Kohale puts NMC in top gear to deal with water supply in summer months, deftly
Nagpur. Chairman of Water Works Committee Sudhakar Kohale, who is also MLA from South Nagpur, on Friday convened a meeting of top NMC officials and reviewed water supply position for the coming May and June, the hottest months of Nagpur summer....
NMC’s “Shramdan” programme under “Swachha Bharat Mission” from April 17 to May 29
Council General of Singapore pays visit to NMC, claims to Air-link Nagpur with Singapore
Nagpur: The Council General of Singapore Ajit Singh visited Nagpur Municipal Corporation on April 15, 2015 at 10 am. Mayor of Nagpur city Praveen Datke and Nagpur Municipal Commissioner Shravan Hardikar welcomed Council General of Singapore Ajit Singh with sapling...
Nagpur among 92 cities unders Govt ‘Prescription free’ medicines policy
Nagpur: Under the Central government's 'Prescription Free Medicine Policy', 95 cities including Nagpur, will be granted funds by National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) to make civic administration run hospitals self sufficient in availability of medicines and impose a ban on...
Shaken and torn apart, NMC’s Standing Committee stays hefty hike in development charges
The Mayor, the Ruling Party Leader, other office-bearers and the NMC Administration were deluged with complaints and protests over unreasonable hike in various development charges. The local newspapers had also run a sustained campaign against the hike and exposed the...
Political air in NMC Employees’ Co-op Bank turns steamy for Board of Directors’ election
Nagpur. The atmosphere in Nagpur Municipal Corporation Employees’ Co-operative Bank is turning steamy, politically. The elections for Board of Directors of the Bank are scheduled in the first week of May. Campaigning by the aspiring candidates has started gaining momentum. In...
With no JNNURM funds, NMC projects in city take severe beating
Nagpur: Amidst Government’s flip-flop over continuation of JNNURM and conflicting reports of scrapping of the flagship scheme only to be launched with new name, the projects of Nagpur Municipal Corporation are taking a hit. The funding under JNNURM (Jawaharlal Nehru...
NMC crackdown on illegal slaughter houses, mutton shops; garbage burners too face action
Nagpur. Health Department of Nagpur Municipal Corporation, with the help of Enforcement Department and Crime Branch of Nagpur Police, cracked down on illegal slaughter houses and mutton shops on April 2, the Mahavir Jayanti day. The NMC crackdown was reported from...
NMC pays rich tributes to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Nagpur. Deputy Mayor Munna Pokulwar on Saturday paid rich tributes to Great Maratha Warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on his death anniversary today. Pokulwar visited Mahal area and garlanded the full statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj situated near Gandhigate. The Ruling Party...
RTI activist charges NMC of mocking at law & law makers over move on stray dogs
NAGPUR: The reported move by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to shift stray dogs to Bhandewadi Shelter for Animal Birth Control (ABC) surgeries created a stir and forced an RTI activist to shoot a hard-hitting letter to Municipal Commissioner. Apart from...
Controversial Ward Officer Harish Raut’s actions put top NMC bosses on the edge
Nagpur: A die-hard babu working in Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), it appears, refuses to toe the decent official line and be in good book. The babu in question is controversial Assistant Commissioner/Ward Officer of Ashi Nagar Zone Harish Raut. The...
Now, Chinese delegation visits NMC to know about various development projects
Nagpur. Following a visit by French Development Agency delegation on March 26, a 14-member Chinese delegation, led by Consul General Zeng Ziyan, paid a goodwill visit to Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC). The Mayor Pravin Datke, Standing Committee Chairman Ramesh Shingare, Maharashtra’s...
French team visits NMC, seeks information on Metro Rail, various other projects
Nagpur. A team of the French Development Agency (AFD), that may finance city's metro rail project, on Thursday arrived in Nagpur for inspection of various development projects and paid a goodwill visit to Nagpur Municipal Corporation. A power-point presentation of various...
NMC busts bogus doctor running clinic in New Shukrawari
Nagpur. Alarmed over mushrooming of fake doctors practicing medical procedures freely in the field of health services in many city areas, the Health Department of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Wednesday cracked down on a bogus doctor who was found running...
Mayor stresses development of roads with joint efforts of NMC, Land Records Deopartment
Nagpur. Mayor Pravin Datke on Wednesday directed the NMC Engineers and City Land Records Department officials to jointly sort of the nagging pending problems to facilitate development of roads in accordance with Sanctioned Development Control Regulations for Nagpur City. The directives were...
NMC seizes two plots worth Rs 1.5 crore & an ATM for non-payment of Property Tax dues by owners
Nagpur. Continuing its crackdown on defaulters of Property Tax the Laxmi Nagar Zone of NMC on Monday seized three properties including two plots worth Rs 1.5 crore and an ATM. The two plots were seized for recovery of Rs 6.98...
Deputy Mayor pays tributes to Shahid Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru
Nagpur. Deputy Mayor Munna Pokulwar on Monday paid his tributes to Shaid Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru on their martyrdom day. Pokulwar garlanded the portraits of the martyrs in Mayor’s Chamber in Civil Lines office of Nagpur Municipal Corporation. Others present on...
Delegation of NMC’s Aiwajdar workers meets Mayor over PF contribution mess
Nagpur. A delegation of NMC’s Aiwajdar workers, led by Jammu Anand, on Friday met Mayor Pravin Datke in the context of a newspaper report that said the NMC has not deposited Aiwajdar workers’ share of contribution in their Provident Fund...
Book ‘Sitabardichi Ladhayi,’ Marathi version of ‘Battle of Sitabuldi,’ released by Mayor
Nagpur. Mayor Pravin Datke on Friday released the book “Sitabardichi Ladhayi,” the Marathi version of Dr S M Ayachit’s original English book “Battle of Sitabuldi.” The book release function was held at Mayor’s chamber in NMC’s Central Office in Civil Lines....
NMC seizes 20 plots valued at Rs 3 crore to recover Rs 9.75 lakh pending Property Tax dues
Nagpur: In a major crackdown on defaulters of Property Tax the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has seized 20 plots of holders for recovery of Rs 9.75 lakh pending dues. The total value of seized plots stands at Rs 3 crore....
Nagpur should be developed as sustainable, job-oriented city, says Mayor
NMC’s Workshop on ‘Draft Revised City Development Plan (CDP) of Nagpur’ held Nagpur. “Every city has its own definition of development. Therefore, while preparing the development plan, every need of citizens should be considered and the city should be sustainable for everyone...
