Category: NMC

Anti-invasion drive, civic body to take stringent action against intruders

There are several revolutionary and transformative activities going on in the city of Nagpur that will certainly turn it into a smart one. However, there are many other factors that cause adverse effects on it. Yes, one such issue is the encroachment on the roads that causes nuisance at all. Recently, the city’s civic administration has begun an anti-intrusion campaign to avoid and monitor this threat. And the Committee against Incroachment has presented its report to the Mayor.

Where the goods of the encroachers are confiscated and will not be returned if the encroachment is repeated, according to the report. And the shop keepers will be charged the Rs.5000 fine and if the same thing is repeated the shop license will be cancelled.

Besides that, for not repeating the crime, the shopkeepers must send a written confirmation on an Rs.100 bond document. And if the offence is repeated the goods will not be returned. So in this case of selling construction material for the first time will be fined Rs.5000 fine for encroachments on footpaths. And they will have to pay Rs.10000 for the second time and will apply arrears to their property tax for the third time. And if they commit the same crime, pushcarts will also be seized.

The Anti-Encroachment Committee recommended that items be confiscated on footpaths by intruders. For the first time, the encroachers will have to pay Rs.1000 fine in removing the confiscated items. And the victims will have to pay Rs.3000.And for the third time for the second time; they will not get their goods back.

The special squad will be formed to keep a check on it and to take action during the night as per the information. The committee also ordered the traffic department to take action on the school playgrounds and sports grounds against these vehicle owners who illegally park their vehicles. And the committee has also suggested that the hawkers shoot a video and set up various anti-intrusion squads in each district. Under IPC section 283, if the vehicles parked near-critical places face police action and seizure.

Recently, Nagpur’s civic body had created an anti-intrusion committee to research and find solutions to the heightened urban encroachment.

Deekshabhoomi Chowk to the North Ambazari road to stay closed from January 30.

The Nagpur Municipal Corporation will close the road from Deekshabhoomi Chowk to North Ambazari as a result of the Phase I Cement Concrete Road Project.

Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar has directed the authorities to block vehicle entries from 30 January to 30 March.

The Cement Concrete Road Project is to be built by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation from Phase I, Package-9 to Road No. 35 from Deekshabhoomi Chowk to North Ambazari City.

NMC Commissioner Abhijit Bangar ordered the right-hand and adjacent roads to divert traffic.

Nagpur Municipal Corp Tenders again to 40 Electric Busses

Nagpur Municipal Corp has reissued its request for Proposal (RfP) for the selection of bus operators for the procurement of 40 electric busses and related charging infrastructure Nagpur Electric Busses The Nagpur Municipal Corp. (NMC) has reissued its Request for Proposal (RFP) for the selection of bus operators for the procurement of 40 electric busses and related charging infrastructure The scope of work for the bus operator. Develop Charging infrastructure including Transformer Creation, Supply and Erection and all Necessary Electrical Systems, Subsystems, Components, and Parts as necessary for charging Infrastructure, Provide Chargers and maintain full charging infrastructure including civil infrastructure for preventive and breakdown maintenance undertakings. The Authority shall pay for the electricity costs expended in charging the electric buses and the same shall be debited to the operator in his monthly bills. The Bidders have to apply their quotes per KM cost including charges for energy to power the buses.

The last bid date is January 21, 2020 and the techno-commercial bids will open on January 22, 2020. Both bidders are required to submit a Rs 29.88 lakh Earnest Money Deposit along with their bids.Under the FAME-II scheme, NMC may provide the selected bidder with demand incentives. Nevertheless, it will be the duty of the bidders to meet the criteria for providing incentives under the FAME-II system, and the maximum available incentive for demand will be Rs 45 lakh. The bidder will pay the entire initial cost of the electric bus, and then pass the subsidy to the bidder. In addition, the bidder shall promote the application and availability of subsidies under Phase -II of the FAME-India Scheme.The Authority plans to deploy electric buses for public transportation services within the towns and their surrounding suburban satellite towns as determined by the Authority before the date of commercial operation (COD). The operators will be given time to assess the routes they have planned.

Nagpur’s Bharat Van road finally fell in the midst of massive outcry

Nagpur: Citizens ‘ long-standing struggle eventually led to the victory as MahaMetro and the Department of Public Workers agreed to cancel the planned 500-meter road via Bharan Van. With the aforementioned plan, for hundreds of species of birds and animals as many as 568 trees were under pressure along with mounting habitat crisis. The planned road was finally dropped, due to the unrelenting resistance of the people and NGOs.

Eventually, it has now been decided to develop the biodiversity area with flora and fauna.

A news report reported that Metro had also stated in a letter to PWD on September 13, 2019, that the proposal for the Futala Lake tunnel road and viewing gallery was revised. “Now, an alternate road from Amravati Road to Telangkhedi Hanuman Mandir via Bharat Nagar is not required,” the letter stated.
Nevertheless, the path through Bharat Nagar will remain as part of the development plan (DP). West Nagpur MLA Vikas Thakre told residents it would be gone.

NMC sources added that the Tree Authority led by Bangar Municipal Commissioner will now procedurally deny MahaMetro’s application for transplantation of the 568 trees in Bharat Van.

Sources added that the decision to drop the path “is not a sudden one but a product of several discussions.” “In the last meeting that took place at Vanamati with MP Nitin Gadkari, it was agreed that alternatives would be explored. At the same time, a thought emerged that the configuration of the gallery should be changed to prevent road blockage. That’s how things began to unfold, “the sources said.

Water at Laxmi Nagar, D’peth ‘ unfit for drinking ‘

Nagpur: Contrary to the popular belief that tony localities were Laxmi Nagar and Dharampeth, 27 out of 31 water samples found unfit for human consumption in all 10 urban areas were from these two areas. Nevertheless, the waterworks department of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation can heave a sigh of relief as almost 92% of the 381 water samples collected from across the city in December of last year have been found fit for drinking. The Water Works Department (WWD) conducted the experiment last year by Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) against the backdrop of water testing in metro cities.

NMC Water Works Department Executive Engineer Shweta Banerjee told TOI that with the aid of the Regional Public Health Laboratory and Government Medical College and Hospital in the city, the department carried out the tests.

The Department identified 381 water sampling points in the 10 zones of the city covering the entire city as a first move. The team subsequently obtained samples from five raw water sources, protected 184 slum areas and outlets of 64 elevated reservoir storages and 128 sites other than slums strictly in compliance with standard operating procedures. The samples have been tested on 19 criteria in the RPHL, including turbidity, hardness, chlorine, colour check and odour, etc. “Out of the 381 samples 350 were satisfactorily tested and 31 were unsatisfactory,” Banerjee said.

“The water provided by the NMC is potable and if the residents ensure that their sumps or tanks are cleaned regularly, they can drink water directly from the tap,” she added.

While areas of Ashi Nagar, Satranjipura, and Lakadganj are notorious for illegal connections, samples tested from these locations have been found perfectly fine. In the Dharampeth district, the highest number of contaminated water samples was found. The tests here showed 17 different spots in which residents get contaminated water in their taps. Laxmi Nagar Zone followed. Here, as the samples were collected, ten sites were found where residents obtained contaminated water from the taps.

The samples were collected in Dharampeth zone one day after shut down declared to do some repair work. The analyses detected no chlorine content in any of the 17 samples. Banerjee said the source of pollution in the sewerage network and water pipeline was leakage about Laxmi Nagar district.

Under Gandhibagh zone, Nehru Nagar zone, Hanuman Nagar zone, and Dhantoli zone one each unfit water sample was found. The study has also shown that the majority of slum dwellers get safe water. Only 12 of the 184 samples were deemed unfit.

In addition to this, the company entrusted with 24×7 water supply and maintenance Orange City Water routinely collects water samples and checks the consistency. To a question, Banerjee said the response time to every pollution complaint received was significantly reduced.

“Whenever a complaint is received, we collect samples immediately, supply to the area is stopped and water is distributed via tankers. We flush out the network after rectifying the fault, and then tax it. Samples are again collected, and we recover the supply only if the pollution is removed, “she said.

Water Tale A — B— C— D 381—Samples collected 184—Slums covered—-172—12 128—Locations—-109–19 64—ESR outlets—64–0 5—Raw water source—5—0 (A: Number of samples collected; B: Places C: Complete and D: Unfit)

38.09 percent of NMC polls, which are counted today

An abysmal 38.09 percent poll was recorded on Thursday during the by-election for prabhag number 12(D). Of the total 58,162 voters, their franchise was exercised by just 21,151. The counting will take place on Friday at the Dharampeth area office of NMC, Gokulpeth, from 10 am. Five contestants were in the fray — Ashok Dorlikar, Praful Ganvir from Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh, Vikram Gwalbanshi from BJP, Akash Kawle from AAP, and Pankaj Shukla from Congress. After the death of four-time corporator Jagdish Gwalbanshi, a Sai Nagar resident, the by-election was required. The election passed peacefully and there was no incident that was untoward. A mere 6 per cent polling was registered during the first two hours. Also in the later part of the day there was a similar trend with the percentage not climbing every two hours to more than 5 percent. There are 30,235 male and 27,927 female voters in the ward. But there were only 11,948 male voters and 10,203 female voters. Officials blamed the poor show for bypolls on official working day apart from low enthusiasm among the masses. In the prabhag, the civic body had built 50 polling booths. BJP had chosen Vikram Gwalbanshi, the deceased corporator’s son, while Congress had chosen Pankaj Shukla, whose parents had also previously represented the district, Surendra and Nilima. The bypoll is not contested by the NCP and Shiv Sena. The dismal turnout of voters was because several voters in the city do not take bypoll as such seriously. “There should have been far better mobilization of workers and voters from our side too,” said the office-bearer of the BJP. Nevertheless, Congress staff pointed out that the turnout might have been higher if there had been a holiday like other surveys.

Nagpur Municipal Corporation Recruitment 2020, Apply to JE, Junior Clerk, Steno Revenue Inspector & Other

Nagpur Municipal Corporation Recruitment 2020: Nagpur Municipal Corporation has invited applications to recruit Junior Engineer, Junior Clerk, Revenue Inspector, Public Health Nurse, Assistant Architecture Engineer, Stenographer (Marathi), Driver, Meter Reader / Tax Collector, Tracer, Fireman, Telephone Operator / PB X Operator, Assistant Mechanical Primary Teacher and Teaching Assistant. Applicable candidates can apply for a position in the prescribed format on or before 08 February 2020.

Important Date Last date of application-08 February 2020 Nagpur Municipal Corporation Vacancy Information Total Posts–84 Junior Engineer–4 Junior Clerk–8 Revenue Inspector–1 Public Health Nurse–1 Assistant Architecture Engineer–7 Stenographer (Marathi)–1 Driver–2 Meter Reader / Tax Collector–9 Tracer–1 Fireman–4 Phone Operator / PB X Operator–3 Assistant Mechanic–1 Pri

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Notification Nagpur Municipal Corporation Recruitment 2020, Apply for JE, Junior Clerk, Steno Revenue Inspector & Other
Last Date of Submission Feb 8, 2020
Official URL https://www.nmcnagpur.gov.in
City Nagpur
State Maharashtra
Country India

Aapli Buses Face poor maintenance is now facing NMC’s frustration

Public transport has always had a problem with the City. With the advent of Aapli Buses on the roads, however, there seemed to have come in many ways as a ray of hope as they catered for the growing need of the same. It seems, however, that the Aapli Buses are also facing a bad time in supplying them with proper maintenance. The shabby roads and poor bus maintenance appear to have made the operators face the irritation of Nagpur’s civic body–the NMC.

Given the condition of the buses, it seems that the Aapli buses are faltering on the maintenance aspect that made the NMC charge the Rs 15 lakh fine. At the same time, the two lakhs were also levied on the group called DIMTS for failing to make sure the city busses are kept in the proper order just to have a good time for the people. The buses acted in accordance with Narendra Borkar, Chairperson, Department of Transport, NMC’s directives.

Together with the other civic officials, he carried out the inspections of city buses as well as enforcing the huge fines on the operators that helped to ensure that the buses that are seen are kept in the right condition. Many vulnerabilities came to the attention of last Friday’s checks and balances. The fines were levied for violation of the terms of the contract. We also experienced a major set of backs with inadequate bus maintenance, including major damage that would require heavy repairs.

 

Many roads damaged within a week of getting repaired

Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has failed to learn lessons and continued shoddy road repair works, prompting strictures from the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court. Within a week of being restored, several roads were lost. Beginning from the lake to HB Estate T-point, it has been in bad shape for the last couple of years. Every day, the road is experiencing huge traffic. The civic body began fixing potholes and bad surface layers throughout the area, either through its hot mix department or private agencies, after the strictures of HC. Accordingly, patchworks on Sonegaon Road were done by the NMC’s hot mix department from the start of the lake to HB Estate a week ago.

Last week, the city experienced a few days of medium to heavy rains. Gravels that are part of the asphalt have since begun to loosen up. Most of the repair work came off on Monday. Now, it looks like a huge amount of gravel has been dumped on the whole patch.

These patches now pose a threat to drivers. Gravel has accumulated along the roadside in a few areas, and the entire area has been modulated.

The situation on Sahakar Nagar Road, Jaiprakash Nagar Road and a couple of stretches of London Street is close. On the newly patched areas, even potholes have appeared in some locations.

Also damaged was the stretch from Amravati Road to MLA Hostel that passes through Priyadarshini Colony. The repair work was performed during October’s assembly elections.

The period of road works ‘ defect liability, including total asphalting and patchworks, is considered to be three years.

Earlier, similar complaints were made against NMC’s private agencies about inferior work quality. Most corporators said most of the NMC’s hot mix department’s asphalting work is satisfactory. But the same department repaired all the roads mentioned above.

The HC had acknowledged the report by TOI on bad roads that caused accidents. Hearing the PIL, the HC imposed strictures on the NMC and ordered the municipal commissioner to take stern action against the execution of shoddy works by officials and private agencies.

Nevertheless, the NMC has failed to improve road repair work quality. Ulhas Debadwar, chief engineer of NMC, made sure to look into the issue and ensure proper work efficiency.

How many illegal hoardings are there in town? The business department of NMC has no response

Nagpur: On Saturday, former mayor Pravin Datke expressed anxiety about the market department’s lack of attitude in providing information on the number of legal and illegal hoardings throughout the city. In view of its failure to curb illegal hoardings across the city, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation is already facing a contempt petition.

The municipal administration had convened a hoarding committee meeting where Datke is an invitee while the chairman is additional municipal commissioner Ram Joshi.

The market department was to provide reports of both legal and illegal hoarding throughout the region. The department was unable to bring any action against the city’s defacing illegal hoardings. Even it has failed to provide details of legal hoardings throughout the city and for one year Datke had insisted on the details. Despite warnings, there was no need for the department to provide information at the meeting.

Datke also held two other meetings— drafting a proposal to move private travel beyond the city’s borders and projects under construction running and transition or private-public partnership.

Datke also pointed out that he was approached by many private bus operators with suggestions to build their own bus stops. After more than an hour of healthy discussion, Datke led the Civic Administration to invite citizens ‘ suggestions on the subject. As of January 6, the NMC will begin the process of accepting feedback from people and travel bus operators.

In the meantime, Mayor Sandip Joshi formed another committee headed by Senior BJP Corporator Sanjay Bangalore to ease rents from NMC’s owned market places.

The meeting was attended by regional transport officer (Nagpur City) Dinkar Manwar, senior inspectors from the traffic police zones — Jayesh Bhandarkar, Shailesh Sankhe, among others.

It has been addressed that moving the bus stops outside the city will cause passengers inconvenience. Therefore, the NMC must ensure that private travel bus stops are located within 5 km of the city that will pass outside the city limits.

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