New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Taking suo moto cognizance of the meat ban order during Navratri, Delhi Minorities Commission on Thursday sent notice to the Mayors and Commissioners of three municipal corporations of Delhi.

New Delhi Mar 22 PTI The Union Cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod to a bill to merge the three municipal corporations in Delhi sources in the government saidThe Delhi Municipal Corporation Amendment Bill is likely to be introduced in the ongoing Budget session of Parliament they said The unified municipal corporation the sources said will be a well-equipped entity for optimum and even utilisation of financial resources which will reduce mounting liabilities expenditure on the functioning of the three municipal corporations and improve the civic services of the national capitalSome more amendments have also been cleared in the principal Act of 1957 to ensure more robust delivery architecture for greater transparency improved governance and more efficient delivery of civic services for the people of Delhi they said The amendment provides for a unified municipal corporation of Delhi by subsuming the existing three corporationsThe erstwhile Delhi Municipal Corporation was trifurcated into three municipal corporations - South Delhi Municipal Corporation SDMC North Delhi Municipal Corporation NDMC and East Delhi Municipal Corporation EDMC in 2011 The trifurcation of the corporation was uneven in terms of the territorial divisions and revenue generating potential of each corporation As a result there was a huge gap in the resources available to the three corporations vis-a-vis their obligations the sources pointed out The gap widened over a period of time increasing the financial difficulties of the three municipal corporations leaving them incapacitated to make timely payment of salaries and retirement benefits to their employees creating serious impediments in maintaining civic services in Delhi the sources said PTI NAB ZMN

New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) is going to generate revenue through Delhi's landfill sites as the EDMC has issued a 'film policy' that will charge Rs 75,000 per day for film and web series shooting anywhere in the district and Rs 2 lakh for shooting near a landfill site.

New Delhi Sep 16 PTI Over 40000 children have enrolled for the new academic session in schools run by the East Delhi Municipal Corporation EDMC a senior official said on ThursdayA lot of these students have left private schools to join the civic body-run schools Rajiv Kumar chairman of the Education Committee of the EDMC claimed at a press conference hereFor the new academic session 40033 students have enrolled in the EDMC-run schools Kumar saidA large number of these students are those who have left private schools to join the EDMC-run schools he saidThis he said indicates the improved quality of education being imparted at the schools run by the civic bodyThe east corporation is endeavouring to provide quality education at the primary level to children And because of this commitment only 40033 students have enrolled Kumar saidThe EDMC has two zones -- Shahdara North and Shahdara SouthAccording to Kumar 15 schools in each zone are being developed as model schools with smart classrooms computer labs English-medium instruction and other facilities PTI KND DIV DIV

New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) on Thursday made Unique Property Identification Code (UPIC) mandatory for registration of all properties under its jurisdiction.