GURDASPUR: Resentment prevails among hundreds of retired employees of various municipal councils under the jurisdiction of the local bodies deputy director, Amritsar, over non­ payment of their pension for the last four months. When retired employees contacted respective offices, they were told that the department does not have funds to pay ...

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government has released a grant- in-aid of 105.75 crore for 2010­ 11 to undertake development works in the municipal corporations, councils and committees under the Rajiv Gandhi Urban Development Mission. Stating this on Sunday, a spokesperson of the Urban Local Bodies Department said more than 1.70 crore had ...

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government will spend Rs 1,900 crore to improve water supply in urban areas and provide sewerage facilities in small and big towns of the state during the 2011-12 financial year. Stating this, public health engineering minister Kiran Choudhry said on Sunday that while all 78 big and small ...

CHANDlGARH: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday slammed the massive hike in development charges for commercial buildings in the area of municipal councils in the state. Demanding immediate roll­ back of the hike, BJP spokesman Rajiv Jain said that the local bodies department had sent a communication to all municipal ...

KAPURTHALA: The Punjab government has issued a notification for the formation of the Rs 1,100 crore Punjab Municipal Infrastructure Development Fund for urban cities for which the governor had issued an ordinance. Principal secretary, local bodies, SS Rajput, when contacted, said on Sunday that the state government would provide an annual ...