Delhi Government
To stop the increasing slums in national capital and to replace them with the affordable housing for those who belong to weaker section is a major promise made by all political parties for the coming elections. Even after the completion of this project, houses are not allotted to their rightful owners. With the model code [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi government’s deficient documentation and conservation of water bodies is famous. When new water bodies are acknowledged, even those are not conserved for the reason that nobody seems to know which agency is responsible for its maintenance. Two water bodies are recently identified in Dhulsiras village near Dwarka, so they are not on government’s records, [...] Continue Reading »
With the ongoing work on the “Barapullah Elevated Corridor-Phase II” progressing at the snail’s pace, it seems the stretch that connects INA Market to Aurobindo Marg would take a long time to get completed. A stark contrast would be the hectic activity being carried out at the Delhi Metro construction site nearby. Former Chief Minister [...] Continue Reading »
Municipal Corporation has cancelled all major projects sanctioned by the Trans-Yamuna Area Development Board last year. As a result, the development has come to a standstill in east Delhi. Aam Aadmi Party disbanded the board during its stint in government and directed the civic body not to award any new work. A lot of projects [...] Continue Reading »
Due to the political turmoil in the city over the past two months, the development work in the 1,000-odd regularized colonies has almost come to a standstill in the Capital. The work to provide the basic amenities to Lakhs of people of living in these colonies had been initiated in late 2012 and early 2013. [...] Continue Reading »
Row over toll plazas on Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway seemed to be over, the next day South Delhi Municipal Corporation asserted in the Delhi High Court that four proposed toll lanes, out of 16, would be grossly inadequate to levy tax on commercial vehicles entering the national capital. The court had recorded a consent order in terms of a tripartite settlement yesterday, among [...] Continue Reading »
Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will be financially supporting the monorail project in Delhi, confirmed Mahendra Pal Singh, additional chief development specialist, JICA. The Delhi government’s approval on the project report is awaited. Over a period of 14 years, JICA has so far invested 502,644 million yen in the Delhi Metro. Pledged by the Prime [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- Public Works Department (PWD) is all set to lay around 500 concrete roads in the city on a move to improve the lifespan of stretches prone to water logging. Najafgarh-Nangloi, Uttam Nagar-Najafgarh and Rama Road near Karol Bagh are among the main stretches of the 500 roads, while rest of them are small [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi: The Delhi government has recently cleared a layout plan of East Azad Nagar in order to regularise illegal settlement. Just one day before the collapse of an illegal building in Thane that killed 74 persons, the Delhi government had cleared the layout plan of this colony. The last time when Delhi’s illegal colonies were [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi: Delhi government seems to be reluctant to take any decision in case of the Delhi Rent (Amendment) Bill before the upcoming 2013 Assembly election as it may harm its prospects. Although the union urban development ministry and Delhi government worked very hard to regularize unauthorized colonies and farmhouses hoping electoral benefits, they have [...] Continue Reading »
