Delhi
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday laid the foundation stone for the 51st sub-station at Kondli in Mayur Vihar Phase-3. This grid sub-station is likely to provide relief to over a lakh consumers in Mayur Vihar Phase-3 with an initial capacity of 50 MVA, which can be upgraded to 75 MVA depending on the area’s [...] Continue Reading »
The railways has warned that garbage accumulation at a rail switch poses serious threat to train, with the potential to derail trains. With express trains sometimes changing tracks at high speed, there is the possibility of plastic waste jamming a switch and sending a train hurtling off the tracks, railways officials said. Garbage at switch [...] Continue Reading »
Pragya, an 11-year-old girl has written two letters to resident welfare association president of Sheikh Sarai in order to open a park which has been kept shut. At least 18 children have supported Pragya’s cause by signing the letter, but still the park remains shut. She had also approached the Delhi Commission for Protection of [...] Continue Reading »
Edelweiss Housing, a branch of financial service provider Edelweiss Group, aims at taking its total loan-book size to Rs 6,000 crore by 2015, a top company official said. The firm has a loan book size of 900 crore and has set up its housing finance in 2010. Anil Kothuri, Edelweiss Housing Finance Executive Vice-President, told that the company started [...] Continue Reading »
Water samples taken from east and north Delhi were found unsuitable for drinking, according to a recent survey conducted by South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC). Majority of the Delhi is facing water shortage and the little water supplied found to be unsuitable for drinking and sparks water prone disease fears. An independent study conducted by [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi Jal Board and Singapore Cooperation Enterprise will be signing an agreement on Wednesday for treatment of sewage water for drinking purposes at the Coronation Pillar sewage treatment plant. Singapore-based Temasek Foundation will be funding 70 per cent of the total project cost. A water restoration plant will be built, which has a capacity of 40 million gallons per day, [...] Continue Reading »
For residents in Delhi, it is water more costlier than petrol for the moment! From past two weeks, it has become a nightmare for the denizens as they are facing water crisis in the days of high humidity. It all started with few areas, but now has spread across most parts of Delhi like quick [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of apartments in Gurgaon are having sleepless days as they are getting disturbed by the high sound of the approching metro trains in their areas. To take action against residents’ demands, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has started putting noise barriers wherever needed to reduce the screeching sound and disturbance at the turning near [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi government’s decision to ban sale of property through general power of attorney (GPA) has brought major changes in real estate sector. The government’s decision will cause hardship for the property owners in Delhi who have purchased property on GPA. From now onwards, any transfer of property sale deed has to be executed and [...] Continue Reading »
The number of unsold homes in Mumbai and Delhi is increasing and these homes do require minimum of three to four years to be sold. A recent study by Liases Foras, a real estate rating and research consultant firm says that it takes at least three years to clear 1.13 lakh units or 120 million [...] Continue Reading »
