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Railways, pvt schools among top defaulters
Civic body sends case to legal department to initiate process of attaching their properties Rajinder Nagarkoti Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 22
In its objection, the audit department had rapped the tax branch of the MC for MC Joint Commissioner Rajiv Gupta said they had now compiled a list of defaulters who owed more than Rs 1 lakh as property tax to the MC. Under the Municipal Act, they would now initiate the process of attaching the properties of the defaulters, he said. Under the Act, there was a provision for sealing the bank accounts of habitual property tax defaulters, he said. Earlier, the only measure that the civic body used to take was to send notices to the defaulters and impose a high penalty. While the amount to be paid kept getting compounded, no strict action was ever taken for non-compliance the orders of the MC. 2,200 defaulters There are 2,200 defaulters who have not paid property tax, amounting to Rs 13 crore, to the MC ever since the tax was introduced in 2004. Lack of stringent action against the defaulters and an outdated collection system were resulting in revenue loss to the civic body. PEC survey Interestingly, the civic body is collecting property tax from owners of commercial buildings according to a survey conducted by Punjab Engineering College in 2004. No new survey has been conducted in the past nine years though several new commercial establishments have come up in the city. According to the 2004 survey, there are only 20,000 commercial buildings in Chandigarh, which, an officer of the tax branch of the Municipal Corporation said, had gone up to 25,000 in the past nine years. Private schools had moved High Court Several private schools had filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the imposition of property tax. MC Joint Commissioner Rajiv Gupta said though the matter was pending in court, many schools had submitted some amount of their property tax in the form of cheques. However, since the matter was pending in court, the MC had not encashed these cheques. The MC would comply with the final decision of the HC. Ater obtaining legal opinion, they had issued fresh notice to schools which were yet to clear their dues, he said.
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Advocate gets one-year jail in cheque-bounce case
Chandigarh, October 22 The complainant, Dharam Singh, brother of former city Mayor Surinder Singh, had moved court against advocate Kataria, a resident of Sector 15, after a cheque for Rs 5.5 lakh returned by the advocate bounced. "In today's world where the use of cash in the day-to-day life is almost getting extinct and people are using negotiable instruments in commercial transactions and plastic money for their daily needs as consumers, it is all the more necessary that people's faith in such instruments should be strengthened rather than weakened," the court said. The complaint stated that Dharam Singh, along with some others, had engaged the accused advocate as counsel to pursue their cases arising out of land acquisition. In 2002, the advocate requested the complainant to arrange a sum of Rs 5.5 lakh. The advocate promised that he was taking the money for his personal work and would return it. He had also issued a written undertaking in this regard. After the money was not returned, the complainant demanded his money. The advocate then issued a cheque for Rs 5.5 lakh on April 5, 2007. When the cheque was deposited in a bank for encashment, it was dishonoured on account of insufficient funds. A legal notice was then served on the advocate. The advocate, in his statement to the court, denied all allegations and stated that the complainant had misused a cheque. He denied having taken any loan from him. While pronouncing the order, the court said the plea that the cheque was misused by the complainant had not been substantiated. "Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, the accused is asked to undergo one-year imprisonment since even during the course of the trial, efforts were made to reach a compromise and the terms were accepted by the complainant, but even after this fresh cheques issued by the advocate were again dishonoured," the court said. The advocate has been directed to undergo further imprisonment of two months in default of payment of the compensation within two months of the date of pronouncment of the order.
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Panchkula thefts: Police fails to build on leads
Panchkula, October 22 In a theft of cash and valuables worth Rs 30 lakh that took place on the night of October 19 in Sector 8, Panchkula, the victim, Vijay Jindal, had provided all information about his servants and their accomplices, who are missing, but the police has failed to arrest them. The servant, Tapan, hailed from Bengal. The police was even provided the mobile phone numbers of his accomplices. BJP leader Krishan Dhull, whose house was targeted on June 23 by thieves, who decamped with Rs 25 lakh, had provided a video grab of the miscreants, but despite this, the police has failed to crack the case. “I had given all possible help to the police. I provided a video grab of the thieves and the exact timing when they struck, but the police failed to make much headway in the case,” said Dhull. He said, “I asked them that they could interrogate my servants and employees, but to no avail.” Meanwhile, with the thieves striking at will during the ongoing marriage season, the Panchkula police has alerted residents to inform the SHO of their area about their absence from their house whenever they go out of the township. Banquet halls and marriage palaces have been asked to issue an advisory to those attending weddings to beware of juvenile thieves and to keep their belongings carefully. The police has also intensified patrolling in the township. “As the marriage season is on, people are often away from their houses to attend weddings. Before leaving the city, they should inform the SHO of their area so that vigil can be kept on their house,” said a police official. Panchkula Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Ashwin Shenvi said, “We have also issued directions to banquet halls and marriage palaces to install boards displaying an advisory for the visitors asking them to be careful about their belongings.” Recently, an amount of Rs 32,000 was stolen from the bag of a Delhi resident, Uday Veer, who had come to attend a wedding at Kisan Bhawan, Sector 14, Panchkula. After this incident, two thefts of Rs 30 lakh and Rs 20 lakh were reported from Sectors 8 and 21 on two consecutive days when the families were away to attend weddings.
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Onion prices go through the roof
Chandigarh, October 22 A wholesale onion dealer said at present stored onion was being supplied in the local market, while supplies from the fields of Maharashtra and Gujarat had dried up. The prices of onion had increased because the supplies had slowed down due to unseasonal rain at the time of harvesting. The rain had damaged the crop in key onion-growing states, he said. Till last week, the prices of onion in Chandigarh were between Rs 40 and Rs 50, but since yesterday, the prices have shot up to Rs 90 in the market. According to traders in the commodity market, the prices are likely to come down within two days as new produce is arriving in the market. Currently, the onion supplies are less than 50 per cent of the country's monthly estimated total demand of 9 to 10 lakh tonnes.
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UT mulls transport pact with HP, Haryana
Chandigarh, October 22 At present, the UT has a reciprocal agreement with Punjab. Under the agreement, integral AC buses of private operators of Punjab were extended up to Chandigarh. A senior official of the Chandigarh Administration said the Himachal Government had approached the UT for an agreement to enable Himachal buses, running on lease, to touch Chandigarh. Allowing buses of other states, running under a lease agreement, could be a ticklish issue as the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking Workers Union has been opposing the move. Meanwhile, talks are being held with the Rajasthan and Haryana transport authorities over the signing of the agreement. KK Sharma, Adviser to the UT Administrator, said the matter was under consideration. "I have directed the officials concerned to study various pros and cons of the proposals received from the neighbouring states," he said.
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Better Chandigarh The city produces a large amount of bio-medical and electronic waste on a daily basis. In the absence of proper infrastructure and awareness, most of this waste is disposed of without taking precautions, posing a danger to residents. In the Part III of the series, The Tribune reporters Ritika Jha Palial and Rajinder Nagarkoti take stock of the situation Chandigarh: Even as the city tops the chart in "effective" bio-medical waste management in the country, segregation of bio-medical waste (both bio-degradable and hazardous) from solid waste continues to be a casualty, at least at the civil dispensaries in the city.
A week ago, Chandigarh Pollution Control Board, in fact, served a notice on the UT Director, Health Services, for violations at all the 54 civil dispensaries in the city. Individual notices have been served on various dispensaries for violations in the past. While the paramedical staff deputed at these dispensaries have been trained several times, proper segregation is given a miss at most of the dispensaries, says a senior Health Department official. Sample this: disposable tea glasses; a blood-stained bandage; used vials, syringes, surgical gloves and nappies of babies; and rotten eatables. All these kinds of waste can be seen dumped in the open in front of the civil block of the dispensary at Sector 22. Residents of the area say it is a common scene after the staff of the dispensary empty the bins for the service providers to collect the waste everyday. Not only the patients visiting the dispensary, shoppers at the adjoining Shastri Market, too, are exposed to the foul smell and hazardous fumes emanating from the bio-medical waste. The staff work on rotational basis and the paramedics, undervaluing the significance of segregation, fail to follow the norms, not realising the risk posed to so many lives. Service providers and authorities say while, the nursing homes and hospitals have been doing well and the system has improved in the past one year, major violations are done by the dispensaries. They attribute it to the lack of proper monitoring, as self regulation is relatively poor in the dispensaries. SS Malhotra, director, Alliance Infotech, the only service provider for collecting bio-medical waste in the city, said the adherence to norms is higher in bigger hospitals such as Government Multi Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, and the PGI besides private institutes. For segregating the bio-medical waste generated at the household level, the paramedic providing the home-based treatment to the patient is responsible, says Malhotra. PJS Dadwal, member secretary, Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee, says: “We keep inspecting hospitals and dispensaries regularly. Whenever we receive any complaints or detect violations, we serve notices on the violators." Meanwhile, some private establishments are feeling the pinch of high costs involved in collection and authorisation for the generation of bio-medical waste. Umesh Jindal, director, Jindal IVF and Sant Memorial nursing home, says: "Not only we pay separately for bio-medical waste collection, we have to shell out around Rs 50,000 for the three-year authorisation from Pollution Control Board in order to generate bio-medical waste." This makes it difficult to bring down the cost of treatment, says Jindal.
Another area of concern remains the lack of any mechanism for segregating bio-medical waste from solid waste at the household level. With no system in place, residents continue to mix bio-medical waste, generated during the treatment of a chronically ill patient, with the household or kitchen waste. More service providers needed, say docs Chandigarh: A total of 2,039 kgs of waste is collected from hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, laboratories and civil dispensaries across the city on a daily basis. The entire city, however, has only one service provider, Alliance Infotech, for collecting the waste from all the 30 private labs, nursing homes, hospitals and clinics besides 54 dispensaries and three main government hospitals—PGI, GMSH-16 and GMCH-32. Doctors at a number of private institutes say there is a need to rope in more service providers to increase competition and bring down the costs. Dr Vijayant Kapur of Sector 22-based Kapur Dental Clinic says more service providers in the market will develop a better competitive environment. “It will certainly bring down costs too. Leaving all the responsibility on one service provider comes with the risk of monopoly,” says Dr Kapur. SS Malhotra, director, Alliance Infotech, however, reasons that rules stipulate that within 150 square kilometers, one service provider is sufficient. “We are providing the service at the most reasonable cost, if you compare it with Punjab and Haryana,” says Malhotra. PJS Dadwal, member secretary, Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee, says the body is open to authorising new service providers who wish to join in. “The present service provider was appointed on a request made by the Indian Medical Association,” he says. Dr RS Bedi, national vice-president, Indian Medical Association, also believes that more service providers will be beneficial for the city.
Lack of incinerators a cause of concern
Chandigarh: At present, the entire city is dependant on incinerators at the PGI and Government Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, for the disposal of bio-medical waste.
In 2007, Sector 16 residents, led by Ominder Singh Oberoi, had filed a public interest litigation for the removal of the incinerator housed at GMSH-16, next to a residential area. Following the PIL, the UT Administration had submitted before the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it would install a common bio-medical waste facility for the entire city in Dadu Majra. A one-acre plot was also earmarked for the purpose. However, the UT filed an affidavit, scrapping the project this year.
e-waste management: A well-meant drive fails to deliver
Chandigarh: The empty electronic-waste bins across the city tell the story of a well-meant but ineffective initiative taken by the UT Administration almost two years back.
However, the administration failure to spread awareness about the drive. The lack of awareness has led to a poor participation on the part of city residents. Residents continue to dump e-waste in the open. At a few locations, people have started throwing plastic bags and other waste in these bins. At the UT Secretariat building, too, paper waste can be found disposed of in an e-bin. Under the project, the administration had also provided a toll-free number, 18004193283, for the collection of e-waste that is larger in size. The number is being operated by the Roorkee-based unit of Attero Recycling, which collects and disposes of the electronic waste. Sources said as the response to this initiative is poor, the operator visits the city only once a month to collect the e-waste that the administration collects from the 18 bins. Director (Environment), UT, Santosh Kumar, admits that there is a poor response to the drive. “In the coming days, we will hold meetings with IT firms, industrialists and residents to spread awareness about this project,” says the official.
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Residents up in arms against MC
Tribune News Service
Mohali, October 22 The protest, organised by the Citizen Welfare and Development Forum and its allied 53 associations, began at 10 am and lasted for two hours. The residents sat on the road in front of the office and raised anti-government slogans. Satvir Singh Dhanoa, president of the forum, said the tax would burn a hole in the pocket of common man. “In this high inflation, it is already difficult to survive. Now imposing property tax by the government is another blow on us,” said Dhanoa adding that the aim of holding non-political dharna was to show the government that the people were against it. A memorandum was also given to Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation.
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Spread awareness about right to vote, says spiritual guru
Chandigarh, October 22
The spiritual leader, was replying to a question that Indian mythology say's that even a leaf can't move without God's permission then how did such a huge amount went to Swiss Bank without God's will. Founder of the Art of Living said, "Swiss Bank wants to return the Indian money back, however, nobody in the country is ready to take the money." The spiritual guru then asked his followers that aren't they tired of listening about a new scam in this country every day. "Sri Lanka is such a small country still their economic growth is 11 per cent, while India despite being such a big country is stuck between 3 per cent to 4 per cent economic growth," he said. Ravi Shankar asked his followers to bring a change in the system. He also asked his devotees to start an awareness drive across the tricity about the right to vote and encourage the young voters to get them registered to vote for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. "We have a list of around 12 crore fresh voters who will be voting this year, however, as per the Election Commission around 10 crore are fake voters," the spiritual guru said. The spiritual guru said that he would keep speaking against corruption till it gets eradicated from the country.
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RTI activist denied more info over use of black film on vehicles
Chandigarh, October 22 The Chandigarh Police in August had supplied the details of total 18 vehicles permitted to use the black films on the windscreens to RK Garg, an RTI activist. The police had provided the information that 18 vehicles, most of them attached to the Punjab Raj Bhawan, are allowed to use black films. The 15 vehicles belong to the Raj Bhawan, two to the judiciary and one is attached to an IPS officer. The police had also provided the model of the vehicles, along with the registration numbers to him. However, when Garg asked further information regarding the copy of letter seeking permission of using black films for vehicles of the Raj Bhawan the same has been denied to him under Section 8 1 (g) of RTI Act. The police department has also denied the details of sticker numbers and holograms issued and the names of the persons. “It is shocking that when the police has already provided me all information about the vehicles, which is more sensitive, then what is the harm in providing the basic details,” Garg said. Garg further said the permission to 14 vehicles belonging to the Raj Bhawan and the official vehicle of an IPS officer was given on May 30, 2012, one day prior to the notification for constituting a committee on the Supreme Court orders to grant permission for using the black films. "This is illegal as how can be permission for black films to 14 vehicles given when the committee was not even constituted," he added.
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Dept invites fresh bids
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 22 This would be the sixth attempt by the department to dispose of the unsold vends. The reserve price of the respective vends has been reduced by 30 per cent. The earnest money for each application was Rs 35 lakh. Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner RC Bhalla said the applications had been called after seeking clearance from the higher authorities. Though the total number of unsold vends were 96, 19 vends were not being under hammer as they have failed to attract even a single bid in the last five attempts. To discourage the bidders from giving high bids and then surrendering, the department had in the past increased the earnest money to Rs 35 lakh. Earlier, during an auction of liquor vends, a contractor had to deposit earnest money of Rs 7 lakh for liquor vends up to Rs 60 lakh, Rs 10 lakh for liquor vends of Rs 60 lakh to Rs 1 crore, Rs 13 lakh for liquor vends of Rs 1 crore to Rs 1.5 crore. For liquor vends, auctioned for Rs 1.5 to Rs 2.5 crore, an earnest money of Rs 25 lakh was to be deposited while for liquor vends above Rs 2.5 crore, an earnest money of Rs 35 lakh was to be deposited. Now, as per the new rules, the earnest amount would be forfeited if the applicant surrenders the particular vend. After increasing the amount of earnest money of liquor vends, the UT administration had also decided to give limited time to successful applicants to deposit the bidding amount of a liquor vend. The amendment in the excise rules is aimed at curtailing the recent trend where liquor vends were being auctioned at higher prices and then surrendered to ensure monopoly of another contractor in the same area.
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Three outlets of eatery raided
Chandigarh, October 22 Mohammed Shayin, Commissioner, Excise and Taxation, said there were complaints that the operator of the eatery was not issuing bills against the sale proceeds. As per law, there was five per cent VAT on sweets items. But the customers were not being given bills. The officials said the entire record pertaining to the sale proceeds had been taken into custody and was being analysed. There had been complaints that during the festival season, shopkeepers were not issuing bills leading to evasion of VAT.
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Police to deploy extra force in city markets
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 22 SP (Traffic) Manish Chaudhary said they would deploy around 200 police personnel in markets to handle the traffic rush. Directions in this regard have been issued to two DSPs and three traffic inspectors to tie up with market associations in their area for the smooth traffic management. The SP (Traffic) also appealed to city residents not to park their vehicles on roads as the fine amount has been increased to Rs 1,300, including towing charges. Earlier, a delegation of the Chandigarh Beopar Mandal (CBM), consisting of Charanjiv Singh, its president, Jagdish Kapoor, chairman, Police Co-ordination Committee, Subash Narang, general secretary, and Charanjit Chabra, executive member, had submitted a memorandum to streamline traffic and parking during the festive season in the markets as a large number of people visit these places during festivals. The Beopar Mandal chief said they welcome the decision of the traffic police. They had also demanded that some arrangements should be made to allow playgrounds of schools and some other vacant land for the parking of vehicles during the period. The chairman of the Police Co-Ordination committee of the CBM said police assistance would certainly help the business of traders during the festive season. With the presence of the police, people would not wrongly park their vehicles.
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Two die in road mishaps
Mohali, October 22 Karnail was hit by an unidentified car near Daun village. He was admitted to Civil Hospital, Phase 6, from where he was referred to GMSH, Sector 16, Chandigarh, where he succumbed to his injuries. In the second incident, Dhani Ram, who worked as a mason, was returning to his home in Saneta village, when an unidentified vehicle hit him. He was admitted to Hari Krishan Charitable Eye Hospital at Sohana, where he died later. The police has registered cases under Sections 279 and 304 A of the IPC at the respective police stations.
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Special train gets poor response on maiden trip
Chandigarh, October 22 Passengers, who boarded the train today, said majority of the passengers would prefer to travel to their native places near Diwali or after that for ‘Chhath Puja’. Resultantly, the number of commuters would increase by the last week of October. The Chandigarh-Katihar Express (No. 04502), having stoppages at Ambala Cantt, Saharanpur, Moradabad, Gonda ,Gorakhpur, Siwan, Hajipur, Muzaffarpur and Samastipur, departed from Chandigarh at 12.45pm today and will reach Katihar on Wednesday at 3.15pm. The train, (No. 04502) will have four trips from October 22 to November 12. In return from Katihar, the train (No. 04501) will depart on Thursday at 11.45am and will reach Chandigarh on Friday at 3.45pm. The Chandigarh-Katihar Express (Nos. 04501/04502) will have total 11 coaches having the composition of one coach of 2-Tier AC, one coach of 3-Tier AC, three sleeper coaches and six unreserved coaches.
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Anti-social elements defrauding people on pretext of jobs: Officer
Mohali, October 22 He said that to cheat people, the anti-social elements have been giving advertisements of giving jobs in the call centres, which they use to give names like Bharti Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kisan Help Line Services and Kisan Sewa Kendra. “With such names, the naïve people think that these are government agencies and require staff,” said Dr Parminder Singh. This way they use to collect money in name of fee and security from the people and fled away, said Dr Parminder Singh. When asked whether the department has filed any police complaint in this connection, the district Chief Agricultural Officer said, “We have not filed any complaint so far but we have started an awareness campaign.” He said several such cases had come to his notice. “I make it clear that there is only one government agency, Kisan Call Centre. The people should be aware in this regard,”said Dr Parminder.
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Now, library in classrooms
Chandigarh, October 22 These portable mini-library sets have the storage capacity of 125 books that can be kept in the classrooms during the school hours to motivate the students to take up reading along with their formal education. This innovative step is aimed at creating learning corners in classrooms as well as promoting the concept of classroom library in government schools. To start with, this programme will target early literacy and reading programme among students of classes I and II. All the government schools are currently being supplied at least two such modular hanging Library sets for these two classes. These sets will have nearly 125 storybooks, based on value education and learning through fun. Rajni Mahajan, state pedagogy coordinator, said: "The distribution of these library sets have already begun and by the month end, all the government schools will get these sets. There are special instructions to all the schools to make creative use of these modular libraries, which is first of its initiative here in Chandigarh. The basic concept behind this project is to create a peer pressure in the classroom that can push students for reading books." She said, "Books procured along with these library sets are very engrossing and colourful and with the little efforts of the class teachers, young students can be motivated towards reading." "At a time, when reading a habit among students is dwindling, this concept is definitely a need of the hour. This can help schools to hold number of creative activities like story telling session for the students," she said. "Another major advantage is that these modular libraries are portable and easy to carry from one class to another. Class teacher can the lock it after school hours and keep it in safe place also," she said. Officials said, "This concept is very beneficial, especially in those schools where space for formal library is not adequate. This modular library will give them opportunity to introduce the students to the world of books with a very bare minimum space." In Chandigarh there are 40 double shift schools, therefore it can be used for many classes in both the shifts. As per the information, nearly Rs 10 lakh has been spent for this project and after its evaluation. It will be introduced to other classes as well.
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DSP complains to PU VC against head of defence dept
Chandigarh, October 22 DSP Rupinder Kaur Sra completed her MA in defence and national securities studies in 2012. Kaur who was topper in first-three semesters by getting 52 marks in one of the subjects in final semester applied for the re-evaluation after which she was awarded 23 marks by the second evaluator. As the difference in the marks awarded by the first and the second examiner was more than 15 marks, the university as per the rule sent the answer sheet to the third examiner who awarded the students 43 marks. The university calculating the average marks based on the first result and the best between second and third result, awarded the student 48 marks. Kaur in the meantime got selected as the DSP and she was undergoing training at Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur. As the lesser marks in final semester deprived her from the gold medal in MA, she made a representation to the Vice-Chancellor in 2013 stating that as there was a huge difference in the marks awarded to her by three examiners and she wanted that the answer sheet should be evaluated by fourth examiner alleging that it was the department politics that resulted in huge variation of marks in re-evaluation. The issue was also highlighted in the media after which Rakesh Datta, chairperson of the department, in March, 2013, wrote a letter to the Director of the Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur, stating she has tried to manipulate facts to her advantage. The letter sent by Datta stated, "Hope you will take cognizance of this and further strengthen good qualities into the trainee officer to serve the society." Kaur questioning the authority of the chairperson of the department has demanded an inquiry against him in the entire episode. "How can a teacher put a student's career in jeopardy like this? And, in what capacity he officially wrote against me without taking the permission of university authorities," Kaur stated. When contacted Rakesh Datta, he stated he was not aware of any such representation made by the ex-student against him to the Vice-Chancellor. However, when questioned about him writing to the Director of the Punjab Police Academy, Datta stated that making such remarks in the media against the department without any evidence was not appreciable following, which he wrote to the director of the academy. Kaur said, "On her request for the fourth evaluation, the syndicate in the meeting held in March this year had decided to constitute a committee to redress her grievance; however, the university is yet to form a committee."
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Student clears stage 1 of maths olympiad
Mohali, October 22 The question paper was the same for all the classes ie from Class IX to XII. Archit is a gifted child. He had a passion for maths right from Class I. He is at present in Class IX, but can solve sums meant for Class XII. Next year he plans to compete in the International Physics Olympiad. The Mathematics Olympiad Programme in India, which leads to the participation of Indian students in the International Mathematical Olympiad , is organised by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education on behalf of the National Board for Higher Mathematics of the Department of Atomic Energy , Government of India.
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23,150 SC students given free books: DC
Mohali, October 22 Deputy Commissioner Tejinder Pal Singh Sidhu said that besides improving the social and financial status, efforts were also being made to improve the educational level of the Scheduled Castes and backward classes. As many as 23,150 scheduled caste students from Class I to matriculation had been given books free of cost. Scholarships had also been given to the eligible students. Sidhu said under the Shagun scheme, Rs 15,000 was being provided for the marriage of girls belonging to the scheduled castes, backward castes, financially backward classes and the Christian community. During the current financial year, Rs 21.75 lakh had been given to 145 beneficiaries under the scheme. —OC
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The MC has sent a case to the legal department to initiate the process of attaching the properties of these top 96 defaulters.
In November 2011, the administration had launched an e-waste collection drive to promote a greener environment. As a part of the drive, eight bins were installed at strategic locations of the city. Later, the number of bins was increased to 18. 