State Urban Development and Municipal Affairs minister Agnimitra Paul announced that show-cause notices will be issued to three officials of Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC), who initiated a demolition drive against illegal encroachments in Raha Lane yesterday.
The state Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Department has allowed MLAs the authority to sign and issue various certificates generally given by the councillors.
The real estate market in West Bengal is growing at a faster pace in both residential and commercial sectors, like many other states of India.
At places like New Town, there are existing cycle lanes spanning over a stretch of around 35km under the New Town Kolkata Development Authority.
Firhad Hakim, UDMA minister, on Wednesday had proposed to the state government that district magistrates (DM) oversee recruitments in group D staff in municipalities with help of a committee.
The Guild said that the UDMA minister, Chandrima Bhattacharya, has confirmed this and assured that that all those publishers and little magazines that have already paid the trade licenses, will be able to claim a refund of their payment for the same from the BMC.
The opposition parties have been vocal about the councillors not being reinstated in Siliguri like in other civic bodies in the state. Local residents have also been facing day-to-day problems in their absence.
A single window system will be developed relating to issues of construction permits.
The administrative sanction for the scheme was received in January 2017 from the UDMA under the ‘Green City Mission’ scheme.’
