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HC: digitise records of land, buildings of local bodies

Saturday, 02 March 2013 06:57 administrator
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The Hindu                       02.03.2013

HC: digitise records of land, buildings of local bodies

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The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the State government to preserve the documents related to the land and buildings to all local bodies and digitise them through scanning and indexing on the lines of revenue records.

Justice Huluvadi G. Ramesh issued the direction in this regard to V. Ponnuraj, Commissioner for Survey Settlement, to initiate necessary action after placing the matter before the State government.

The court said that that maintenance of comprehensive records, and rebuilding of records that were destroyed due to fire or mischief of the personnel or the department, would help the authorities to take timely action for augmenting the income of the respective local bodies by putting these properties for better use.

Yogeshwar’s cases

The High Court on Friday transferred four of the five criminal cases of forgery, cheating, etc., against the former Forest Minister C.P. Yogeshwar related to the dealings of his company Megacity (Bangalore) Developers and Builders Ltd. (MDBL) to a single court as these cases were fragmented in two courts. Now all cases registered under different sections of the Indian Penal Code would be transferred to the 1st Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) court from the 4th ACMM court.

Last Updated on Saturday, 02 March 2013 09:13
 

Surat Municipal Corporation's online redressal system fails to deliver

Saturday, 16 February 2013 11:04 administrator
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The Times of India                    16.02.2013

Surat Municipal Corporation's online redressal system fails to deliver

SURAT: If you are planning to use online complaint redressal system of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) to get your complaints on civic issues resolved, then think twice. It may happen that your complaint would go unheard.

The system launched one-and-a-half-years ago has turned out to be a complete failure. Most of the residents, who have used the system claim that they have received a standard reply that their query has been forwarded to the respective departments with the duration of compliance. Interestingly, the complaints are not dealt with in the given duration of compliance mentioned in the complaint status and the residents have no option but to wait for almost three to four months.

On December 27, a resident of Chowk Bazaar had written for construction of a speed-breaker on down-lane of Nehru Bridge to prevent accidents. The speed-breaker is yet to be built. Similarly, Hitesh Patel of Bhagnal had lodged a complaint for the installation of a street light in his residential society about three months ago. While the mail received by him said that the job was done, not a single street light has been installed. An official said, "Each and every complaint received online is sent to the executive engineers of the respective municipal zone for compliance within the stipulated time frame. However, it is the responsibility of the executive engineers to see that the complaints are taken care of."
Last Updated on Saturday, 16 February 2013 11:07
 

CCTV cameras at water treatment plants

Saturday, 16 February 2013 11:00 administrator
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The Times of India                     16.02.2013

CCTV cameras at water treatment plants

PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) will soon be installing CCTV cameras worth Rs 1.32 crore at the water treatment plants in sector 23 of Nigdi-Pradhikaran for better vigilance.

Sandesh Chavan, executive engineer, PCMC said, "The civic body draws raw water from the Pavana river at Ravet bund which is then pumped to the water treatment plants (WTP) located at Sector 23 in Nigdi-Pradhikaran. Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran had completed the construction of the 114 Million litres per day (MLD) water treatment plant here in 1986-87 and handed it over to PCMC. Later the civic body implemented three more phases of water supply scheme to meet the growing demand. The phase II and III water supply schemes have a capacity to treat 114 MLD water each. The fourth phase of water supply scheme has a capacity to treat 100 MLD water."

He said, "There are four water treatment plants at the site spread over an area of 36 acres. The civic body has deployed security guards at the WTP complex in Sector 23 for safety. But, still there is a danger of anti-social elements disrupting the functioning of these plants. Therefore, the civic body on the advice of the police has prepared plans to install high capacity CCTV cameras at a cost of Rs 1.32 crore."

Giving details of the project, Chavan said, "The civic body wants to install internet protocol-based CCTV cameras with infra red technology which helps them to become operational automatically on detection of human activity. We will be installing 70 cameras in the premises that have a range varying between 10 to 30 feet. Some of these cameras can rotate 360 degrees while some are stationary."

"These cameras automatically record and send the video clips via e-mail to the concerned officials. There will also be a provision to send SMSs to the mobile phones of the officials - who are empowered to take action. The footages of these cameras can also be provided to the police for an investigation," he added.

The civic administration has tabled the proposal before the civic general body (GB)

meeting to get administrative approval. PCMC will invite bids after receiving the sanction and complete the process by May. The actual work to install cameras is likely to start in October.
Last Updated on Saturday, 16 February 2013 11:04
 
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