NMC asked to prepare proposals for beautification of five lakes
Nagpur: Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Friday directed the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to prepare Rs 5 crore proposal each for beautification of Futala, Ambazari, Gandhisagar, Sakkardara and Lendi Talao and send the proposal to District-level Committee within a month....
State Govt misleading people over scrapping of NIT: Anil Pande
Nagpur: The President of Rajiv Gandhi Vichar Morcha Anil Pande has termed the State Government move to transfer all the powers of NIT to NMC as misleading. “Our organization launched many agitations since the year 2007 demanding scrapping of Nagpur...
Jai Jawan Jai Kisan terms move to transfer NIT powers to NMC an eyewash
Nagpur: A city-based organization – Jai Jawan Jai Kisan – has termed the State Government move on transferring all layouts, public utility places, works and powers of Nagpur Improvement Trust to NMC as an eyewash. “The move is aimed at...
State clips NIT wings, NMC to be sole development agency for Orange City
All the layouts, public utility places, works and powers of Nagpur Improvement Trust will be transferred to Nagpur Municipal Corporation within six months. The move will leave NIT with work of Metro Region only as it will be divested...
NIT follows NMC footsteps, adopts Maha Govt system for e-tenders
Nagpur: Following the footsteps of Nagpur Municipal Corporation, which has been embroiled in tender scams, Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) too has dumped its e-tender process run on website www.nittenders.com and has adopted the www.mahatenders.gov.in website of Government Maharashtra for transparency. Earlier,...
Hingna may emerge as coal bed and not as ‘hotbed’ of real estate market if…
Nagpur: In a move that could shatter the ‘business plans’ of real estate promoters eying a major chunk of commercial land in the booming Hingna area, Mahagenco has shot a letter to the Deputy Inspector General of Registration and demanded...
NIT Board of Trustees finally approves long-awaited Metro Region Development Plan
Nagpur: The Board of Trustees of Nagpur Improvement Trust finally approved the long-awaited Nagpur Metropolitan Region Development plan with minor modifications in tune with the hundreds of suggestions and objections put up by people. The plan will now be sent...
Local self bodies directed to implement rain water harvesting system strictly
Representational Pic Nagpur: In view of acute shortage of water and lack of storage facilities for rain water, the State Government has directed the local self bodies to strictly implement rain water harvesting system. Following the order, Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT)...
NIT plants 80,000 saplings across the city and nurtures them, too
Nagpur: Taking a lead under “Zade Lava, Zade Jagva” (Plant Trees, Nurture Trees) campaign, the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) has planted 80,000 saplings of variety of different species of trees at swathe of places across the city. The planted saplings...
Ambitious special drive for cleaning of Nag, Pili, Pora rivers begins on massive scale
Nagpur: The ambitious special drive for cleaning of Nag, Pili, and Pora rivers in the city commenced on a massive scale on Monday. The campaign, undertaken by NMC, NIT, other Government, Semi-Government and social organisations jointly, was inaugurated at the...
NIT Trustees’ decision for builders’ lobbies under guise of favouring common man
Peripheral Development Tax to be uniform for NMC Nagpur: Many the decisions of Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) so far may have invoked the wrath of the public, but the latest decision of NIT Trustees taken during a meeting held on April...
Jammu Anand demands dumping of NIT, scrapping of ‘Smart City’ project
Nagpur: A delegation led by union leader Jammu Anand on Wednesday met Mayor Pravin Datke and pressed for various demands including dumping of Nagpur Improvement Trust. Ironically, the delegation hailed non-inclusion of Nagpur in the list of ‘Smart City.’ Jammu...
Has NIT any authority to demolish a colony settled on private land?
Nagpur: The “guardian” of Shivkrishna Dham colony Dilip Gwalvanshi, facing eviction notice from NIT, informed Nagpur Today that the NIT notice holds no water. “The colony is not settled on any government land but on a private land since the...
NIT terms its notice to Rai builders on illegal constructions as just a formality and not……
Nagpur: Giving a new twist to the much-publicized “demolition notice” served to Kishore Gopichand Rai of Rai Group of Industries pertaining to illegal construction of commercial shops/tenements built at parking place of the multi-storied Rajat Gulmohar Apartment, Kamptee Road, the...
NIT bulldozes illegal constructions of apartment building in Ayodhya Nagar
Nagpur: Taking the construction of an apartment building not according to sanctioned map seriously, the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) bulldozed several portions of the building and also slapped the builder with a fine and security deposit. The offending builder has been...
NIT notice to demolish illegal constructions at Rajat Gulmohar building on Kamptee Road sets panic
Nagpur: Panic among occupants of an apartment building in North Nagpur reigned at its peak as Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) issued a notice to the builder to demolish the ‘illegal’ constructions on his own or face the NIT bulldozer. The...
I-T Department moves HC for recovering income tax from NIT
Nagpur: In an unusual move, the Income-Tax Department on Thursday approached the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court and sought recovery of income tax from Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) on the plea that the development agency is carrying out commercial...
Tiwari slams Thakre for his tirade against Mayor, Mpl Commissioner over Smart City issue
Nagpur: Ruffled by the castigating statement by Leader of Opposition in NMC Vikas Thakre, who had charged the Mayor and Municipal Commissioner of misleading the citizens over non-inclusion of Nagpur in the list of ‘Smart City,’ the Ruling Party Leader...
NIT puts 500 families of illegal colony on tenterhooks by serving vacate notices
The families had erected illegal construction and encroached the huge land situated behind Wox Cooler Factory on Koradi Road since the year 2009. Nagpur: Over 500 families could find themselves on tenterhooks as the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT), acting tough, has...
Eateries on university land demolished
Joint action by NMC, NIT, University and Revenue Department Nagpur: In what could be mentioned as a pro-active action, a big team of Revenue Department including Patwaris, SDO and other officials, NMC Staff, NIT Officials, University Officials escorted by the Police...
Mayor reviews progress of DP road project
Nagpur: Mayor Pravin Datke on Monday reviewed the progress of Develoment Plan (DP) road project and directed officials of Nagpur Municipal Corporation and NIT to seat together to draw an action plan as roads have to be constructed at any...
