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After a demolition drive in Asola on March 14 and in Mehrauli on April 12, the South Delhi task force recently carried out a drive in Adhchini. Forty-year-old shops and a room that was found to be encroaching were razed. Not just these places, in March, the Delhi Traffic Police were able to remove encroachments from 32.5 km of roads in the national capital.

The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon has proposed a Budget of Rs 1,884 crore for the financial year 2018-19. While the Noida Authority was seen trimming its Budget this year, the spending of the MCG increased 30 per cent when compared to its previous Budget.

Maharashtra state government recently mandated civic bodies to upload details of illegal properties on the official website. This was necessary because, usually action is only taken when it comes to light that the building is illegal. Innocent buyers suffer in the process. Most buyers remain aware that buildings where they have bought property are illegal.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has finalised a Rs 558-crore deal to treat solid waste at the Mulund dumping ground through biomining and free up 60-acre space in the city. This space will be used for public amenities. It is a five-year deal during which 7,000 million-tonne dump at the site will be segregated and treated.

Following a fire in Deonar dumping ground in 2016, the Mumbai High Court had banned new constructions and asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to devise a debris management plan. The BMC has now asked the developers to submit a debris dumping plan before the authority for seeking No-Objection Certificate (NOC) for construction. The developers will be required to identify a dumping site before starting the construction which will be inspected by the BMC and mentioned in the Intimation of Disapproval Certificate (IOD). Builders who generate small quantities of debris are exempted from this new rule.