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Time of India
15-07-2025
- Time of India
KMC razes illegal structures in city
Kanpur: Kanpur Municipal Corporation (KMC on Tuesday removed illegal structures and encroachment from various places of the city under its anti-encroachment drive which has been launched on the direction of municipal commissioner Sudhir Kumar. The enforcement squad removed 10 temporary encroachments and hand carts from Damodar Nagar (ward no 83) in zone-3. The squad advised the people to remove their generators from footpaths. In zone-1, the enforcement squad removed around 103 temporary encroachments between Parade crossing and Bada Chauraha, and realised a sum of Rs 1000 as fine. The people were warned not to encroach the land again as legal action would be initiated against them. The municipal corporation had launched removal of illegal hoardings and cross road banners on July 14 last. The teams acted at several localities of the city and removed around 350 kiosks, 66 billboards, 65 road cross banners and around 481 illegal advertisements on July 14 last. During the campaign, zonal officials CP Singh, zonal engineer Rajesh Kumar, tax superintendent Rajendra Prasad, tax inspector Vinod Bhardwaj and an adequate number of police force were present.
Time of India
12-07-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
Kanpur roads flooded after heavy downpour
Kanpur: Around 35 mm rains in the last twenty four hours made the climatic conditions favourable and pleasant for Kanpurites but on the other side it created problems of water logging in most parts of the city and traffic movement. Intermittent rains started on Friday evening and converted into heavy rains in the early hours of Saturday, continuing till 10 am. The 35 mm rain in one day is the highest in the current season and it dipped the mercury. The maximum temperature recorded was 30.4 degree which is 5.8 degree less than normal. Similarly, the minimum temperature was recorded at 2 degree which is 2.3 degree lower than normal. However, humidity rose to 97 percent. South eastern wind speed was measured at 3.3 kms per hour. Due to rains in the morning, several schools declared a rainy day. Weather scientists have predicted that same climatic conditions would prevail in the next 24 days. This rain exposed the tall claims of Kanpur Municipal Corporation. Shastri chowk, Saket Nagar, Govind Nagar, Vijay Nagar, Shastri Nagar, P Road, Kidwai Nagar, VIP road, Khalasi Line, Gwaltoli, Koyala Nagar, Yashoda Nagar etc., as well as narrow and inside lanes, were affected duw to waterlogging. The Juhi railway underpass was also inundated, cutting one of the road connections of south Kanpur. About half a dozen places including Bhoosa Toli roads caved in and disrupted traffic. Commuters faced difficulty in reaching their destination as roads and lanes turned into pools and canals.
Time of India
23-06-2025
- General
- Time of India
Corporators demand cleaning of drains
Kanpur: Many corporators in a meeting held with mayor Pramila Pandey complained of poor progress of desilting of nullahs and cleaning of drains in their wards and blamed encroachments at several places for the tardy desilting process. The mayor on Monday called a meeting of the corporators and the officials to discuss the issues pertaining to water-logging and cleaning of drains and nullahs at Kanpur Municipal Corporation headquarters. Anand Shukla, corporator of ward 35 (Kalyanpur North), complained that 70 percent work had been completed but one big nullah had not been cleaned so far. Zonal officer RK Singh informed that this work could not be completed because residents of one lane were not allowing the staff to open the nullah due to a lot of encroachments. Corporator of ward 43 (Nawabganj) Raj Kishore said people had encroached the nullah at four places due to which cleaning had not taken place near Geeta Park for the last two years. Moreover, sewer lines of a few lanes were also choked. Ghanshyam Gupta, corporator ward 33 (Vijay Nagar), claimed that Mahatma Gandhi Road nullah was not cleaned. Manju Kushwaha, corporator of ward 8 (Maswanpur) complained of water-logging problems due to encroachment at some lanes. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum – No Wallet Needed! IC Markets Start Now Undo The five nullahs in his ward have not been cleaned so far, said Kamlesh Trivedi, corporator of ward 86 (Kakadeo). The mayor not only listened to the problems of the corporators but also sought explanations from the officers concerned. She has directed the zonal officers and the engineering department to redress the problems and get the nullahs de-silted and drains cleaned through machines. The mayor said that KMC had constituted a 21-member team and deployed it at a dedicated command and control centre to receive and redress the water logging problems during the monsoon. Nodal officer of the team Rahul Sabbarwal, said the team was working in 7 X 24. Public may inform about the water-logging problem on mobile no. 8601801104, 05122526004, 05, 180001805159.
Time of India
20-06-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
Moderate showers expose KMC claims of drain cleaning
Kanpur: Just one moderate shower has exposed the tall claims of Kanpur Municipal Corporation regarding nullah cleaning in the city. In March, as in previous years, it was decided to clean all 236 major nullahs of the city before June, and an amount of Rs 8 crore was released for this purpose. The deadline was extended three times, but effective nullah cleaning remained incomplete. June 20 was set as the third deadline, but the moderate showers on Friday 19 exposed deficiencies in the cleaning process. With the monsoon now active, even two moderate showers have caused waterlogging at several sites in the city, particularly in Kanpur South. At the notorious Sisamau nullah, silt was seen lying on the bank, not yet lifted, while desilting work continued. After showers on Thursday and Friday, silt accumulated on the bank once again entered the nullah. Most drains that were de-silted have become flooded with silt once again as the recent showers washed it back into them. The municipal corporation officials claimed that around 180 nullahs had been de-silted and cleaned, with work on the remaining pending nullahs to be completed by June 20. A media team visited about a dozen nullahs to verify these claims and observed that in one-third of the locations silt was lying on the banks, another third were overflowing with silt, and others were only semi-cleaned with silt accumulated on the sides.
Time of India
13-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
One lakh more houses to be included in tax net: GIS survey
Kanpur: Around one lakh houses have been identified to be included in the house tax net in the GIS survey conducted by the Kanpur Municipal Corporation, the additional municipal commissioner Jagdish Yadav informed Mayor Pramila Pandey in a meeting of the revenue department held here on Friday. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The mayor had previously highlighted several irregularities in the GIS survey and had suggested to assign a dedicated employee in each zone for receiving and promptly resolving objections pertaining to the survey. Following the mayor's directives, municipal commissioner Sudhir Kumar directed the officers regarding notices sent to houses and the corresponding recovery figures. Another meeting will be organised to review the number of major defaulters served notices, and comparative recovery details. Also under consideration will be the number of houses out of the one lakh covered in the GIS survey that have received notices, the recovery figures and other related issue. Authorities have stated that penal action will be initiated in case of any laxity. During the meeting, chief tax assessment officer Anirudh Singh stated that in financial year 2024-25, revenue of Rs 10 crore was recovered in June while in current financial year, revenue received so far was Rs 32 crore. The AMC informed that due to non-recovery in Rooma, Chakeri and Panki industrial areas, an annual revenue loss of about Rs 25 crore is expected. Municipal Commissioner Sudhir Kumar mentioned that Uttar Pradesh Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDC) had requested to maintain the old system in industrial areas. The Mayor later convened a meeting with Jalkal officials on revenue realisation.
