New Delhi Mar 28 PTI The East Delhi Municipal Corporation EDMC is in the process of floating a tender for processing of 50 lakh MT waste from the Ghazipur landfill dump which it plans to remediate by 2024 senior officials said on MondayA massive fire broke out at the dumping yard in east Delhi on Monday leading to a huge cloud of smoke enveloping the region and its neighbouring areasEDMC standing committee chairman Beer Singh Panwar said the fire was caused due to high temperatures as plastic is one of the major components of the legacy waste and methane keeps getting generatedI visited the site myself after the incident and took stock of the situation Besides fire tenders at the site we have deployed 22 bulldozers to help in the process of dousing the flames By tonight the situation should be totally under control he saidThe giant mound is planned to be remediated by 2024 Panwar saidThe EDMC is in the process of floating a tender for processing 50 lakh MT waste from it he addedNo casualty has been reported in the fire an official of the fire department said adding that nine fire tenders are at the spotMeanwhile AAP councillor and Leader of Opposition in the BJP-led EDMC Manoj Kumar Tyagi issued a statement saying such incidents keep happening even after spending crores of rupees on the landfill siteTwenty-six trommel machines and other equipment are being used to manage the dump but this incident shows there is large-scale corruption in the civic body he allegedThe ruling party is shying away from a probe into this Tyagi chargedThe BJP in Delhi denied the allegations levelled by the AAP PTI KND IJT

New Delhi Mar 24 PTI Standing Committee of the BJP-led EDMC on Thursday passed a resolution seeking scrapping of commissioners power to appoint officers on deputation officials saidIn the resolution passed by the panel of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation it also posited that any matter of such deputation be put forth before the EDMC House to seek its approvalStanding Committee today passed a resolution seeking scrapping of commissioners power to appoint officers on deputation officials said According to the resolution several councillors have been aggrieved allegedly due to some officers on deputation not responding to the issues raised by them The resolution will now go to the executive wing which will examine it sources said PTI KND RHL

New Delhi Dec 20 PTI East Delhi Mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal and other senior BJP leaders and councillors of the BJP-led EDMC on Monday held a protest march demanding release of funds which he claimed was due from the city government The protest began from Nirman Vihar and ended at Delhi Secretariat Aggarwal said We demanded the funds running into several thousands of crore owed to EDMC by the Delhi government due to which we are unable to pay salaries to many employees including doctors nurses teachers and others since September the mayor claimed We wanted to meet the Chief Minister but we were not given time he alleged and added that a memorandum was submitted to the Chief Ministers Office after the end of the march Last December also mayors of the BJP-led municipal corporations had gone on a protest in front of the CM House lasting several days seeking release of funds alleged to be due to the three civic bodies collectively Besides the mayor chairman of EDMCs standing committee Leader of House and many party councillors took part in the protest march on Monday Many of them wore black clothes and black head bands or armbands and held placards and raised slogans raising their demands PTI KND VN VN

Service rooms at spas and massage centres will not have latches or bolts on doors from inside, and such establishments can only operate from 9 am to 9 pm, according to a new policy by the East Delhi Municipal Corporation. According to the new guidelines cross-gender massages will not be allowed at spas and massage […]

New Delhi Sep 20 PTI The BJP-led EDMC has floated a new policy for operation of spas and massage centres here which includes provisions to disallow cross-gender massage and possession of a professional certificate by persons giving the service to customers the areas mayor said on MondayThe policy was given an anticipatory approval today and it will now be brought in the Standing Committee of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal saidAs per this new spa policy only a male person masseur can offer massage service to male customers and only a woman masseuse can offer massage to female customers he saidRecently Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had also approved new stricter guidelines for operation of spa and massage centres including a provision to ban cross-gender massage to prevent sexual abuse and trafficking in the national capitalSpas and massage centres are required to strictly adhere to the new guidelines of the Delhi government which completely prohibit any form of sexual activity in the premises and employment of people aged below 18 years to obtain health trade licenceDelhi Commission for Women DCW Chairperson Swati Maliwal had earlier flagged irregularities and sexual abuse at spa and massage centres following which a task force was set up to review her report and take action on itSuggestions from the DCW have been incorporated into the government guidelinesAccording to the new EDMC policy for operation of spa and massage centres an internal complaint committee under the prevention of sexual harassment at workplace legislation should be established at these establishments where more than 10 employees are working the mayor saidThe emergency helpline numbers should be displayed prominently at the spa or massage centre according to the policyThe licencee should possess a degree offered by a recognised university and the masseur or masseuse should possess a professional certification in accupressure therapy or accupressure yoga science or accupressure and magneto therapy he said PTI KND TDS TDS TDS