New Delhi Municipal Council
The Delhi government is mulling a proposal to provide a direct link between Lutyens Delhi and the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA). This proposal is being considered keeping in mind the increasing traffic volume on the route over the years. A lot of traffic from the VIP area moves towards the airport and vice-versa, leading [...] Continue Reading »
Tata Group’s Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) can continue to run the Taj Mahal hotel located on Mansingh Road in Delhi by extension of the lease agreement if it pays the market rate after consultation with the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), Attorney General Mukul Rohtagi has said in his legal opinion to the municipal body. [...] Continue Reading »
DDA has identified eight new landfill sites. The landfills of Ghazipur, Okhla and Bhalswa are now saturated and the unscientific ways to eliminate solid waste is polluting the area. The lieutenant governor (LG) on Monday reviewed the progress in New Delhi about providing land to the corporations to deal with solid waste mess. One of [...] Continue Reading »
Passing relief to property owners in Lutyens’ Delhi, NDMC has revised land rates. The civic agency has decided to go with Delhi Development Authority’s land rates instead of the Delhi government’s circle rates, which it had adopted in 2008. This means there will be a massive drop in prices: what cost Rs 19.35 lakh per [...] Continue Reading »
The Tata-owned Indian Hotels Company got another chance to operate the iconic Taj Mansingh hotel as the New Delhi Municipal Council did not have any feedback from the Solicitor General on the auction and the current lease expires on March 31. Mr. Jalaj Srivastava, chairperson of NDMC, says that the council has decided to give a four-month extension, [...] Continue Reading »
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has plans to develop and eco-friendly Park in Delhi. The location selected for the park is on Kushak Nala located at Sardar Patel Marg. The park will have a lot of things like rope-based sports activities to offer. The civic body plans to build it under the public-private partnership [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has decided to float a scheme to check on government employees who sublet their allotted homes. Under this, the civic body has asked complainants to inform about any such flat and gain allotment of the same. The subletter will have to evict the house and also face hefty penalty. Under [...] Continue Reading »
A lease extension for the fourth time to run the Taj Mahal Hotel at Delhi’s tony Mansingh Road may be acquired by The Tata Group-owned Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), as the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), the land-owning agency, cannot hold an auction once the model code of conduct for the general elections kicks in. [...] Continue Reading »
In another bid to ease off traffic at major shopping destinations in New Delhi, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is planning to link underground parking lots and the markets through the underground car-corridors. The sites already identified by the council include Khan Market, Gole Market and INA/ Dilli Haat area. NDMC Chairman, Jalaj Shrivastava [...] Continue Reading »
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will not face any hurdle from the high court here in auctioning the Taj Mahal Hotel (popularly called Taj Mansingh hotel) in the national capital. There is no stay order on the auction. However, the court, in its final interim order on the matter on Friday, reiterated the Taj group of hotels [...] Continue Reading »
