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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More parking space in Delhi than houses for poor
The Capital provides more land for car parks than for housing for poor people.The approximately 4.5 million slum population in Delhi occupies only 3 per cent of Delhi’s area. But the parking demand generated
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Kumbh over, no one cares for Godavari
Two months since the Godavari was cleaned, the river is back to being a murky nullah choked with household waste, plastic and puja material dumped into it Two months since the G o d ava r i w a s cleaned
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Civic panel calls for hyacinth-free rivers
Hyacinth, the breeding ground for mosquitoes and rising dengue cases, has made the standing committee of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) sit up. Its members have directed the health and
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding use of electronic crematorium, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 19/11/2015
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Pramode Chugh Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 19/11/2015 regarding use of electronic crematorium, Bhopal,
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MPCB slams civic body for overflowing Jayanti nullah
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Tuesday slammed the municipal corporation for failing to control the overflowing sewage water from Jayanti nullah. City-based civic activists' forum
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NGT ired over solid waste dumping around Vaishno Devi shrine
"Very poor" solid waste management, including dumping of dung, en route to the Vaishno Devi shrine and in Jammu and Katra towns has led the National Green Tribunal to ask top officials of the shrine board
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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding protection of the stray dogs, 18/11/2015
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Animal Welfare Board of India vs. People for Elimination of Stray Troubles and Ors. SLP(C) 691 of 2009 dated 18/11/2015 regarding protection of the
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Dengue in Delhi this year: 38 deaths, over 15,000 cases
This is the highest number of cases the capital has seen in nearly two decades, Over 15,000 cases of dengue and 38 deaths due to the disease have been reported in Delhi this year, the municipal corporations
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Can’t collect green tax from trucks entering Delhi: Contractor to SC
The private company collecting toll tax from trucks entering Delhi from neighbouring states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan today told the Supreme Court that it was not in a position to comply
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Civic body turns blind eye to Salim Ali lake encroachments
Aurangabad: The civic body's lacklustre approach towards protecting Salim Ali Lake has been gradually spelling doom at the biodiversity hotspot located in the hearty of the city. Despite assuring that