Delhi
New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has decided to provide gymnasiums to its colonies’ residents. There are in total 37 colonies under NMDC. But there is plan of construction of these fitness centres in 14 residential colonies. “As per the proposal, we will be constructing ports cabins which will be equipped with treadmills, cross trainers, exercise [...] Continue Reading »
An average household that consumes 50 kilolitres of water (around 5,000 buckets) every two months and is charged R1,800, is paying R1,960 since January 2011. Till 2014, every year, the bill will go up by 10% of the amount paid in December. Delhi Jal Board (DJB), the city’s sole water utility, increased the water charges [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi will be mapped using remote sensing and GIS (Global Information System) tools. This would be updated from time to have real-time data of the ground situation. Inputs would be taken from here to detect and prevent unauthorized development and encroachment on public land and facilitate the protection of green belts. According to DDA, Delhi [...] Continue Reading »
All of Delhi will now pay the same amount for hike in power tariff and residents of New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) areas are, predictably, not pleased. Though citizens of the area agree that they don’t suffer from erratic power supply or frequent faults, this sudden steep hike is not justified, they say. “We pay [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi Developement Authority (DDA) have now promised it will take half the time what it used to take before for processing of applications for conversion of properties from leasehold to freehold. The process of conversion has been divided into various stages to expedite it. An application for conversion has to go through various levels for [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Mayur Vihar took the message of renaming the road ‘Anna Hazare Marg’ to Ramlila Ground on Thursday where organisers announced this on the stage inviting loud cheer from the crowd.While naming of any street is solely the right of civic authorities, residents said that even if the Municipal Corporation of Delhi did not [...] Continue Reading »
Power tariff has been increased in 15 states in the past one year. In eight of those 15 states, the increase has been between 8 and 12%. Delhiites would have to pay more for power from now on. However, Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) have been opposing any hike alleging fudging of accounts and the figures [...] Continue Reading »
There are three parks in Pushp Vihar Colony but there is hardly any greenery. Trees in the colony need proper and timely pruning but authorities are ignorant. Residents are looking after their parks on their own. Increasing outside traffic flow in the colony is a reason for broken roads. Commuters from BRT corridor near Dakshinpuri [...] Continue Reading »
Lawyers in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata have been approached by people whose dream homes remain a distant dream as real estate developers keep postponing projects and missing delivery deadlines. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) order has come as a huge boost to those looking for relief as some have decided to move the [...] Continue Reading »
In the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Civic Centre, there are four water harvesting wells. The motor that pumps out the water hasn’t been working for some time due to which there was water accumulation yesterday in front of the office. Even on Ranjit Singh Marg there was waterlogging and huge traffic jam due to [...] Continue Reading »
