PFC forays into financing of sewage treatment plants, funds Nagpur waste water project
New Delhi: State-owned Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has forayed into sewage treatment finance segment by extending Rs 192.79 crore assistance to Nagpur Waste Water Management, a Vishvaraj Group firm. The funds will be used for establishment of sewage treatment plant...
Shopkeepers protest NMC’s demolition drive in Kelibagh road, action postponed
Nagpur: Kelibagh road on Mahal turned a centre of mess up on Monday when the NMC's anti-encroachment squad arrived there to demolish the shops obstructing the road-widening works in the area. However the NMC officials went to intiate action with...
NMC’s lethargy keeps city roads in darkness in Nagpur
Nagpur : Residents of Nagpur are facing severe inconvenience in the night as street lights on many roads are found off since last many days. Continuous rains have resulted in big potholes on badly constructed roads that get...
State Info Commissioner orders probe against NMC deputy chief for erring on RTI
Nagpur: Expressing its dissatisfaction over failure of Nagpur civic body to provide requisite information under Right to Information act to an activist, the State Information Commissioner has ordered NMC deputy commissioner to compensate the applicant with Rs 1000 and provide...
Boon of Ban : NMC to repair potholes from seized plastic
Nagpur: Even as the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is exercising ban on use of plastic in full force, it would be putting up the seized plastic products to good use. NMC has devised a way to dispose off...
Residents oppose commercialization of Telangkhedi garden
NAGPUR: Strongly opposing commercialization of Telangkhedi garden, the local residents have appealed to the administration of Dr Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth and also the Chief Minister to stop the ongoing construction work at the garden. They also threatened to approach...
NMC in a fix over razing buildings falling on flight landing path
Nagpur: Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) officials appear to have been in a jinx over removing illegal building and mobile towers around Nagpur airport. The callous attitude of civic officials have eventually led Mihan India Limited (MIL), the authority responsible for...
NMC to sell parking again, set to launch scheme on 25 roads
Nagpur: Even as the citizens struggle to park their vehicles on busy stretches of Nagpur including Dharampeth, Ramdaspeth, Sadar and Mahal areas, Nagpur Municipal Corporation is once again back with pay and park scheme. However it was still...
NMC distributes uniforms, books to students on day one
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) distributed school uniforms and books to students on the first day of the new academic session after schools re-opened on Tuesday after summer vacations. Nagpur Teachers’ Constituency MLC N G Ganar was the chief guest...
Mpl Commr Virendra Singh to shopkeepers “Remove encroachments or face music “
NAGPUR: Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has urged shopkeepers, traders to remove their encroachments from footpath and public places, otherwise stern action will be taken against them. Virendra Singh, Municipal Commissioner, during an interaction with mediapersons, virtually issued ultimatum to encroachers to...
Civic run, state govt schools to reopen Tuesday
Nagpur: Even as few private and other CBSE schools have reopened last week, this week its time for the State government run and affiliated private and aided schools to get back to work after a long summer vacation. The schools...
Nagpur secured 55th rank in Swachh Survekshan 2018
Nagpur: In a bid to achieve better sanitation level, Nagpur secured 55th rank in Swachh Survekshan 2018. Amid 485 cities covered by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in its third swachh survekshan, Nagpur secured 55th rank with 2834.94...
Municipal commissioner Virendra Singh orders removal of footpath encroachments
Nagpur: Municipal commissioner Virendra Singh, who recently inspected the road between Aath Rasta Chowk and Orange City Hospital Road under Laxmi Nagar zone, expressed concern over hurdles faced by pedestrians on footpaths. “All types of encroachments should be removed urgently,”...
NMC razes down illegal religious structures on HC order
NAGPUR: The anti-encroachment department of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Friday razed down religious encroachments at several places in the city after the Nagpur bench of Mumbai High Court had come down heavily on the administration for delaying the...
NMC’s blind eye towards filthy Chambhar Nallah poses hazards to residents
Nagpur: The Chambhar Nallah in North Nagpur is in very dilapidated condition and needs immediate repairs and construction of walls on both the sides to avoid any untoward incident in the future. But the negligence by the ruling party...
NMC insensitivity leaves 2000 women workers jobless
Nagpur: Around 2000 women workers belonging to 200 self-help groups in the district have become jobless after the State government allowed Akshaya Patra Foundation to provide free mid-day meals to the children studying in schools run by the Nagpur...
Two mango trees axed in Narendra Nagar sans Garden Department’s nod
Nagpur: It’s been barely 24 hours since Nagpur Today reported need of trees and casual approach of people towards environment in the city. However, in utter disregard, two mango trees were axed mercilessly in Shrinagar Colony, Narendra Nagar, on Tuesday...
NMC’s ‘Smart watch’ to keep track of top babus, too
Nagpur: To discipline the truant higher officials and lower rung employees, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Administration equipped heads of various departments (HoDs) and others with GPS-enabled watches. The move comes after the sanitation workers and inspectors were provided...
NMC boss orders to shut down amusement park inside Children’s Traffic Park
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), with the aim of creating awareness among children about traffic rules, had set up Children’s Traffic Park in Dharampeth. However, the Traffic Park was being increasingly used for commercial activities with setting up of...
Video: Rains pose new threats on Nagpur roads, thanks to road, metro rail projects
Nagpur: Nagpur citizens are once again put on the roads to danger right after the first spell of heavy downpour that lashed the city on Saturday and Sunday. The loopholes in monsoon management by concerned authorities have been exposed by...
NMC’s budget for 2018-19 to be presented on June 11
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s budget for the financial year 2018-19 will be presented by Chairman of Standing Committee Virendra Kukreja in the special meeting to be held at Town Hall at 11 am on June 11. A discussion...
