New Delhi
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 »
Residents’ welfare associations (RWAs) have spoken out strongly against the power hike, calling it arbitrary and illogical. A power tariff hike in the middle of an anti-corruption movement has only made the matters worse. A regular middle class person is also feeling helpless. Even a member of DERC’s trade advisory committee, Anil Sood, has called [...] 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 »
The critical issue for realtors over the next 12 months would be to ensure their debt load doesn’t enlarge, especially since fund availability is constrained and many loans are coming up for repayment in this fiscal. In the context, a good traction in sales becomes another crucial imperative. Developers are finding it tough to generate [...] Continue Reading »
Members of Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) from Greater Kailash-I, Safdarjung, Defence Colony and Masjid Moth had gathered in the morning and painted posters for about two-three hours in support of Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption campaign. Later, several people put in their signatures to mark their support to the cause. With the help of alumni members of [...] Continue Reading »
The government version of the Lokpal Bill has draconian provisions to silence the voice that points out corruption. The bill gives enough time to the corrupt to destroy evidence and trap the complainant. Residents’ Welfare Associations (RWAs) from all over the city, including Defence Colony, East of Kailash, Vasant Kunj, Dwarka, Rohini, Rajender Nagar, Gandhi [...] 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 »
There was an unanimous demand from all farmer organizations for a land acquisition bill. The revised draft of the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill (LARR) has been sent for inter-ministerial consultations. It will be sent for cabinet approval in the first week of September and introduced in the Parliament soon after. The contents of [...] Continue Reading »
