greater Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada with population above six lakh, he added.

He maintained that the government felt the need to reorganise mandals in urban areas to ensure hassle free revenue services. The last two decades witnessed a heavy rural – urban shift of people which resulted in unequal distribution of workload in revenue offices. He felt no useful purpose would be served by increasing revenue divisions. It would only burden the government financially.

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 July 2009 04:33
 

Corporation facilities get ISO certification

Thursday, 30 July 2009 04:15 administrator
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The Hindu 30.07.2009

Corporation facilities get ISO certification

Staff Reporter

 

Electrical storeroom in Chintadripet, slaughterhouses in Villivakkam, Saidapet get the honour

Photo: S.Thanthoni

DISTINCTION: The Chennai Corporation Electrical Store in Chintadripet that has received the ISO certification. —

CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation’s electrical storeroom in Chintadripet and slaughterhouses in Villivakkam and Saidapet have received ISO 9001:2008 certification from The Guardian Independent Certification Limited, United Kingdom. Announcing this at a press conference here on Wednesday, Mayor M. Subramanian said that the management systems and operations at these facilities had been certified. This is the first time in the history of the Chennai Corporation that its facilities have received ISO certification.

The certificates have been issued on July 23, 2009 and will expire on July 22, 2012. The certificates would be valid for a period of three years.

Speaking to The Hindu, M. Muruganandam, Lead Auditor and Chief Executive Officer of Sri Panickar Management Consultants, which provided consultancy to the Corporation for the certification, said the processes had been improved and were up to the standards.

During the annual checks, the consultant firm would see how the systems are functioning. “We expect continuous improvement in the working. We would be looking for complaints from the public and any deviation in the scope of activity,” he said.

Mr. Subramanian told mediapersons that civil work on the slaughterhouse in Perambur, a Rs.60-crore project, would begin soon. Work on the design had been completed. On monsoon preparedness of the civic body, he said that a coordination meeting of all departments concerned would be convened soon. He said anti-mosquito operations such as fogging and spraying would be undertaken by the Health Department.

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 July 2009 04:17
 

Corporation bans posters, graffiti on bridges, subways

Wednesday, 29 July 2009 13:06 administrator
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Times of India 29.07.2009

Corporation bans posters, graffiti on bridges, subways

TNN 29 July 2009, 05:31am IST

CHENNAI: After hoardings, it is the turn of posters and graffiti now. Effective August 1, the city corporation has banned the sticking of posters and scrawling of graffiti on the walls of 250 bridges and subways in Chennai. The ban will be enforced by the the highways department.

According to a release, the decision was taken as part of the Chennai beautification project of the Tamil Nadu Government. The sticking of posters and graffiti writing is banned on 23 bridges over the Buckingham Canal, including the Manali, Adams, Chepauk, Elliots Salai, Greenways Road, Kamarajar Road and Lattice bridges; on 11 over the Cooum; five over the Adyar river; 18 over the Otteri nullah; four over the Captain Cotton canal; 14 over the Mambalam canal, six over the Nungambakkam canal, 11 over the Kodungayur canal; 23 over the Virugambakkam canal; 11 over the Trustpuram canal; and 26 other bridges.

The ban will also extend to eight bridges over railway junctions, 13 subways at railway junctions, six pedestrian subways, two road bridges, 30 foot-over bridges and 12 flyovers.
 
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