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4 more villages slated for merger with PMC

Thursday, 20 November 2014 11:44 administrator
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The Times of India         20.11.2014  

4 more villages slated for merger with PMC

 

PUNE : The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is certain to become the largest civic body in terms of area after the law committee on Wednesday approved a proposal to merge four more villages with the city's limits. Its geographical area will increase from the current 243.84 sq km to over 500 sq km.

The four villages are Vadaki, Sanaswadi, Avhalwadi and Sanasnagar located on the Pune-Solapur and Pune-Ahmednagar highways. The proposal will go to the general body and then to the state government before an official merger.

The final process for including 34 fringe villages in the civic limits had started in May 2014 with the state government issuing an official merger notification. According to the notification, issued by the state urban development department then; 34 villages located along the fringe areas of Pune will be brought in the municipal folds.

After the approval at the law committee, Vadaki, Sanaswadi, Avhalwadi and Sanasnagar have cleared first step for becoming the part of PMC. These villages are located around Pune Solapur highway and Pune- Ahemadnagar highway. The The proposal will go to GB and then to state government before official getting merged.

"These four villages were left out of the process, so we decided to include them with the corporation's limits," said Ashwini Jadhav, head of the law committee. Some MNS corporators opposed the merger which was supported by the Shiv Sena, BJP, NCP and Congress.

Some elected members have said that while considering the merger, issues about illegal constructions can crop up. The civic administration should consider making rules and regulations to deal with illegal constructions in these villages, they said.

The proposal states that building permissions given to developers in these villages should be cancelled and constructions allowed on amenity spaces should be halted. The same rules and regulations will be applicable for the new four villages, it said.

 

NDMC presents budget, proposes hike in taxes

Thursday, 20 November 2014 05:49 administrator
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The Hindu      20.11.2014 

NDMC presents budget, proposes hike in taxes

A range of tax hikes and new cesses were proposed by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday when Commissioner Pravin Kumar Gupta presented the budget for 2015-2016.

At a special meeting of the Standing Committee, Mr. Gupta proposed a 50 per cent hike in the base unit area value for property tax assessment and an increase in one-time charges. He also proposed a congestion charge for four-wheelers entering the busy City, Sadar Paharganj and Karol Bagh zones. Also for the time, Mr. Gupta suggested a cleaning tax to be levied on residents and organisers of public events.

To improve sanitation services, the Commissioner said Rs.80 crore had been earmarked for garbage collection in four of the corporation’s six zones. Another Rs.5 crore was earmarked for the reclamation of the sanitary landfill site at Bhalswa. Under the Centre’s Swachh Bharat campaign, the corporation will set up 100-litre dustbins at a cost of Rs.1.5 crore and build 100 ‘electronic toilets’ in schools and markets at a cost of Rs.6 crore.

North Corporation Leader of the Opposition Mukesh Goel said the budget proposal would burn a hole in the pockets of citizens. “The Commissioner has not spared anyone, from property-owners to those buying new cars. We won’t allow the BJP to burden people,” said Mr. Goel.

Meanwhile, the North Corporation’s budget deficit will increase from Rs.770 crore in 2013-2014 to Rs.850 crore in 2014-2015. The budgetary shortfall is being met by internal borrowings, however, the Commissioner proposed “expenditure control measures”.

The budget for 2015-2016 stated that the deficit should be controlled at Rs.700 crore. For the financial year 2015-2016, the expenditure will be Rs.4,422.87 crore and income is expected to be Rs.4,404.11 crore.

 

Demand for drinking water in Mysuru outstrips availability

Thursday, 20 November 2014 05:41 administrator
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The Hindu         20.11.2014 

Demand for drinking water in Mysuru outstrips availability

Rs. 320-crore project at Hale Unduwadi village on the anvil

With the demand for drinking water in Mysuru outstripping availability, civic authorities are planning to give a fresh push to the proposed water supply project at KRS backwaters, which is expected to bring an additional 300 million litres per day (MLD) of water.

A proposal to implement the Rs. 320-crore project at Hale Unduwadi village, about two km from KRS dam, has been prepared and forwarded by the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Board (KUWSSB) to the Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC), the nodal agency for the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

A meeting of officials from Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) convened by Mayor R. Lingappa recently decided to urge the State government to forward the project to the Centre for approval under JNNURM. “The project should be implemented either by the Centre under JNNURM or by the State government,” he said.

VVWW Executive Engineer Jayaram said the drinking water presently available is barely able to meet the demands of residents in the limits of Mysore City Corporation. “We are unable to provide water to residents of the new areas added by MUDA,” he said.

He said the proposed project, supplemented by existing drinking water projects, can take care of all areas coming under Mysore-Nanjangudu Local Area Development Plan. The site for the proposed project at KRS backwaters has water 365 days of the year and does not go dry even when the reservoir does, VVWW officials said, adding that the pipeline from Hale Unduwadi to the city can also provide water to about 92 villages enroute.

Referring to the new layouts, which had either already come up or were in different stages of development, Mr. Jayaram said the demand for drinking water is expected to shoot up sharply in the coming days. “We are able to provide water to connections only within the Outer Ring Road (ORR). We are not able to meet the demand for water from people residing in layouts outside the ORR,” a VVWW official conceded. The project envisages construction of a jackwell at Hale Undawadi, 2 km upstream of the KRS reservoir; and a water treatment plant at Beechanakuppe, about 4 km away. The project also requires acquisition of about 167 acres of land, officials added.

 
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