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PMPML to file police plaints for misusing pass

Wednesday, 29 May 2013 12:23 administrator
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The Times of India                29.05.2013 

PMPML to file police plaints for misusing pass

PUNE: The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) has decided to file police complaints against commuters found to be tampering with or misusing the bus travel passes. Ticket checkers and the staff have been instructed to this effect, PMPML officials said.

The decision has followed several instances of travel pass misuse. Recently, a bus commuter had purchased a travel pass claiming to be a senior citizen, but his birthdate did not match the one in the pass. The transport utility then filed a complaint against the commuter.

There have been several instances of ticketless travel. Statistics show that between April 2012 and March 2013, nearly 84,000 people travelled without tickets. On an average, 230 passengers were found travelling ticketless every day, last year. The PMPML had collected fines of over Rs 84 lakh from such offenders, last year.

 

PCMC to survey properties for tax recovery

Wednesday, 29 May 2013 12:20 administrator
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The Times of India                29.05.2013 

PCMC to survey properties for tax recovery

PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) will be conducting a fresh survey of all the constructions within municipal limits for recovery of property tax.

Assistant commissioner Shahji Pawar on Tuesday said that directives for the survey were issued by municipal commissioner Shrikar Pardeshi.

"The property tax department will register all properties and recover tax if the use of the property has been changed from residential to commercial. Similarly, if any extensions have been conducted without permission, the department will collect property tax for the extended area, along with penalty charges'', Pawar said. PCMC plans to complete the survey within a month. The civic body will then send notices to the property owners.

Civic standing committee chairman Navnath Jagtap said that the property tax issue was raised by members at the weekly meeting held on Tuesday.

At the meeting, members also made a demand for better security at areas where the corporation has built water reservoirs. Encroachments have taken place near these reservoirs, they said. The civic administration has assured the members that action will be taken against any constructions on nullahs.

 

Nullahs to be cleaned by June 15: KMC

Wednesday, 29 May 2013 12:12 administrator
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The Times of India                29.05.2013

Nullahs to be cleaned by June 15: KMC

KANPUR: Municipal commissioner, KanpurNagar, UmakantTripathi on Tuesday ordered that cleaning of nullahs should be completed by June 15,2013. The municipal commissioner also directed subordinate staff to supervise the cleaning work on daily basis and fine contractor for irregularities. He said that such contractors should also be black-listed. He said merely 50% work had been completed in a month. Though nullahs and drains have been de-silted, contractors had disposed the silt on road in front of residential houses.

Dry silt had taken a toll on residents' routine life in KidwaiNagar, SaketNagar, Babupurwa, GovindNagar, P Road, AshokNagar, Gumti and Kakadeo. At many places, the silt had made its way back into the nullahs. He said that despite corporators' complaints no action had been initiated against contractors. Municipal commissioner said that all zonal engineers had been directed to take interest in their assigned work with full responsibility .Contractors had been asked to lift the silt lying on the road and start cleaning nullahs at places where work could not be started. 

 
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