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GIS helped BBMP collect Rs 800 crore

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 09:55 administrator
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The New Indian Express  31.08.2010

GIS helped BBMP collect Rs 800 crore

BANGALORE: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Monday presented its Action Taken Report for 2009-10, which highlights the projects, schemes and their status in the period.

With the use of Geographical Information System (GIS), the Palike has so far managed to collect Rs 800 crores, as stated by the report and Mayor S K Natraj. Seven signal-free corridors would also be constructed under the capital investment plan. Last year’s achievement also includes 11 pedestrian subways, road-widening that has been completed on many roads and storm water drains among others.

An MoU has been signed for Bangalore-San Francisco sister city concern to exchange technical and infrastructural know-how. Also, e-procurement, online khata, birth and death certificates, bio-metric attendance, online tax collections, GPS in garbage trucks were some of the actions taken during the previous fiscal.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 August 2010 09:57
 

Good news for property dealers in Gurgaon as GMC goes online

Wednesday, 25 August 2010 08:24 administrator
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The Pioneer  25.08.2010

Good news for property dealers in Gurgaon as GMC goes online

Staff Reporter | New Delhi

With Gurgaon becoming one of the most sought after city for investment in property, the Gurgoan Municipal Corporation (GMC) will go online for the sale and purchase of properties.

The Municipal Corporation Gurgaon will provide 10 facilities, including seeking no objection certificate (NOC) about sale and purchase of immovable property online from coming Friday onwards. Then it will become much easier for property buyers and sellers to obtain NOC from the MCG, as they will get it online.

The people will have the option of applying online while sitting at their home through Nigam’s website.

This would reduce workload in the MCG office and the people will also face little hardship in obtaining the no objection certificate.

Municipal Commissioner of Gurgaon, RK Khullar said that the property buyers and sellers would be able to check the status of their application about NOC of sale and purchase of immovable property through online.

He further said that online application could also be moved for marriage registration, house tax, registration of mobile towers, licence for commercial establishments; birth and death registration and for approval of building plan.

Khullar added that apart from this facility, people would also be able to get information about activities of the MCG under Right to Information Act 2005 online. Besides, any complaint in connection with the MCG could also be registered online and status of the action taken on such complaints could also be seen online.

Khullar said that from Friday onwards, proposals and suggestions regarding House tax and ‘logo’ could also be sent online.

However on the other hand the property dealers have different views.

“This is a good step to modernise the service but the question remains that how they are going to maintain it. The Government agencies are having a bad record of maintaining their sites. Look at the HUDA sites, which is hardly updated,” said Sanjay Grover a property dealer in Gurgaon.

“It is difficult to go for sale and purchase of the property online. However, it will be interesting to see that how it is going to increase the efficiency of the GMC. In practical terms, I don’t think it will be successful in Gurgaon,” Grover added.

Some property delers have, however, appreciated the move of the MCG of going online. “This can be a transforming step. People will get the information just at the click of a mouse sitting at their home without coming to GMC office. I think GMC is inspired by the the Delhi Municipal Corporation which began such facilities for general public long time back,” said Suresh Sharma, a Gurgaon-based property dealer.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 August 2010 08:26
 

BBMP on a property recovery drive

Tuesday, 24 August 2010 10:38 administrator
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The New Indian Express  24.08.2010

BBMP on a property recovery drive

BANGALORE: The city corporation's property recovery committee on Monday asked the officials of Bangalore South zone to submit details of all the encroached properties in the zone and recover them immediately.

Byrasandra councillor and committee chairman, M Nagaraju, and other members of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike's (BBMP's) committee met Ashwath Narayan, MLC, joint commissioner, executive engineers and other officials of the Palike.

The committee members and the officials visited the HP petrol pump on 46th cross, Jayanagar 9th block, set up on 8,000 square feet of leased land. The committee instructed the officials to take possession of the land as the lease period had expired.

The team visited Cosmopolitan Club in Jayanagar 3rd block and asked the officials to take back the property when the lease expires. Also, the committee instructed that strict action be taken as the Palike's land had been given to private parties to set up a club.

The committee asked the officials to build a tree park on oneandahalf acres of land in Byrasandra. The team inspected Gurappana Palya lake too, where private parties have encroached the land by producing fake documents.

The officials were instructed to fence all the vacant land belonging to the Palike at the earliest. They were also asked to take strict action against those responsible for the encroachments and recover the land at the earliest.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 August 2010 10:42
 
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