Dinesh Naidu

Ironically, the corporation officials failed to respond to the complaints filed by Naidu on Friday and explained that they will remove the illegal banners on Saturday.

Madhukar Kukde, president of Citizens’ Forum for Equality, said the lure of money prompted officials to act in connivance with violators.

As the ten day Ganpati festival approaches, the din over ecofriendly idols and disposal of nirmalya that is thrown in lakes along with idols also reaches a crescendo.Right noises are made.

Nagpur district administration last year decided to restrict exhibitions and other commercial activities to just one fourth of the ground area. However, it failed to follow its own decision and last week saw almost the entire Grade-I Heritage open space covered by exhibition pandals.

Vidarbha Connect (VCan), a citizen's forum backing separate statehood to Vidarbha, has hailed union minister for shipping and surface transport Nitin Gadkari for propagating cause of Vidarbha statehood.

With just a week left for the 10-day-long Ganeshotsav, NMC hasn’t yet taken any decision on banning immersion of big idols in city’s water bodies and shift it to two abandoned quarries outside city limits.

The three welcome gates erected by jewellery brand Tanishq at Laxmi Bhuvan Square were removed on Wednesday leaving many questions unanswered.

The historic Kasturchand Park (KP) can expect to see better days now.The district administration has taken the initiative to start conserving and developing it, beginning by banning circuses from the ground.

A 800-metre stretch of the road in Zingabai Takli that was laid some 16 months ago has been washed away now.

It has been more than a week since squatters have moved into the Grade 1 heritage structure bandstand situated at Kasturchand Park (KP). Though the encroachment is posing serious threat to the city’s heritage structure, the district administration seems to be paying no heed to it.

Squatters have moved into the Grade 1 heritage structure of Kasturchand Park (KP) and are misusing the historic bandstand for sleeping, cooking, bathing and other daily chores.

Mayor Pravin Datke plans to develop his office on the lines of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) to ensure faster and efficient administration.

With the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) removing 462 illegal hoardings, banners and posters across Nagpur, social activists in the city are now demanding that the civic body files police complaints against those responsible for putting them up.

As civic polls near, local leaders have started going for highly visible publicity, even at the cost of law. Posters and hoardings, many of them illegal, have started mushrooming across the city.

Vidarbha Connect (VCan), an organization fighting for the creation of Vidarbha state, will send a team to New Delhi to attend a national seminar on smaller states.

Censuring Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) officials for not lodging FIRs against illegal hoardings, posters and banners, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the NMC commissioner to pay a fine of Rs100 for each such structure.

Infuriated by encroachment on footpaths by migrant groups, the residents of Mohan Nagar have submitted a memorandum to the commissioner of police, demanding immediate removal of the illegal occupants.

Nagpur District Football Association and Khalasi Line Krida Prabodhini have joined Parivartan-The Citizens’ Forum to salvage the historical Kasturchand Park ground from the clutches of exploitation by businessmen and gross neglect by district administration and bring back the sporting activity on it.

Kasturchand Park, or KP Ground as it is commonly known, is the biggest ground located in the heart of city and is a place of pride as a landmark for Nagpurians.

There is some positive news too for citizens bothered about the state of Kasturchand Park. District collector Sachin Kurve has decided to give it a small facelift.

With an aim to give a sporting end to the 20-day, 20-game fever of Khasdar Krida Mahotsav, Rotary Club of Nagpur Vision and Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) will conduct Walkathon for the fitness enthusiasts of the city on May 27.

Just two days to go for the mega event of the year – Nagpur Questions. This high-profile debate, an initiative of The Times of India and Maharashtra Times, will bring current and past MLAs on a common platform along with the who’s who of the city.