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AMC to lease plots in Rabari colonies

Friday, 13 August 2010 11:17 administrator
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Indian Express    13.08.2010

AMC to lease plots in Rabari colonies

Express News Service Tags : Corporation, land Posted: Fri Aug 13 2010, 03:26 hrs

Ahmedabad:  The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has decided to give on lease 1,102 plots along with superstructure, to the occupants in the four Rabari colonies of Jashodanagar, Odhav and Amraiwadi.

The plots were given to the community members decades ago to rear cattle outside the then city limits. But now it has been decided to allot each plots on 99-year-leases to avoid hassles involved with rent collection, said Standing Committee Chairman Asit Vora.

He said the occupants will be given six months to accept the offer on the condition that they will pay the pending dues towards rent with the accrual interest.

The average size of a plot has been fixed at 350 sq mt in old Jashodanagar Rabari colony, which contains 136 plots; at 223 sq m in new Jashodanagar Rabari colony, which has 223 plots; at 180 sq m in Amraiwadi where 212 plots are located, and the remaining in Odhav at 295 square metre.

It has been made a precondition that the occupants wanting to get the plots will have to remove all encroachments on their own free will, failing which no registration of documents will be made, Vora said.

The price for the plots has been fixed at Rs 2,000 per sq m for the land and Rs 80,000 per sq m for the superstructures. The interest on dues outstanding will be calculated at 10 per cent simple interest, he said.

AMC to supply water twice in Ramzan month

The civic administration will supply water twice a day during the holy month of Shravan and Ramzan. Water will be supplied between 5.30 pm and 6.00 pm as part of the additional supply programme, an AMC order issued by water project department said. The release said the Standing Committee had already passed an urgent agenda resolution on August 5 to this effect. Accordingly, the water supply in the evening was started with immediate effect and will continue till September 10. ENS

Last Updated on Friday, 13 August 2010 11:20
 

BBMP to fence all vacant land

Friday, 13 August 2010 07:42 administrator
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The New Indian Express  13.08.2010

BBMP to fence all vacant land

BANGALORE: After coming under fire for being unable to retrieve its properties that has expired lease contracts and encroachment, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike's (BBMP) property recovery committee has decided to fence all its vacant land.

A meeting that was convened by the committee to recover its properties on Thursday, sought all details of such properties at the earliest.

The committee headed by Nagaraju, Byrasandra ward councillor stated that they had sought information of such properties by August 18, as the information provided so far was incomplete.

Nagaraju also consulted palike officials on the action that had to be taken against those who had violated their lease contracts.

He said the palike would also conduct a survey after August 19, on all the properties that had violated the lease period.

Cycles for school girls in Palike budget

The muchawaited Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike budget may actually be worth the wait for many girls in the city.

Sources said it promises to provide bicycles to girl students studying in corporation schools.

It was earlier reported that sweaters and stationery would be provided along with the traditional goodies to these students.

Sources said all girls studying in Palike schools will get medical insurance too.

The Palike also intends to provide `10,000 to girls born in corporation hospitals. There are also proposals to set up intensive care units at affordable rates. Mayor S K Nataraj had stated that there would be four major hitech hospitals in different localities of the city that would provide medical services at affordable prices for the benefit of the poor and the elderly.

Last Updated on Friday, 13 August 2010 07:50
 

SMC HQ to shift from Mughal Sarai to sub-jail?

Thursday, 12 August 2010 11:30 administrator
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The Times of India  12.08.2010

SMC HQ to shift from Mughal Sarai to sub-jail?

SURAT: Move to shift the 143-year-old Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) from its present location at Mughal Sarai building has been re-initiated. The ruling party leader placed a note to this effect for municipal commissioner to act on during a meeting on Tuesday. It's proposed that the SMC office will now be shifted to the current sub-jail campus on Ring Road.

This move was proposed for the first time in 2004 after it had been envisaged then that once the city limit expands in 2006, the Mughal Sarai area would become too congested to house the SMC headquarters (HQ). It would also cause heavy traffic jams as the area is in the centre of the city and roads leading to it are relatively narrow, the proposal had said.

"Yes, the demand for a bigger HQ is logical. But, we will have to think of many aspects before acting upon it. One of which is the decentralization of our civic services in last 10 years. Majority of the work is now taken care of at zonal levels. Moreover, feasibility of the new place also needs to be checked. Once these discussions are over at party level, we will be able to come out with a proper picture," city mayorRanjit Gilitwala said.

In 2004, the then standing committee chairmanShankar Chevli had put in the proposal of taking up the sub-jail land, which would eventually shift to new quarters of Lajpore (Jail authorities are likely to start shifting by Diwali 2010). The land was to be taken on a token rent of Re 1 for a lease of 99 years by paying revenue transfer fee from state government. However, since then lot of administration level changes have taken place and the state government has come out with a new understanding of "not parting with any of its land on token rent." The state government has in fact suggested the auction of its land.

The present building of SMC is spread over 11,000 sq m of land, whereas the sub-jail land is 22,100 sq m in area. In 2004, the Surat city limit was spread over 112 sq km with 24.33 lakh people. Today, the city has grown almost three-fold and has extended to 326 sq km with more than 45 lakh people live within the city limits.

"It's not wrong if we shift to bigger, better and more centrally located place," a councillor from the ruling party said. "Cost and time factor also needs to be considered. Furthermore, there is a lot of historical relevance of this place. The old sudhari' office was shifted to this Mughal Sarai building in 1867, and since then our civic body office has been housed here. One simply can't discard a place just like that," he did go on to add hinting at a possibility that the HQ shift issue may become a bone of contention with the ruling BJP party during the coming civic body elections.

Last Updated on Thursday, 12 August 2010 11:32
 
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