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MCD to be back in corporation names

Wednesday, 27 August 2014 07:49 administrator

The Times of India 27.08.2014

MCD to be back in corporation names

NEW DELHI: Owing to confusion in nomenclature of NDMC—New Delhi Municipal Council and North Delhi Municipal Corporation, the civic agencies will now have a new name. After two-and-a-half years, civic agencies have moved to amend DMC Act and, soon, municipal corporations will be called MCD North, South and East, respectively.

"There was a lot of confusion. Recently, we advertised for teachers' post and people turned up at New Delhi Municipal Council's headquarters in Connaught Place," said PK Gupta, commissioner, North Delhi Municipal Corporation. Even New Delhi Municipal Council officials say that, due to the confusion, people would call them up and enquire about advertisements issued by North Corporation. "People would call up enquiring about tenders and we will have to check with our officials," said a NDMC official.

The change in nomenclature for all three corporations would mean changes in many things—letterhead, corporation websites, etc. "Since many things are printed with the old name, we will still the use them till new orders are placed," said a senior North Corporation official.

Officials say that when the three corporations were formed and named, some the senior officials did point out the confusion that the two 'NDMC's will bring. "But that time it wasn't considered seriously. Now, the problem can't be ignored," said the official. Moreover, till date people still refer to civic bodies as MCD.

Parking contractors in Karol Bagh fined Rs.7 lakh

Wednesday, 27 August 2014 07:47 administrator

The Hindu 27.08.2014

Parking contractors in Karol Bagh fined Rs.7 lakh

Parking contractors in Karol Bagh were fined Rs.7 lakh on Tuesday for overcharging customers, collecting fees in free-parking zones and encroaching on the road.

Five parking contractors in the North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s Karol Bagh Zone were hauled up for a range of irregularities when officials conducted a surprise check.

Karol Bagh Wards Committee chairperson Rajesh Bhatia, who spearheaded the drive, said this was the “biggest such raid in the history of the Corporation”.

“I’ve done two raids on parking sites before, but this was the biggest. We even handed over the parking attendants to the police, apart from penalising the contractors,” said Mr. Bhatia.

Referring to past cases of Corporation officers tipping off the contractors, Mr. Bhatia said the team took private cars and officials were asked to leave their phones behind. The team, which included Zonal Deputy Commissioner Dharmendra Kumar, inspected parking at Gaffar Market, Ajmal Khan Road, Arya Samaj Raod, Padam Singh Road, Saraswati Marg and PVR Naraina.

Two parking sites on Ajmal Khan Road were raided, with one of them being a free-of-charge facility. Four people were found illegally charging people at this site. At the legal parking on the same road, customers were being charged as much as Rs.100 for a spot, whereas the authorised rate is Rs.10.

In the Gaffar Market parking, the contractor had gone beyond the authorised limit. At the Arya Samaj Road and Padam Singh Road parking sites, people were being overcharged and attendants were not wearing their uniforms or carrying handheld receipt devices

In one of the more blatant cases, the PVR Naraina parking, which is opposite a police station, eight attendants were caught red-handed overcharging customers. They were handed over to the police for investigation.

On Monday, The Hindu had reported on the widespread harassment of customers at parking sites under the North Corporation. The civic body had last week declared 19 sites as free-parking zones, but a reality check found that parking attendants were still collecting money in some of these.

Mayor visits Gandhinagar Corporation

Tuesday, 26 August 2014 06:46 administrator

The Hindu 26.08.2014

Mayor visits Gandhinagar Corporation

Mayor Koneru Sridhar along with other officials from the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation on Monday visited Gandhi Municipal Corporation in Gujarat to study various reforms introduced for the overall development of the city.

Municipal officials in Gandhinagar gave a power-point presentation on the geographical area, population and number of wards in the corporation limits to the team.

Town planning officials explained in detail the developmental activities taken up in commercial and residential areas.

The Mayor and his team also visited the IT hub.

The team also elicited information about the garbage collection mechanism and functioning of urban health centres.

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