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Civic body website yet to be completed

Tuesday, 28 May 2013 05:21 administrator
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The Hindu               28.05.2013

Civic body website yet to be completed

Staff Reporter

Thirteen years after it was planned, the website of the Delhi Municipal Corporations is yet to become functional causing much inconvenience to residents of the Capital.

The civic agency has not been able to fulfil its promise even after spending Rs.12 crore in the past 10 years. And now, in an attempt to complete the website, the civic body has decided to invest an additional Rs. 58 crore.

Presently there is a lot of information and links on the civic body’s website, www.mcdonline.gov.in. But when it comes to online bookings and payment for services, it is yet to deliver.

Even though civic officials claim the portal will start functioning “as soon as possible”, the absence of a smoothly-functioning online platform connecting the residents with their civic bodies has crippled their online activities. Once the portal starts functioning, one can do a variety of tasks – such as getting birth and death certificates and paying property taxes – online.

Sources said the initial budget for the web portal was slated to be Rs.13 crore, but now it has gone up to Rs.70 crore.

Last year, the civic body was trifurcated into South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) and North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC). Sources in the civic body said the website was supposed to be finished before the trifurcation. After the trifurcation, the three civic bodies were supposed to have their own websites. “We are getting the work done by competent agencies. Due to some unavoidable reasons, the entire project got delayed but in recent months the progress is satisfactory. So we are expecting that the work would be completed soon. We will come up with a brilliant online platform, which will facilitate works getting done online. There will be three different websites with different policies,” the official added.

 

GHMC cautions people against buying land in Hafeezpet

Tuesday, 28 May 2013 05:10 administrator
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The Hindu               28.05.2013

GHMC cautions people against buying land in Hafeezpet

Special Correspondent

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has cautioned the general public against purchasing property or taking development of the land in survey number 78 of Gokul plots, Hafeezpet village at Serilingampally mandal as it was government land according to revenue records.

In a press release on Monday, the Commissioner said that most of the occupiers not having any title over the plots yet had constructed buildings unauthorisedly without obtaining any permission from the GHMC.

Demolitions

Although the civic body was regularly demolishing illegal constructions by issuing required notices to them, the unauthorised structures continue to be built.

Directive

The Commissioner stated that letters have been addressed to respective departments i.e. APTransco and HMWSSB not to provide any service connection to the occupiers until the occupancy certificate was obtained by the owner from the GHMC.

 

KWA plans labour union referendum

Tuesday, 28 May 2013 05:05 administrator
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The Hindu               28.05.2013

KWA plans labour union referendum

Staff Reporter

Nearly 30 years after the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) was set up, it will have its first referendum for labour unions in the utility.

Unions which garner at least 15 per cent of votes only will be considered recognised unions. The District Labour Officer on Saturday issued the notification for the referendum, which will be held on June 26 in KWA offices across the State.

According to KWA officials, as of now, though there were over 20 unions among the employees of the KWA, only four unions that meet the eligibility criteria of the Labour Department would be able to participate in the referendum — AITUC, INTUC, CITU, and UTUC.

Though a confederation of a few other unions that was formed recently approached the KWA asking to be part of the referendum, it is said that the confederation might not be able to do so since it had not completed the mandatory six months of existence before the referendum. A final word on this would be known by next week.

Meanwhile, as per the notification issued by District Labour Officer P. Sugathan on Saturday, the draft voters’ list would have to be published by Monday and complaints on the same would be accepted till June 3. These would be settled by June 5 and the final list would have to be published on June 7. Nominations will be received on June 10, with the scrutiny of the nominations on June 11. The voting would be held at KWA offices across the State on June 25, with the results to be declared after 6.30 p.m. the same day.

The voting will be held at KWA offices across the State on June 25.

 
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