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Nashik Municipal Corporation to buy alum worth Rs 1.37 crore

Monday, 22 April 2013 11:40 administrator
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The Times of India              22.04.2013

Nashik Municipal Corporation to buy alum worth Rs 1.37 crore

NASHIK: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) intends to procure liquid alum for its water filtration plants across the city. The municipality floated an e-tender for Rs 1.37 crore for the same.

The last day to file the tenders is May 9. Bids are to be opened the same day.

An NMC official said, "The water received from the rains is dirty. We use liquid alum on a large scale to purify this water. Around 2,000 to 2,500 metric tonnes of liquid alum is required for this purpose. 2,000 metric tonnes of liquid alum will be purchased for the financial year 2013-14. It is estimated to cost Rs. 1.37 crore. The liquid alum will be procured from private firms through tender processes. An e-tender has already bee."

The NMC's proposal to buy 2,000 metric tones of liquid alum was passed at NMC's General Body Meeting held last month. Last year, the civic administration procured around 2,200 metric tonnes of liquid alum for water purification.

NMC uses liquid alum to purify water at its five water filtration plants - Bara Bungalow water filtration plant, Shivaji Nagar water filtration plant, Panchavati water filtration plant, Gandhinagar water filtration plant and Nashik road water filtration plant. Around 350 million litres (MLD) of water is supplied to the city from these five water filtration plants everyday.
Last Updated on Monday, 22 April 2013 11:44
 

Civic body set to launch children's corporation by May

Monday, 22 April 2013 11:12 administrator
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The Times of India              22.04.2013

Civic body set to launch children's corporation by May

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: If the children in the city have ever felt the need for their own representatives, the city corporation is now readying to offer a governing body exclusively for the children. For the first time in the city, the civic body will launch the system of children's corporation (Bala Nagarasabha) whose function will be carried on in tandem with the main council of the city corporation.

The preliminary steps for the formation of bala nagarasabha have already begun in various wards. The entire process will be implemented on the lines of 'Ayalkootam'. Four CDS (community development societies) which comprise 25 wards each will present their own council of children.

A boy and a girl will be deputed from each ward. Thus a total of 200 children will be selected from 100 wards. These children will form 'Balasabha'. Again another round of selection will be carried out from the 200 children to form 'Balasamithis'. Children aged between five and 15 will be selected as the representatives.

The president and secretary of Balasamithis along with three children will make it to the final council. An eight-member committee will then be formed precisely like the standing committees that now function in the corporation council. At present a council has been formed in one CDS. By May, all the four CDS will have its own councils. If everything goes as per the plan, the corporation will have its first children's corporation council meeting on May 25.

"It will have a mayor and deputy mayor. We are also planning to introduce even dress codes for the mayor. Unlike other children's councils, we want this as a permanent system that will work just like the main governing body of the corporation," said Palayam Rajan, chairman of welfare standing committee.

The children were given a first round of training in a summer camp organized at Cotton Hill school in March. They were trained on basic principles in governance, water conservation and energy conservation. "This will instill in them a sense of social and political awareness. Since the entire system is being conceived on the basis of an existing working model, the children will feel serious," an official said.

Once the bala nagarasabha starts functioning, the children can present their own problems and even issues related to their wards in the council. This will be passed by the council and will be forwarded to the main corporation council.

"We will have senior resource persons to constantly interact with the children and bring to the fore problems like child abuse and exploitation," Rajan added.
Last Updated on Monday, 22 April 2013 11:19
 

South Corporation starts call centre for tax-related queries

Monday, 22 April 2013 10:09 administrator
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The Hindu                   22.04.2013

South Corporation starts call centre for tax-related queries

Staff Reporter

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has started a call centre to address people’s tax-related queries and grievances. The provision has been made in order to meet the Corporation’s earning target of Rs.702 crore for the current financial year.

The development comes after the online portal for the payment of property tax at the SDMC recently faced some glitches. Now anybody facing a problem while paying their taxes at the SDMC can call on 23227008 or send an e-mail to anc-sdmc@mcd.gov.in for getting their grievance redressed.

“We want to iron out the roadblocks faced by the residents in the process of tax payments and are eager to improve the delivery of our services. We are also seriously pursuing the target of Rs.702 crore in revenue for this financial year,” said an SDMC official.

Commenting on the technical problems which occurred in the portal leading to its inability to process cases, SDMC public relations officer Mukesh Yadav said: “The glitches occurred due to trifurcation of the website which was supposed to cater to all the three corporations. Within two to three days the problems will be rectified.”

 
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