‘People’s Voice silent’: 82 Corporators did not raise a single question in NMC House in 4 years
Nagpur: Even as the term of current House of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is coming to an end early next year, over 50%, or say, 82 Corporators did not raise a single question in the past four and a half...
It’s official! NMC election to be of one-member ward system
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation elections for 2022 will be of one-member ward system as State Election Commission (SEC) has reverted to one-member ward system in Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayats that would go to polls between December 2021 and...
Six English medium schools of Nagpur Municipal Corporation to start from this session
Nagpur: Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is starting six English medium school affiliated to State Education Board to provide quality education to all sections of society. Disclosing this on Monday, Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari said that an MoU was signed with Akanksha...
NMC-OCW goes Green, planted Over 500 tree saplings @ ESR’s
Nagpur: As part of its green environment initiative & promote biodiversity,Nagpur Municipal Corporation-Orange City Water in association with State Forest Department has planted almost 500 tree saplings at ESR (Overhead Tank Premises) across all 10 zones. The objective of...
Mayor orders NMC to blacklist cement road contractors for shoddy works
Nagpur: Coming down heavily on cement road contractors for shoddy works, the Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari directed the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) administration to take stern action against them. “The open gap (interlocking) between two sides of cement roads could lead to...
Waste collection work crippled in Nagpur as BVG workers go on strike
Nagpur: The door-to- door waste collection work in Nagpur was crippled on Sunday as sanitation workers employed by one of the agencies – BVG – staged an agitation for non-payment of salaries. Citizens had top face enormous hardships as waste...
NMC bags Star Municipal Leadership Award for innovation in saving power
Nagpur: Assing one more feather in its cap, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has bagged the Star Municipal Leadership Award for work done on saving energy through its initiative to saving power by switching off lights on Pournima (full Moon day). The...
Baghdadiya Colony: NMC stops razing illegal bldgs after protests, HC stay
Nagpur: Tension gripped Baghdadiya Colony near Baba Farid Nagar on Tuesday morning after Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s anti-encroachment department reached to demolish 134 illegal pucca houses. The construction did not have permission from civic body or Nagpur Improvement Trust. The drive,...
NMC cancels odd-even rule for shops in Nagpur
Nagpur: After three months of odd and even diktat, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation will allow all non-essential shops to function on all days from September 2. The old rule, which was being opposed by shopkeepers, has been in force since...
Civil Engineers protest as NMC starts layoffs amid lockdown
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has snapped the work contract of as many as 56 Civil Engineers on the pretext of novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) crisis. Following this, all the engineers staged a peaceful demonstration against the NMC on...
Early identification helped Nagpur, says civic chief Tukaram Mundhe
Nagpur: Over 75 per cent of people who got infected with novel coronavirus in Nagpur have since recovered and been discharged, and the death rate of 2 per cent is also among the best in Maharashtra and the country, Municipal...
NMC to construct walking track at Swaraj Vihar Vidyanagar Garden
Nagpur: Various development works are being undertaken by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) in Nehru Nagar Zone. The Zone Chairperson Samita Rajendra Chakole performed bhoomipujan of a walking track at Swaraj Vihar Vidyanagar Garden, construction of CC Bed at Wathoda Nullah...
Nasty nuisance: 2384 persons face NMC music for urinating, spitting in public places
Nagpur: Over 2300 persons in Orange City faced action for spitting and urinating in public places. The Nuisance Detection Squads of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) cracked a whip on total 2,384 persons for the dirty menace at public places over...
NMC’s special meeting adjourned within 10 minutes amid uproar!
Nagpur: The special meeting of Nagpur Municipal Corporation, held on Friday, was adjourned within 10 minutes amid uproar over various issues. The special meeting started 45 minutes late for want of quorum. Congress Corporator Praful Gudadhe Patil raised question over holding...
Leaking sewer line makes people’s life at Baji Prabhu Nagar apartment a hell
Representational Pic Nagpur: Thanks to the apathetic attitude of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) officials, the residents of Vaishno Devi Apartments, Baji Prabhu Nagar, off Ramnagar Square are compelled to face several hardships these days. Come monsoon and the sewer line passing...
Choked sewer line in Nara society exposes NMC’s Swachhta Abhiyan
Nagpur: A choked sewer line at Indian Cooperative Society, near Saraswati Lawn, Nara, has exposed the mockery the Nagpur Municipal Corporation perpetrating to Swachhta Abhiyan. The picture is no different in other parts of the city. A resident of Plot...
With no full-time Chief Accounts and Finance Officer, NMC working takes a hit
Nagpur: The shoddy affairs being run by cash-starved Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) could be gauged from the fact the civic body is functioning without full-fledged Chief Accounts and Finance Officer (CAFO) since months. To make matters worse, the officer holding...
NMC shows door to Kanak, set to appoint ‘tainted’ M/s BVG for garbage collection, raises many eyebrows
Nagpur: Finally, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has shown the door to the controversial Kanak Resources Management Limited (KRML), engaged in door-to-door garbage collection since past 15 years. The civic body started fresh tendering process and after opening financial and...
Fiasco over National Anthem in NMC’s GBM shows Mayor ‘in bad light’
Nagpur: A dark chapter was scripted in the history of Nagpur Municipal Corporation. A fiasco over National Anthem during the General Body Meeting of NMC held on Thursday showed the Mayor Nanda Jichkar in bad light. Owing to shabby affairs,...
Bangar asks officials to expedite Pardi flyover work
Nagpur: Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar asked the officials concerned to expedite work of Pardi flyover. With a view to speed up the work, Bangar addressed a meeting of officials along with East Nagpur MLA Krishna Khopde. The work is moving...
1400 NMC babus to be deployed on Lok Sabha poll duty in city
Nagpur: With the announcement of Lok Sabha election schedule, the district and police administration in Nagpur put them in top gear to conduct the poll in free, fair and peaceful manner. The administration will need around 40,000 employees and officials,...