Archana Dahiwal Dna

• Hotels, malls may have to pay cleanliness tax

  The standing committee of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) on Wednesday proposed to levy 2% special cleanliness tax on commercial establishments like malls, hotels, marriage halls, hospitals and lodges that do not provide toilets facilities for the public. The panel also approved the proposal to double the entertainment tax.PCMC st...

• Eco-housing project faces hurdle

  The Pimpri Chinchwad New Town Development Authority's (PCNTDA) first pilot eco-housing scheme project has hit a roadblock due to state government's denial of funds. The state government is undecided about the project.PCNTDA had approved the setting up of the first pilot project of eco-housing under the Jawaharlal Nehru national urban renewal missio...

• Pune: Rs 3 crore MRI machine lying idle for a year

  The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine installed at the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC)-run Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital (YCMH) last year is yet to become operational.Even though the civic body had spent about Rs3 crore to buy the machine, it is yet to get a private party to operate the MRI centre on public-private partn...

• Now, women drivers to collect garbage

  Women will soon be driving garbage collection vans and visiting houses of 54 wards in the Pimpri-Chinchwad area to collect waste. The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and Solid Waste Collection and Handling (SWaCH), an NGO, have signed a memorandum of understanding in this regard. About 47 women completed their month-long training in d...