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3 held on charge of dumping waste

Monday, 01 July 2013 05:49 administrator
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The Hindu              01.07.2013

3 held on charge of dumping waste

Staff Reporter

Three persons were held for disposing of animal slaughter waste into the Alappuzha Chertala (AS) canal, where cleaning activities are going on, Alappuzha MLA T.M.Thomas Isaac said

Mr. Isaac told reporters here on Sunday that the three were held by the health squad of the Alappuzha municipality and were imposed a fine of Rs.25,000.

Biju Stephen of Arattuvazhi had allegedly dumped waste from his shop into the canal in the early hours of Sunday. Police have also registered a case in this regard. Steps to close down the shop would be taken on Monday, he said.

He sought the help and support of political and social organisations to shut down the shops. The municipality had already served a notice on a famous hotel in the town for emptying waste water into the canal.

 

PMC to crack down on illegal mobile towers

Friday, 28 June 2013 12:39 administrator
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The Times of India              28.06.2013

PMC to crack down on illegal mobile towers

PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will take action against telecom and tower installation companies that have put up mobile towers on school and hospital buildings in the city, said municipal commissioner Mahesh Pathak.

Elected members across party lines raised the issue at the general body (GB) meeting of the PMC on Thursday. There are around 6,000 illegal towers in the city, they claimed.

Replying to the debate, Pathak said, "The PMC will check the towers put up on school and hospital buildings and take action accordingly."

Corporators said that there are over 7,000 towers in the city but the PMC has records of only 1,040. So, the remaining towers can be labeled illegal. Corporators claimed that the PMC suffers a loss of around Rs 300 crore in terms of property tax.

Vivek Kharwadkar, the head of the building department who is responsible for issuing permissions to mobile towers, said, "Norms to put up the towers are not followed. The survey regarding illegal towers is being conducted by an agency. Once the results of the survey are out, the PMC will take action against companies that have erected illegal towers."

A total of 23 companies are using the 7,000 towers in the city for providing mobile and internet services.

 

PCMC serves evacuation notices on owners of 76 buildings

Friday, 28 June 2013 12:37 administrator
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The Times of India              28.06.2013

PCMC serves evacuation notices on owners of 76 buildings

PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation ( PCMC) has served evacuation notices to owners of 76 dilapidated buildings.

Municipal commissioner Shrikar Pardeshi said, "The civic body is conducting a survey of buildings which have become dangerous and may collapse causing loss of life and property."

Pardeshi said civic officials have been directed to concentrate on four types of buildings - the ones with weak foundation due to floods; those which can be washed away in floods, the ones constructed on debris dumped in the riverbed or nullahs and the buildings which have been constructed in a short span.

"The buildings located in the riverbed and along the nullahs are being checked. Some of the buildings are single-storied structures or chawls, but we are concentrating on multi-storied buildings which may lead to mishaps," Pardeshi said.

The civic administration has found that a compound wall of a housing society in Wakad had tilted, thus becoming dangerous. City engineer MT Kamble has been directed to conduct a spot visit and take necessary action, Pardeshi said.

Meanwhile, the civic administration demolished a dilapidated building in Akurdi.

A 13-year-old school student was killed and four of his friends were injured after the compound wall of Saint Paul's church at Kalewadi in Pimpri caved in on June 15. It is learnt that the church building too has become dangerous. Pardeshi said, "A notice board has been put up at the church cautioning people not to use the building for any purpose. Around 100 people gather at the church for Sunday prayers, which may lead to a big mishap."

When contacted, Shirish Poreddy, spokesperson of the engineering department, "Cracks have developed in the Church building. We have served a notice to the church officials and directed them to submit a structural stability certificate if they feel that the building is safe."

 
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