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PCMC standing committee clears Key civic works, focus on healthcare

PCMC standing committee clears Key civic works, focus on healthcare

The standing committee of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) approved a range of development proposals across various departments on Monday, with a focus on healthcare, water supply, and civic infrastructure in the twin city. PCMC standing committee clears Key civic works, focus on healthcare The meeting, held at the civic headquarters in Pimpri, was chaired by Abhishek Barne, the standing committee chairman, and attended by committee members and senior civic officials. Key decisions included expenditure for electrical maintenance and repairs at the newly built Jijamata Hospital in Pimpri. Proposals to replace faulty inverters and batteries in schools, civic buildings, and offices under the F ward office were also cleared, along with the installation of new systems where needed. In the health department, approval was granted to hire 19 Tata Sumo or similar vehicles on a two-year contract to support the implementation of national health programmes. For infrastructure and water projects, the committee approved land acquisition for a proposed 12-metre road at Bhosari–Kasarwadi as per the development plan. It also sanctioned funds for maintenance and repair …

Gujarat: Standing Committee chief seeks General Board nod for Rs 6,219 crore draft budget as VMC begins session | Ahmedabad News

Gujarat: Standing Committee chief seeks General Board nod for Rs 6,219 crore draft budget as VMC begins session | Ahmedabad News

The General Board of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) began a three-day discussion on the Annual Budget for financial year 2025-26, on Monday. Standing Committee Chairman Dr Sheetal Mistry presented the budget to the Mayor, seeking approval of the General Board to the Rs 6,219 crore draft budget. The VMC General Board will pass a resolution on Wednesday. Dr Mistry informed the General Board that the upcoming Vishwamitri rejuvenation project, to mitigate flood risk in Vadodara, is a major project of the civic body, as proposed in the draft budget. Story continues below this ad Earlier this month, the Standing Committee had rejected the proposal of VMC Commissioner Dilip Rana to hike sanitation charges by 100%, retaining the existing user charges with a direction that the VMC must “first work towards ensuring that the city bags a spot in the top 10 ranking system of Swachh Bharat Sarkveshkan” in order to “win the trust” of the residents. Rana had proposed a hike of 100% on user charges for sanitation in order to establish a “transformed …

Parliament’s Standing Committees Ready: Rahul Remains in Defence, Congress to Head 4 Panels, TMC 2

Last Updated: September 27, 2024, 00:08 IST Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. (File image: PTI) The BJP, which is leading the ruling National Democratic Alliance, has kept the chairmanships of the most important committees, like home affairs, defence, finance, and IT with itself Parliament’s standing committees were constituted on Thursday with Lok Sabha’s leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi remaining a member of the defence panel. As reported first on CNN-News18, the Congress, which is the leading opposition party, gets the chairmanship of four committees. This includes external affairs, a ministry once led by Congress’s Dr Shashi Tharoor, who will now head the related panel. Congress MPs Charanjit Singh Channi and Saptagiri Ulaka have been made chairpersons of the committees on agriculture, animal husbandry and food processing, and rural development and panchayati raj, respectively. For the Trinamool Congress, which had been dragging its feet over the Centre’s offers, its Lok Sabha MP Kirti Azad will head the standing committee on chemicals and fertilisers while Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen …