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The previous MCD’s expenditure, running into crores of rupees, on the reconstruction of Pusa Road pavements – ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi – has apparently gone down the drain. While the erstwhile MCD spent an exorbitant amount for rebuilding the pavements along the Pusa Road, the present scenario is quite deplorable — over [...] Continue Reading »
Taking up a number of separate PILs on unauthorised construction in the capital, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the commissioners of the three MCDs to come before the court to “assist” it in coming up with a “solution to the rampant problem”. Three different PILs regarding unauthorised construction across the city, including construction [...] Continue Reading »
“Firstly, there is no land available for building a landfill site; secondly there are other issues like activists and the green tribunal which have been creating steeplechases in the sites we try allot for the landfills. The Delhi Development Authority is finding it problematic to allot land for a new landfill site. DDA vice-chairman Balwinder [...] 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 »
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 »
New Delhi- A Delhi court has made it clear that residents welfare associations (RWAs) managing affairs in colonies built by Delhi Development Authority have no right to impose maintenance charges from residents of those colonies. The court gave this decision during the judgement of a case, wherein a resident of DDA colony had refused to [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has released almost Rs 120 crore to the South corporation after the North corporation attached its banks account following non-payment of property tax dues. The duo corporation is going through loggerheads over revenue earned from property tax since long. Now north corporation wants its share in the amount released by DDA. Around [...] Continue Reading »
The municipal corporations are finding it difficult to check structural safety of buildings as only less than 5% of property owners applying for completion certificates. The civic agencies are planning to convince the people of the country to incur the completion certificate. S.S. Yadav, commissioner, East Delhi Municipal Corporation said that in Hyderabad the owners [...] Continue Reading »
To gather people’s feedback on local governance and deficiency, the Sheila Dikshit government has decided to hold its largest-ever bhagidari workshop in the capital from June 26. Over 3,500 residents welfare associations have been invited at the event to be held at Talkatora Stadium from June 26 to July 6. The government has asked Asian Centre for Organization [...] Continue Reading »
The squads from Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) rushed in and demolished 16 structures in south Delhi. The residents of south Delhi had built structures illegally, taking advantage of the model code of conduct in concern with MCD elections. The illegal portions of around 14 properties in Delhi were identified at Paryavaran Complex, Begumpur, Chirag [...] Continue Reading »
