Swollen Varuna seeks riverbed, encroachers demand flood relief
VARANASI: Overlooking the illegal construction of concrete houses on the riverbed of Varuna has now put a burden on the government machinery to treat the natives of these areas as victims during every...
View ArticleNMC to make city encroachment-free
NASHIK: The civic body's anti-encroachment department ramped up its drive to rid the city of its illegal structures a day after MNS chief Raj Thackeray's visit on Monday. Officials had, of late, been...
View ArticleAdministration finally wakes up to plight of dying ponds
LUCKNOW: The recent Allahabad high court recommendation for a special law to protect and preserve ponds of the region could be a savior for the large number of ponds in and around the city taken over...
View ArticleIllegal structures removed by Kanpur municipal corporation
KANPUR: As many as 57 illegal structures in zone -5 were demolished by the anti-encroachment squad of the Kanpur municipal corporation on Tuesday. The squad led by...
View ArticleIllegal possession at Parshadiya and Prathmik Vidyalaya depriving students of...
KANPUR: Hundreds of students are being deprived of their educational rights due to the casual approach of District Administration and Municipal Corporation who appear to be least concerned for the...
View ArticleVaranasi roads encroached by vendors
VARANASI: The pathetic condition of roads, along with massive encroachments by road side vendors and make shift stalls have made it impossible for the commuters to walk safely on the city roads. In...
View ArticleNew Vizag beach to be the safest
Paving the way for the safest beach for citizens and tourists, work on the new beach at Lawson’s Bay will begin soon. The first step towards creation of the new beach is diversion of the MVP storm...
View Article4,000 workers lay siege to GVMC premises
VISAKHAPATNAM: Tension prevailed at the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) office as more than 4000 employees as well as contract and outsourcing workers laid siege to the civic body's...
View ArticleReaders speak
July 1 I live on Khader Nawaz Khan Road. The foot path adjacent to our house is over a foot high, making it difficult for me at my age to negotiate the footpath. I am forced to use the road, which has...
View ArticleStreets sans lights a threat to motorists
VISAKHAPATNAM: Non-functioning streetlights are posing a threat to people, particularly motorists, in many parts of the city. In the last one year, two people died in separate accidents on the Sheila...
View ArticleTook action against illegal structures as per norms: Aurangabad Municipal...
AURANGABAD: A day after the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation's (AMC) attempt to demolish two illegal structures near a nullah at Fakirwadi-Chunabhatti area in the city was thwarted, the civic body on...
View ArticleInstallation of CCTV cameras gets delayed
Visakhapatnam: City police may have to wait for another few months before being able to monitor the city’s traffic arrangement through the lens as the installation of the much- hyped Close Circuit...
View ArticleGVMC fails to get private hostels to toe tax norms
VISAKHAPATNAM: Though the city has innumerable private hostels catering to working women and men, only about 200 of them are registered as commercial establishments. The rest continue to do roaring...
View ArticleMulti-level car parks in city
Visakhapatnam: With vehicle population in the city increasing rapidly and posing a challenge to the city’s traffic system, the GVMC has proposed Multi Level Car Parking (MLCPs) places to cater to the...
View ArticleGreen activists sceptical of new government order on plastic use
VISAKHAPATNAM: Nearly two years after the use of plastic carry bags of less than 40 microns thickness was banned nationwide, traders, vendors as well as the general public in the Port City continue to...
View ArticleGreater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation move to raze old bldgs irks...
VISAKHAPATNAM: Heritage lovers and senior residents of the city are up in arms against the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation's (GVMC) knee-jerk proposal to pull down old buildings in the...
View ArticlePost merger, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation to revise...
VISAKHAPATNAM: With the merger of Bheemili, Anakapalle and 10 gram panchayats with Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) finally getting the green light, the civic body's city development...
View ArticleGreater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation to rake in its due moolah from...
VISAKHAPATNAM: Struggling to cash in on the advertisement boom on its own, the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is planning to rope in a private agency to boost its revenue from...
View ArticleVisakhapatnam hospitals give municipal corporation a headache
VISAKHAPATNAM: Getting city hospitals to toe the line on parking rules is proving to be a tough task for Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC). While civic officials are planning a...
View ArticleHost of issues dogs residents of MVP Colony
VISAKHAPATNAM: Despite being one of the more sought after residential localities in Vizag, residents of MVP Colony are an aggrieved lot as they continue to grapple with a plethora of civic issues in...
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