Municipal Performance Index 2020
The Municipal Performance Index (MPI) was launched as an accompaniment to the Ease of Living Index. It seeks to examine local government practice in municipalities across areas of services, finance, policy,
Municipal Corporation
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MC approves Rs 812.92 crore budget
Proposals with suggestions of councillors to be sent to Admn for approval The Municipal Corporation approved a budget of Rs 812.92 crore for the financial year 2011-12 on Monday. T This includes Rs 429.98 crore under the Plan head, Rs 233.40 crore under the Non-Plan head and Rs 149.54 crore as its own receipts.
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Indian cities, sanitation and the state: the politics of the failure to provide
The environmental problems confronting Indian cities today have arisen because millions of people have been forced to live in illegal settlements that lack adequate sanitation and other basic urban services.
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Chandigarh plans waterless urinals
Chandigarh Taking a cue from the MCD, Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (CMC) is planning to set up waterless urinals to check the depleting water table in the Union Territory. The corporation has joined hands with AG Aqua Solutions for installing waterless urinals.
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45% of Deonar dumping ground to be cleared by May
Residents of Deonar, Mankhurd, Govandi and Chembur will soon be a relieved lot, as 45% of the dumping ground at Deonar will be scientifically closed down by the end of May. The entire project will be completed by December 2011. Deonar dumping ground is one of the oldest and biggest dumping grounds in the city. It receives 5,500 metric tonne of refuse and 600 metric tonne of silt daily.
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Burning of fallen leaves poses health hazards
JAIPUR: Past 9 pm just a little away from the Statue Circle, the street lights turned faint by smoke failed to show the way to traffic. Thick smoke bellowed out of the roadside dustbins parked right adjacent to an electricity pole.
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City sanitation plan for Shimla
The Objectives of the City Sanitation Plan in Shimla are: To adopt a demand-based strategy and community participation in planning, implementation and management of sanitation infrastructure; To adopt
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CMC spends millions per day to collect garbage - Kamil
The Colombo Municipal Council spends millions of rupees a day on garbage collection, Chief City Administrator Omar Kamil told The Island yesterday. He said "the Sri Jayawaredenepura MC belongs to the Kotte
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A Forest Of Identity Crises
A court order finally frees housing projects in Mumbai
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Judgement of the Delhi High Court on mid-day meals dated 08/06/2007
Judgement of the Delhi High Court on the decision of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) awarding contracts for providing cooked mid-day meals to students of Primary schools in Delhi dated 08/06/2007.
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Cities, sewers and poverty: India's politics of sanitation
This paper discusses the political circumstances which help explain why the insanitary living conditions of such a large section of India’s urban population have been ignored, and contrasts these with