Municipal Performance Index 2020
The Municipal Performance Index (MPI) was launched as an accompaniment to the Ease of Living Index. It seeks to examine local government practice in municipalities across areas of services, finance, policy,
The Municipal Performance Index (MPI) was launched as an accompaniment to the Ease of Living Index. It seeks to examine local government practice in municipalities across areas of services, finance, policy,
MUMBAI: When extra-extremely drug-resistant (XXDR) tuberculosis made its presence felt in Mumbai last week, bureaucrats and public health experts jotted down an ingredient that was dangerously low in availability:
The fate of the Rs 5,000-crore Worli-Haji Ali sea link now lies with the Maharashtra government. A joint technical committee had last week strongly recommended construction of a coastal road between south and north Mumbai. The Rs 9,000-crore coastal road can make a Worli-Haji Ali sea link redundant.
Hyderabad is staring at a drinking water crisis as Osmansagar and Himay-atsagar are fast drying up. The water available in the two reservoirs will be sufficient up to May only through gravity . After May,
Following the questions raised by the Union Health Ministry’s Central TB division about the presence of a total drug resistant TB (TDR-TB) in the city, the BMC is now working on multiple projects in its
AHMEDABAD: In an attempt to cut down on "soaring" electricity bills, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has decided to use green and energy-efficient techniques to reduce power consumption by almost 35
Two Ministers get additional grant for their constituencies The additional grant of several crores of rupees to two Delhi Ministers, Raj Kumar Chauhan and Arvinder Singh Lovely, and another Congress
Even as the Centre refused to acknowledge the emergence of totally drug resistant (TDR) TB cases, the Maharashtra government has decided to introduce mandatory notification of all multi drug resistant
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has written to the State government to abide by a July 2011 High Court order to release 50 per cent of the funds set aside for the rejuvenation of lakes in
Denying the existence of Totally Drug Resistant (TDR) Tuberculosis, the Central team, which held its final meeting at St. George’s Hospital Complex on Wednesday claimed that the fatal form of TB, which had created panic in the country was in fact Extra Extensively Drug Resistat (XXDR) TB. The Central team comprised senior chief medical officer, Central TB Division (CTD), Consultant (drug resistant TB), CTD and national programme officer (laboratories) and WHO-India.
The Chennai Corporation will construct a stormwater drain network, totalling nearly 800 km, in the areas that have been merged with it as part of the measures to prevent water-logging. The new areas come under the Corporation zones of Tiruvottiyur, Manali, Madhavaram, Ambattur, Valasaravakkam, Alandur, Perungudi and Sholinganallur. Areas where water-logging is severe would receive priority in implementation of the project.