#RealtyNewsRoundUp: Pune Best Governed, Bengaluru Worst, Says Survey

Pune is the best city when it comes to local governance and Bengaluru the worst, says a new study conducted across 23 Indian cities. Delhi, which ranked sixth in the survey, improved its position this year, with a score of 4.4 out of 10 in the annual city governance rankings. Pune (5.1) ranked first, followed by Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhubaneswar and Surat, said the Annual Survey of India's City-System (ASICS) undertaken for 2017 by non-profit organisation Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy (JCCD).

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Almost all encroachments spread over 197 acres of government land at Asola village in south Delhi were removed on orders of the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on March 14. The remaining encroachments would be removed on March 15, the state Revenue Department officials said. Apart from clearing the land of encroachments, the team would secure the sites with fencing and then create permanent boundary walls, before handing over the sites to the government departments and gram sabhas.

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The Centre is planning to enhance the speed limits from the current 100 kmph to 130-140 kmph. Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari told media on March 14 that the norms would be changed as more expressways with complete access control were being built across the country.

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Finland has overtaken Norway to become the happiest nation on earth, according to a United Nations report. The 2018 World Happiness Report also charts the steady decline of the US as the world’s largest economy grapples with a crisis of obesity, substance abuse and depression. India ranked 133rd, far behind neighbours Pakistan and Nepal, in the global list of the happiest countries.

Source: Media reports