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For civic lessons, Ghaziabad joins Singapore bandwagon

Monday, 25 January 2010 08:34 administrator
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Indian Express 25.01.2010

For civic lessons, Ghaziabad joins Singapore bandwagon

Taking a cue from the officials of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) who will visit Singapore in March to study the functioning of its urban development department, the civic body in Ghaziabad also plans to send its corporators along with their LMC counterparts.

“Our municipal commissioner is in touch with the concerning authorities in LMC. Though we have to bear our own expenses on the trip, we may get a concession. The expenses will be further reduced if we plan our trip along with the LMC corporators. The details are being worked out,” said Ghaziabad Mayor Damyanti Goyal.

Ghaziabad Municipal Commissioner Ajay Shankar Pandey said: “We are formulating a proposal in this concern. In our next Board meeting in the first week of February, we will place the proposal for approval.”

Around 110 LMC corporators, along with 45 officials will go on a three-day trip to Singapore. With the expenses coming to around Rs 27,500 per person as travel and living cost, the estimated expenditure of the LMC will be around Rs 40 lakh.

“The municipal commissioner of Ghaziabad had contacted us regarding the details the trip,” said S K Singh, Lucknow Municipal Commissioner.

The corporators will study the pattern of cleanliness, house tax, sewerage system and drinking water functional in Singapore. An interpreter will also be sent with them.

At present, there are 90 corporators in GMC.

Last Updated on Monday, 25 January 2010 08:39
 

Rs.22 crore for development projects

Thursday, 21 January 2010 08:11 administrator
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The Hindu 21.01.2010

Rs.22 crore for development projects

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KOCHI: District panchayat president P.S. Shyla has said that the civic body will implement development projects worth Rs.22.22 crore in the financial year 2010-11.

Delivering the inaugural address at a working group meeting held at the conference hall of the district panchayat to discuss plan implementation here on Wednesday, Ms. Shyla said that this was an increase of 10 per cent over the last financial year.

Out of the projected investments for development projects, Rs.13.22 crore would be set apart for general category, Rs.8.44 crore for special allied projects, and Rs.56 lakh for sub-projects for the benefit of scheduled communities, she said.

About Rs.6 crore would be spent on solid waste treatment plant, Ashraya Project, EMS Housing Scheme, drinking water projects, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, and Information Kerala Mission. Productivity sector would be allotted Rs.3.5 crore.

A development seminar would be held in the first week of February.

Ms. Shyla said that the aim was to secure approval for projects from the district planning committee by March 15 and to launch their implementation from April.

She said that this was to ensure that project implementation was not hindered on account of elections to the local self-government bodies slated for September.

K.N. Sugathan, vice president, district panchayat, presided.

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 January 2010 08:19
 

Corporator’s query reveals civic body yet to get cracking on river transport proposal

Wednesday, 20 January 2010 11:58 administrator
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Indian Express 20.01.2010

Corporator’s query reveals civic body yet to get cracking on river transport proposal

River transport
The river could be the city’s lifeline Express

Even though it has been quite a while since talk about initiating water transport in Pune along the Mutha River has been on, it has now come to light that till date, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has not prepared any proposal to this effect.

This has come to light in an answer to a query filed by corporator Ujjwal Keskar. ‘What happened to the proposal of water transport?’ Keskar asked in a written query, to which the civic administration has replied, ‘No such proposal exists.’ However, to another query, ‘Has it been included in the Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) of the city?’ the PMC has answered in the affirmative.

Immediately after coming to power in the PMC, the NCP had shown interest in initiating water transport. The then mayor Rajlaxmi Bhosale and commissioner Praveensinh Pardeshi had taken a keen interest in taking this concept further. The Naik Environment Research Institute had also conducted a survey and submitted its report to the civic body.

The civic administration had also made a presentation regarding this before the civic standing committee.

As per the preliminary projections, the water transport is to be developed for a 27-km distance from Warje to Kharadi and will enable 65,000 people to commute every day at a cost of Rs 15 per person.

The water level will be kept at three metres for the water transport and it would help in beautifying the Mutha river.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 January 2010 12:01
 
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