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BMC Commissioner reviews deadline cases

Thursday, 30 January 2014 10:37 administrator
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The Pioneer               30.01.2014

BMC Commissioner reviews deadline cases

The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Vishesh Garhpale reviewed the deadline cases on Wednesday and instructed the officials to resolve them within the given time limit.

 While reviewing the deadline cases, he was informed about the complaints submitted through CM Helpline and Tally Solution Centre. While instructing the officials concerned, Garhpale asked them to resolve the complaints immediately that are registered during the public hearing as well.  He issued a show cause notice to two assistant engineers for remaining absent during the meeting on Wednesday. Further, during the meeting, BMC Additional Commissioner, Pramod Shukla and other BMC officials were present.

 He was also informed about the various complaints that were registered during the public hearing at different wards of the Corporation. While reviewing the ongoing development works he instructed the officials to finish the work of sewer channelization immediately, resolve the pending cases, to resolve the leakage problem of water supply pipelines, to begin the construction work of classrooms at different governmental schools under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan and to look into various deadline cases and resolve them immediately.

 He further asked the officials to issue a show cause notice to assistant engineer of ward 03 Akhilesh Jain and assistant engineer of ward 01 Nasir Ali for showing irresponsible behaviour and not remaining present in the meeting. He further instructed the officials to remove the encroachments from various areas of the city. Under this action, he asked the officials to remove the illegal construction from the governmental land of Ashoka Garden, Kotra, Kamla Park and nearby areas. He also asked the officials to remove encroachments from various public places, footpaths and roadsides.

 

BDA to raze illegal structures in implosion method soon

Thursday, 30 January 2014 10:22 administrator
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The Pioneer               30.01.2014

BDA to raze illegal structures in implosion method soon

The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) is going to use implosion method soon to demolish the illegal structures in the city. The method will be used for the first time in the city which will speed up the demolition work, BDA official sources said.

Indore-based explosion expert SB Sarwate has demonstrated his techniques before the BDA officials and assured that their demolition method would bring no harm to authorised parts nearby. Sarwate has already used the method to demolish over 200 buildings in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Rajasthan by using detonator, sources said.

Recently, BDA vice-chairman Vishal Dev had written a letter to Twin City Police Commissioner Dr R P Sharma seeking permission for using explosives to demolish the structure. The Police Commissioner had given some conditions after viewing the presentations and videos of Sarwate’s demolition method.

After getting permission from the police, the BDA will go for another safety and explosive related permissions from concerned authorities to use the method, the BDA sources said.

Notably, the BDA has received orders to raze over 5,600 illegal structures including more than 1,000 major units in the city. “If it uses old methods, it will take years to complete the process,” said a BDA official.

 

‘Follow code of conduct strictly in CMC polls’

Thursday, 30 January 2014 10:10 administrator
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The Pioneer               30.01.2014

‘Follow code of conduct strictly in CMC polls’

Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Election Officer Laxmidhar Mohanty on Tuesday said no party or candidate should indulge in any activity which may aggravate existing differences or create mutual hatred or cause tension between different castes and communities, religious or linguistic.

Addressing the candidates, including Independents, he told them to adhere to the model code of conduct sincerely, and any deviations from it would invite stringent action.

“The parties and candidates shall refrain from criticism of all aspects of private life, not connected with the public activities of the leaders or workers of other parties,” Mohanty told them, adding that criticism of other parties or their workers based on unverified allegations or distortion must be avoided.

He said pasting of posters, banners, festoons or making welcome arches and writing slogans on Government buildings and boundary walls are strictly prohibited and these could be pasted on private house after taking advance permissions from the owners.

No candidate would be allowed more than two campaign vehicles to move around the wards and the political parties are allowed to have only two campaign vehicles for the entire city.

Campaign vehicles are not allowed to use loudspeakers on them between 8 pm and 7am next morning and the campaign should end 48 hours before the end of voting on February 6, Mohanty said.

He also asked the candidates not exceed their poll expenditures beyond the specific limits and the poll expenditure details should be submitted with the poll (financial) observers in appropriate format on the due date.

 
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