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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Civic body encourages residents to turn garbage into manure
At a time when the country's richest civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is struggling to find more space for dumping the garbage, a small municipal council in neighbouring Thane district
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The Adi Ganga- A forgotten river in Bengal
<p>The article sheds light on the Adi Ganga, one of the most significant streams of the Ganges in its lower course, and narrates how the stream (later Tolly’s Canal) which was once the life line
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Green belt to fight pollution in Dhanbad
Dhanbad: Taking note of the rising pollution in the coal city, the Municipal Corporation of Dhanbad (MCD) is plannng to plant trees which can absorb toxic gases from the atmosphere. Tabebuia rosea also
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Civic body to start windrow composting in 12 wards
Aurangabad: The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has introduced windrow composting facilities in 12 civic wards for effective processing of the waste. Experts said the system can efficiently handle
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Govt apathy led to jaundice outbreak, says NIV report
The reports on the jaundice outbreak in Shimla and Solan submitted to the state government by the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have again
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Replenishing the disappearing ponds
In rapidly urbanising Gurgaon, the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has decided to rejuvenate a small set of ponds. Recognising the importance of about 120-odd Johads (ponds), which have either shrunk
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding filling up of a water body by the Railways, Howrah, West Bengal, 17/02/2016
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Howrah Municipal Corporation & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 17/02/2016 regarding filling up of
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Provide clean drinking water, Stokes to officials
Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Minister Vidya Stokes today asked the IPH Department to chalk out a strategy for providing clean drinking water to prevent jaundice in the city. Meanwhile, the Shimla
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Swachh Bharat: Shimla ranks 27
SHIMLA: The popular summer holiday-retreat township, also known for its Victorian architecture, is not the cleanest among all million plus and capital cities of India after all. Shimla has ranked 27th
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Solid waste management: NGO clears the air on funds
Aurangabad: Janakidevi Bajaj Gramvikas Sanstha, an NGO funded by Bajaj Auto Ltd, has declared that it will give financial assistance of Rs 1.6 crore to the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) for garbage