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PCMC To Construct Four-Lane Flyover At Dange Chowk
By akansha, Section Roads in Pune
Posted on Fri Mar 12, 2010 at 01:02:36 AM EST
The chowk is located at the junction of the Aundh-Ravet road and Chinchwadgaon-Hinjewadi road in Thergaon village
The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) will construct a flyover at the Dange chowk in Thergaon on the Aundh-Ravet road to reduce congestion at this busy junction.
Speaking to TOI on Wednesday, municipal commissioner Ashish Sharma, "The four-lane flyover will enable people coming from Kalewadi side to cross the Dange chowk and go towards Tathawade and Ravet without stopping at the junction."
He said, "The expenses of the flyover will be met from the Rs 200-crore loan taken from the World Bank (WB) for constructing the Nashik Phata and the Empire Estate flyovers. We have prepared a design for the flyover and will be submitting it to the WB, this week, for approval. The estimated cost of the flyover is Rs 20 to Rs 25 crore. We will invite bids for the project, as soon as we get approval from the WB. The actual construction work is expected to start three to four months after completion of the tender process."
Dange chowk is located at the junction of the Aundh-Ravet road and Chinchwadgaon-Hinjewadi road in Thergaon village. The work on the widening and creation of the bus rapid transport system route on the Aundh-Ravet road is already in progress, so there is always traffic congestion at the Dange chowk.
Also, there are fruit stalls, bus stops and rickshaw stands on the road going towards Hinjewadi, which leads to traffic congestion. There is a `majoor adda' (daily wage labourers' stop) on the road going towards Tathawade and Ravet villages, which attracts a large crowd besides hawkers. A weekly bazaar is also held at the spot on Sunday, adding to the congestion.
Speaking to TOI, Anand Shinde, a commuter from Chinchwad said, "Motorists cross the chowk from all directions leading to chaos. A traffic policeman or warden should be deployed here."
Another motorist, Deepak Jadhav, from Kalewadi, said, "The signals installed at the chowk, almost a year ago, should be made operational as soon as possible for effective control of the traffic." Anagha Vartak, a commuter from Thergaon, said, "The PCMC should take action against handcarts and hawkers at the chowk, since they add to the traffic congestion here."
Source: Times Of India PCMC to construct four-lane flyover at Dange chowk
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Homeless In Pune: Roofs For Migrants, Students Remain On Paper
By akansha, Section News
Posted on Fri Mar 12, 2010 at 12:40:25 AM EST
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has proposed the construction of youth hostels for migrant students in the draft budget for 2010-11. This when previous plans to accommodate the city's floating population have been non-starters.
"More than 1 lakh students come to Pune for education every year and they face a problem of accommodation. Youth hostels have been proposed to help them," said former standing committee chairman Nilesh Nikam who proposed the scheme.
It is not the first time that the civic body has mooted such a scheme. In the 2008-09 budget, standing committee chairman Bapu Pathare had proposed the Rs 1-crore Dr Ambedkar hostel scheme. It never saw the light of the day.
CITY STATS
- Population: In the 2001 census, the city's population was 25,38,473 the approximate estimate in 2009 is 35 lakh
- Socio-economic status: Three per cent of the total population is dependent on agriculture
- 97 per cent of the city's population is involved in business, industries
- Of the total working population, an approximate 23 per cent (2.25 lakh) population is employed in the IT sector
- About 50 per cent rise in the population is because of migration
- Literacy : Male : 81.4 per cent Female : 72.2 per cent
FACTOID
The Government of India's `National Strategy for Urban Poor' project has sanctioned 1.1 million houses in India till date. The report by the committee for `Affordable Housing For All' has estimated that the urban housing shortage at the commencement of the 11th five-year plan is 24.71 million.
In 2009-10, then standing committee chairman Sham Deshpande had proposed the Rajmata Jijau Gharkul project for rehabilitating hutment dwellers whose houses were razed till January 1, 2009. The scheme has remained on paper.
Source: Times Of India By Radheshyam Jadhav Homeless in Pune: Roofs for migrants, students remain on paper
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Realtors Cold On Mumbai Slum Project
By ugesh sarkar, Section Real Estate
Posted on Fri Mar 12, 2010 at 12:39:51 AM EST
 Real estate developers and consultants are not hopeful that the Maharashtra government's plan to develop slums falling under the Coastal Regulatory Zone II ( CRZ II) would be implemented soon.
The state government has planned to permit redevelopment of around one lakh hutments in sea facing areas of prime locations like Cuffe Parade, Walkeshwar, Bandra, Juhu and Versova in Mumbai. If implemented, this move would free over one crore square feet of land in the city. The state government has also proposed a floor space index ( FSI) of 2.5 for the redevelopment of slums falling in CRZ II. According to Pranay Vakil, chairman of Knight Frank, a global property consultancy firm, this move would witness a lot of opposition from environmentalists.
" Some time ago, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had proposed the opening up of salt pan land in the state. Imagine, if that move could be opposed, the CRZ II norm would certainly have a lot of opposition," he said.
If the proposal is properly implemented, it would significantly bring down realty prices in Mumbai, he added.
CRZ- II areas are those that go up to 500 metres on the landward side of high- tide lines and areas around creeks and rivers, where substantial development had taken place before 1991. No new construction is allowed on the seaward side of the roads.
Source: Mail Today By Amit Shanbaug Realtors cold on Mumbai slum project
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Pimpri-Chinchwad New Township Development Authority Has Rs 537-Cr Surplus Budget
By akansha, Section News
Posted on Fri Mar 12, 2010 at 12:23:10 AM EST
 Chief executive officer of Pimpri-Chinchwad New Township Development Authority (PCNTDA), Suhas Divse on Tuesday presented a Rs 537.64-crore surplus budget for 2010-11.
The draft budget with a total outlay of Rs 783.99 crore was presented by Divse to divisional commissioner and PCNTDA president Dilip Band.
"The annual budget of PCNTDA for 2009-10 had a total outlay of Rs 687.12 crore.However, fewer plots were sold in the fiscal and there was an agitation by farmers demanding return of 12.5 per cent of the total land acquired from them for PCNTDA. In addition, there were two election codes of conduct ( for Lok Sabha and assembly elections) during 2009. Hence the authority could collect only Rs 150 crore as revenue against the target of Rs 380 crore," Divse said.
It also resulted in lower spending of funds on various developmental projects. "We could spend only Rs 126.87 crore during the last fiscal," said Divse.
"PCNTDA will spend only Rs 246.35 crore in 2010-11 which will leave a balance of Rs 537.64 crore. We will have an opening balance of Rs 291.11 crore in the new fiscal. The investment in the development funds is Rs 33.11 crore, the revenue is Rs 42.04 crore while capital income is Rs 417.63 crore."
PCNTDA is expected to earn Rs 400 crore through sale of residential, commercial and public purpose plots in various sectors of its jurisdiction. It will also earn a revenue of Rs 1.26 crore from sale of flats in various housing schemes, Rs 5.25 crore from additional charges and transfer fee and another Rs 5.88 crore from interest and development funds. It is mainly expected to earn money from the sale of small commercial plots in the sectors 7 and 10 and the commercial plots in the central facility centre.
Source: Times Of India PCNTDA has Rs 537-cr surplus budget
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Now, Admissions For BPMT Degree Through CET
By akansha, Section Education
Posted on Fri Mar 12, 2010 at 12:17:26 AM EST
14 Govt And 4 Corporation-Run Medical Colleges To Be Covered
Admissions to the newly introduced bachelor in paramedical technology (BPMT) degree course at 18 government and corporation-run medical colleges in the state, will be effected through the Maharashtra Health and Technology-Common Entrance Test (MHTCET), starting this year.
The state director of medical education and research (DMER) has told all these colleges to put up proposals with the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) for sanction of the student intake for various BPMT disciplines and start the course this year.
The collective intake for the 20-odd BPMT disciplines at each college is to be in proportion with the existing student intake for medical (MBBS) course of the concerned college. For instance, the B J Medical College in Pune, which has an existing intake of 200 MBBS seats, will get 125 seats for the BPMT disciplines, as per norms laid by a government resolution (GR) issued on July 21, 2009.
A N Suryakar, registrar, MUHS, told TOI on Tuesday, "We are expecting the intake proposals to start reaching us soon. There won't be any issues clearing the same, since all 18 colleges are established institutions and the course does not require any additional infrastructure or faculty."
Director of medical education Wasudev Tayade said, "The BPMT will be the new addition to the health sciences admissions covered by the MHTCET. We have identified 20 disciplines for the new course."
Paramedical studies relate to a wide-ranging technologyand skill-based services that are required by doctors for correct diagnosis and treatment of patients. For instance, services relating to electro-cardiogram (EGC), x-ray, pathological, biochemical and microbiological sample processing at medical laboratories, analysis of audiography machines etc.
Source: Times Of India Now, admissions for BPMT degree through CET
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Zero Load-Shedding Plan At 18 District Places
By akansha, Section Electricity
Posted on Fri Mar 12, 2010 at 12:12:30 AM EST
The Maharashtra state electricity distribution company limited (MSEDCL) has proposed to implement the zero load-shedding model at 18 district headquarters, following successful implementation of the same at revenue division headquarters. The Maharashtra electricity regulatory commission (Merc) has scheduled a public hearing on MSEDCL's proposal on March 25 in Mumbai.
A statement issued by the MSEDCL here on Tuesday, said the new proposal is for district headquarters that come in the A to D categories fixed by the Merc as per the transmission and distribution (T&D) losses there and bill recovery performances. District headquarters with less than 42 per cent T&D loss fall in the A to D categories, while those with higher than 42 per cent loss come in E and F categories.
"On the basis of this classification, as many as 18 district headquarters become eligible for implementation of the zero load-shedding model. These include Kolhapur, Sangli, Solapur, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Alibaug, Chandrapur, Wardha, Ahmednagar, Bhandara, Satara, Buldhana, Latur, Akola, Vashim, Nanded, Yavatmal and Gadchiroli," the statement said.
Consumers in district headquarters falling in A category will have to pay reliability charge of 22 paise per unit over and above the electricity tariff, those in B category will have to pay 37 paise per unit, C category consumers will have to pay 40 paise per unit and those in D category will have to pay reliability charge of 47 paise per unit. However, the final rate of reliability charge will be fixed by the Merc after the public hearing.
First initiated in Pune city, the zero load-shedding model was later extended to Amravati, Nagpur, Vashi and Aurangabad, from November 2009. Consumer representatives from Nashik had opposed payment of reliability charge, so the Merc had excluded it from the zero load-shedding model. "However, Nashik is also a part of the model now, after the residents demanded that their city be included. The consumers there will have to pay reliability charge of 51 paise per unit," the statement said.
The MSEDCL said that once zero load-shedding comes into effect in district headquarters, small and medium industries and domestic consumers will benefit. "The MSEDCL will have to additionally procure 151 MW power for these 18 headquarters. Once power availability improves, the MSEDCL plans to expand the zero load-shedding model to major tourist destinations in the state and taluka headquarters as well," the statement added.
Source: Times Of India Zero load-shedding plan at 18 district places
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Delhi Best City To Live In
By ugesh sarkar, Section News
Posted on Fri Mar 12, 2010 at 12:09:55 AM EST
As the Capital gears up for the Commonwealth Games 2010, there is some good news that will give a further boost to its image.
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According to the Liveability Index 2010, Delhi has topped the charts when it comes to the quality of life. The index is generated based on a study conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry ( CII) and the Institute For Competitiveness, ( IFC) India.
Following Delhi closely are Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune, ranked 2nd to 8th, respectively, in the overall quality of life ratings. Ironically, the NCR, which should have kept pace with the development of Delhi, has failed to do so. Gurgaon, Noida and Faridabad have been ranked 9th, 27th and 32nd, respectively.
A liveable city, according to the report, is not just an urbanised area in an urbanised region defined by the presence of a municipality.
Liveability refers to an urban system that contributes to the physical, social and mental well-being and personal development of all its inhabitants, it said.
Source: Mail Today Delhi Best City To Live In
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Summer Special Trains From Pune
By akansha, Section Local Transportation
Posted on Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 11:43:56 PM EST
Considering the approaching summer vacations, the Central Railway has announced umber of summer special trains from Pune.
The trains
- Pune-Ahmedabad special: every Thursday beeen April 1 and June 24; the train will depart m Pune at 3.20 pm and arrive Ahemadabad t day at 4 am. The same train will leave medabad at 2.10 pm and 4 reach Pune next day .45 am. The train will have a total of 19 cases, which 11 are second class reserved coaches
- Pune-Gorakhapur: every Wednesday from April pril to June 23; will depart Pune at 3.30 pm and ch Gorakhapur at 3.30 am. This train will have second class reserved coaches
- Pune-Hazrat Nizamuddin special: every Friday m April 2 to June 25; depart Pune at 2.10 pm d will arrive Nizamuddin next day at 4.40 pm
- Pune-Agra Cantonment special: every Sunday m April 4 to June 27; depart at 2.10 pm and ch Agra next day at 1 pm; The train will have 10 ond class reserved coaches, one IIITire AC, 2 neral compartments and 2 SLRs
- Pune-Lucknow special weekly: every Sunday m April 4 to June 26; depart Pune at 4.15 pm d arrive Lucknow next day at 5.10 pm
- Pune-Jaipur weekly superfast summer special: ry Sunday from April 4 to June 27; depart Pune .20 pm and arrive Jaipur next day at 1.40 pm; l have eight second class reserve coaches, four ond class unreserved general compartments e second AC, two III tier AC and two SLR; total mber of coaches 17
- Pune-Hyderabad superfast Shatabdi summer special: four days a week -Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; from April 1 to June 29; part Pune at 6 am and arrive Hyderabad at 2.30 ;
- Dadar(T)-Chennai Central weekly superfast rib Rath summer special: every Thursday from ril 8
- Dadar-Hyderabad: via Pune every Sunday from April 18 and June 27
Gate closed on Thursday
Due to annual maintenance of level crossing gate A situated at Ghorpadi-Mundhawa Road of ne-Solapur section, the gate shall be closed for d traffic between 12 am to 4 am on March 11.
Source: The Indian Express Summer special
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State Says No To Funding Civic Body's Housing Project For The Poor
By akansha, Section Real Estate
Posted on Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 11:10:19 PM EST
The state government refusal to fund the ambitious low-income housing (LIG) project initiated by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has come as a blow to the civic body.
A total of 6,720 tenements were scheduled to be built in the first phase of the project, for which the state government was supposed to give Rs 33.72 crore to PCMC, from which it has now backed out. It has sent a letter to PCMC expressing its inability to pay up the money due to paucity of funds. Opposition parties have criticised the ruling NCP, saying that the people will suffer as the prices of houses will now go up.
Shiv Sena corporator Shrirang Barne said, "We always supported the idea of low cost housing, but the LIG project was a failure from the first day as it is not pratically possible to provide a flat at Rs. 1.5 lakh, the price of which may now go upto Rs 3 lakh. The ruling party publicised the project just to get publicity. PCMC should have acted realistically while planning the project.
Now that the state government has refused to pay its share, PCMC would now have to foot the bills for which it would take loan. It is shocking that though there is a coalition of the NCP at the Centre and they also rule PCMC, they cannot get funds for the project. This project shows a lack of vision and planning on the part of the ruling party and former municipal commissioner." PCMC started work on the LIG project, after it was approved under JNNURM.
The PCMC has planned to construct houses admeasuring 550 sq ft for people from low economic backround, which would be available to them at a cost of Rs 1.5 lakh. The initial cost of the project was pegged at Rs 450 crore, the proposal of which was put up before the Centre former civic chief Dilip Band and was subsequently approved.
Source: The Indian Express State Says No To Funding Civic Body's Housing Project For The Poor
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PCMC Has Stopped Monthly Assistance Of Rs 1 Cr To Transport Body
By akansha, Section Local Transportation
Posted on Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 11:03:50 PM EST
The decision of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) to stop monthly financial assistance of Rs one crore to the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) from April has put a question mark on the transport company's future as the issue comes up for debate at the meeting of PMPML board of directors later this month.
On the directive of the state government, the two civic bodies (Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad) have been contributing Rs 1 crore each every month to the PMPML for the last three years. In fact, the PMPML was formed with the merger of erstwhile Pune Municipal Transport and the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Transport. While the government resolution (GR) to this effect was issued in April 2007, the actual formation and functioning of the company began in January 2008 only.
The PCMC argues that it has been paying the mandatory Rs 1 crore since April 2007 and so it can stop the aid now as the three-year term comes to an end. Civic activists, however, say that since the company's actual formation had happened only in January 2008, the PCMC should continue to pay till January 2011.
PMPML's website hacked
The website of the PMPML has been attacked by virus due of which it is showing old and incorrect information for the past one week. PMPML officials said that work on restoring the website is in progress. The website continues to show Nitin Khade as the chairman and managing director of PMPML although, he was transferred in August last year. Since last month, Pune divisional commissioner Dilip Band has been given additional charge as the chairman and managing director of the PMPML.
Source: Times Of India PMPML's fate hangs in balance
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Retailers Look Afresh At Wholesale Biz
By ugesh sarkar, Section Business
Posted on Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 10:50:01 PM EST
See potential tie-ups with overseas companies as an additional temptation
Retailers are taking a relook at cash and carry (wholesale trading) ventures in the hope of tapping millions of kiranas (independent stores). The potential tie-ups with overseas firms - which are allowed to invest freely in the cash and carry business - are an additional temptation, say retailers and consultants tracking the sector.
Retailers are taking a relook at cash and carry (wholesale trading) ventures in the hope of tapping millions of kiranas (independent stores). The potential tie-ups with overseas firms - which are allowed to invest freely in the cash and carry business - are an additional temptation, say retailers and consultants tracking the sector.
Indiabulls' retail arm, Store One Retail, recently announced its foray into the cash and carry segment. Global investor TPG, which has put in a bid for debt-hit Vishal Retail, plans to convert the latter into a cash and carry venture. Aditya Birla Retail, part of the Aditya Birla Group, is also said to be ready with the back end and infrastructure required for the wholesaling business.
According to reports, even beleaguered Subhiksha Trading Services has entered the segment in its attempt to rejuvenate itself, tying up with kiranas as a supplier.
Cash-and-carry was not the business of choice for retailers in the slowdown era. Retailers such as the Future group, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Retail, the Dhoot-family-led Videocon and Wadhawan Group's Spinach had deferred their cash and carry plans to conserve cash.
Source: business-standard By Raghavendra Kamath Retailers look afresh at wholesale biz
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Govt To Construct Mega Highways
By ugesh sarkar, Section News
Posted on Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 10:23:45 PM EST
The government said it plans to construct mega highways of 1,000 km stretch or more.
However, the length of the initially identified stretches vary between 390 km and 700 km, minister of state for road and transport R P N Singh informed the Rajya Sabha today.
"The process of finalisation of modalities/norms has been undertaken in consultation with all concerned for implementation of mega projects with funding under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) before the bids could be invited," Singh said.
"The government is considering nine projects for taking up as Mega projects. Length of the project varies from 390 to 700 kms and traverses through one or two states," he told the Upper House replying to another query.
Of these nine projects, three traverses through Gujarat, two each through Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and one each through Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, Singh added.
Source: Realty Plus Govt to construct mega highways
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MHT-CET '10 Process Begins On Mar 12
By akansha, Section Education
Posted on Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 02:26:35 AM EST
Application Forms Will Be Available At Junior Colleges, High Schools & DMER-Designated Offices
The process for the Maharashtra Health and Technology-Common Entrance Test (MHTCET 2010), which is the combined entrance examination for admissions to first year engineering, pharmacy and health sciences degree courses in the state, will begin with the distribution of application forms from March 12.
The forms will be available at the concerned junior college or high school from where the aspiring candidate has appeared for his MHT-CET qualifying exam, that is Class XII exam.
Similarly, forms will also be available at the office of the divisional authorities designated by the Director of Medical Education and Research (DMER), who is the competent authority for the MHT-CET.
The test, which annually draws over 2.45 lakh higher secondary certificate (HSC, Class XII) pass students from across Maharashtra and outside states, is scheduled for May 6. "There is no significant alteration in the scheme of the combined entrance exam from what it was last year. Particularly on matters relating to the eligibility criteria," DMER Wasudev Tayade told TOI on Monday.
An elaborate notification relating to the admission process as well as the information brochures for the health sciences, engineering and pharmacy courses have been posted on the official websites www.dmer.org and www.dte.org.in.The last named is the website of the director of technical education.
Source: Times Of India MHT-CET '10 process begins on Mar 12
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Insurance For Parents Of Special Children Soon
By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
Posted on Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 02:23:42 AM EST
 If you're the parent of a special child who is either mentally challenged or autistic, or suffers from cerebral palsy or multiple disabilities, do insure yourself under a special scheme the ministry of social justice and empowerment will shortly launch.
When you're no longer there, the state will look after your child using the insurance money.
The scheme, called Asmita, to be launched by the National Trust the autonomous branch of the ministry that focuses on these four particular disabili- ties will provide life and acci- dent insurance cover to the par- ent or legal guardian of any child who falls in these categories.
Once you're gone, the money will be used by the National Trust to take lifelong care of your child.
Insurance companies have been asked to submit their bids by March 15. "We'll be working through the district collectors and var- ious NGOs working in this field, whom we are already in regu- lar touch with," said Atul Prasad, chief executive officer, National Trust. "We expect to launch in the next two months.
We hope to enroll around 10,000 parents in the first year."
"The premium will depend on the age of the parent. The older he/she is, the higher it will be," he added.
"Since this is a group insur- ance policy, the premium will be much lower than if a person insures himself individually," said Sanjay Pande, Managing Director, Amicus Advisory.
There are an estimated 22 lakh people suffering from these four forms of disability, accord- ing to National Trust statistics.
Source: Hindustan Times Insurance for parents of special children soon
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Will Disconnect Water Supply: PCMC Tells Defaulters
By akansha, Section News
Posted on Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 02:10:27 AM EST
The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has decided to act tough and disconnect water supply to those who fail to pay up. The civic body's decision comes after hundreds of citizens have failed to pay their water tax dues despite repeated reminders. The outstanding amount has touched Rs 30 crore.
The civic body officials said that all ward offices of PCMC have been directed to undertake the drive in their respective jurisdiction and recover the dues. The PCMC pumps out 32 crore litres of water from the Pavana dam every day. Of this, 9.60 crore litres is lost in leakages.
When the PCMC got funds for various projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the municipal corporation agreed to certain conditions, one of which was that the PCMC would recover the money spent on supplying water through water tax. So, the water supply department would become self sustained. This was followed by another decision to install water meters. PCMC has so far installed 93,000 water meters in the city at a cost of Rs 50 crore.
Even after installing the meters, the municipal corporation has not been able to recover water tax levied as per the meter count. Officials attribute this failure to a communication gap between water tax department, ward officers and the consumers. The municipal corpration has spent Rs 55 crore on water supply in the financial year 2009-10. But it has been able to recover only Rs 12 crore as water tax against a set target of Rs 45 crore. Due to the huge difference in the target and the actual amount recovered, Commissioner Asheesh Sharma directed the ward officers to initiate a drive and recover water tax dues.
PCMC officials said that all those who have not paid water tax on time would have to pay a fine failing which, their supply will be disconnected.
Source: The Indian Express Will disconnect water supply: PCMC tells defaulters
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