Civic body gives nod to 3 LED screens, seeks report on rent of vends
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 11:25
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Indian Express 17.03.2010 Civic body gives nod to 3 LED screens, seeks report on rent of vendsExpress News Service Tags : corporation, Civic Posted: Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 at 0114 hrs Chandigarh: The Municipal Corporation has given its approval to the policy of installing three LED screens in Sector 17. The decision was taken at the meeting of the Finance and Contract Committee of the civic body held today. The screens would be run and maintained on Public Private Partnership basis. The committee has sought a survey report before reviewing the rent of liquor vends situated on municipal land. Another report has been sought regarding rent to be charged from commercial shops in villages. Members discussed the terms and conditions for leasing out of the chill room on rent in the newly constructed modern air-conditioned Fish Market in Sector 41. It was discussed that some of booths of the air-conditioned fish, meat and poultry products market would be auctioned. Looking at the response of the first auction, the remaining booths would be auctioned. Tubewells would be installed in Sector 26 and 48 D. The tubewells that were already there at these locations had been abandoned. The committee has fixed the reserve price of the juice corner, fast food/tea/coffee, chat bhandar at Rs 10,000 as monthly rent. The civic body would be seeking applications from March 20 to 31 for seeking permission to sell watermelons. The committee gave approval for the issuance of raincoats and gum shoes to the eligible group C and D employees on field duty. The committee has fixed rates for booking of community centre, Sector 11, at Rs 6,000 for the full day and Rs 3,000 for half day for the ground floor, Rs 4,000 for full day and Rs 2,000 for half day for first floor. Another meeting would be held on March 22 to take a decision on shifting of taxi stands from some locations. The meeting was held under the chairpersonship of Mayor Anu Chatrath and attended by Municipal Commissioner Dr Roshan Sunkaria and other members of the committee
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Finally, Gandhinagar gets municipal corporation status
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 11:06
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Indian Express 17.03.2010 Finally, Gandhinagar gets municipal corporation statusExpress News Service Tags : Gandhinagar corporation, assembly Posted: Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 at 0127 hrs Gandhinagar: Gandhinagar was on Tuesday finally conferred the status of a municipal corporation. So far, it was the only state capital without an elected body. Urban Development Minister Nitin Patel made the announcement in the Assembly during discussions on the budgetary demands of his department. The High Court had in a ruling in September 2009 on a petition by the Gandhinagar Shaher Jagrut Nagrik Parishad, ordered the state government to give the status of a municipal corporation to Gandhinagar within a period of six months. Today was the last date of the completion of six months and the government implemented the order before the expiry date. So far, Gandhinagar was a notified area committee. Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh and Vadodara are the other cities with a corporation status. But now, the residents of the state capital will have to bear the burden of taxes on streetlight, road, water, property, and education cess. But these reforms will also enable the city to get funds under the JNNURM for development. GSNJP had first raised the demand for a corporation status in 1996, pointing out the constitutional and legal position. In March 1997, the Parishad took up the matter with the state legal department and the latter advised the government to set up a municipality in Gandhinagar under Article 243 (Q) of the Constitution. In January 2002, the Parishad approached the Urban Development Ministry to constitute an elected body. In October 2006, the Parishad met CM Narendra Modi and put forth their view. In February 2007, the Parishad also submitted a memorandum to Governor Naval Kishore Sharma. Finally, the Parishad moved the High Court in September 2008. A year later, a Division Bench ordered the state government to grant municipal corporation status to the city.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 March 2010 11:10
Gurgaon gets Rs 65 lakh sewage suction machine
Wednesday, 17 March 2010 10:59
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Indian Express 17.03.2010 Gurgaon gets Rs 65 lakh sewage suction machineGurgaon: After Municipal Corporation of Faridabad, the Gurgaon civic body has also purchased a Rs 65-lakh super suction pump and a dumping tanker to free sewage lines of sludge. According to Gurgaon municipal commissioner Rajesh Khullar, the machine was first used in Chakkapur village on trial basis. The corporation now plans to clean sewage lines in Feroz Gandhi Colony and Sheetla Mata road soon. “The machine is designed to suck solid particles from sewage lines and then unload it into the dumping tank. The waste is then dumped at the Dhanwapur Sewerage Treatment Plant. Workers don’t have to enter into the pipeline anymore. It has earlier led to death of several employees because of poisonous gases in the sewage lines,” Khullar said. “The operation of the machine has been outsourced to an agency for Rs 3,500 per day,” he added. The length of sewerage lines in Gurgaon is nearly 1,000 kms. “If the sresults are positive, we plan to purchase four more machines to cover the entire area,” Khullar said.
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