New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Delhi government on Wednesday sought a detailed report from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi over the bulldozer drive in the national capital starting from April 1.
New Delhi Apr 20 PTI Lok Sabha MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi was allegedly stopped by the police from visiting the riot-hit parts of Jahangirpuri where the North Delhi Municipal Corporation demolished several structures on Wednesday before the Supreme Court ordered a stay on itPolice personnel with anti-riot gear were deployed in Jahangirpuri in large numbers as Owaisi reached there in the evening and tried to reach the violence-hit areaThe Hyderabad MP lashed out at the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party AAP and the BJP over the anti-encroachment drive launched by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation NDMC in the areaThe AAP is saying they are Rohingyas and Bangladeshis I condemn it he told reporters and termed the demolition drive an example of vigilante justice and slammed the BJP for itA BJP leader wrote a letter for using bulldozers in Jahangirpuri and the mayor said that they are criminals and their houses should be demolished Owaisi saidHe claimed the demolition was carried out without serving notices to the people owning those structures and added that it was a biased behaviour of the BJP and the AAPHe wondered why the BJP which runs the NDMC did not raze these structures earlierThe AIMIM chief also sought to know how a procession could be taken out in Jahangirpuri on Hanuman Jayanti without police permissionDelhi Police officials said they were taking all possible measures to prevent the tense situation from escalatingEarlier in the day bulldozers tore down several concrete and temporary structures close to a mosque in Jahangirpuri as part of an anti-encroachment drive by the BJP-ruled civic body days after the northwest Delhi neighbourhood was rocked by communal violence The Supreme Court had to intervene twice to stop the drive after it took cognizance of a petition filed by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind against the demolitionThe area witnessed violent clashes including stone-pelting arson and firing between two communities during a Hanuman Jayanti procession on Saturday that left eight police personnel and a local injured PTI VIT KIS NSD NSD
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday was informed that the Supreme Court has ordered a status quo in the demolition drive in the Jahangirpuri area.
New Delhi Feb 18 PTI The Delhi government will soon send a proposal to the Centre seeking Rs 1755 crore for clearing up three landfill sites in the city that have outlived their lifespan officials said on Friday The city cumulatively generates around 11400 metric tonnes of garbage out of which nearly 6200 metric tonnes is dumped at the three landfills in Ghazipur Okhla and Bhalaswa falling under East South and North Delhi Municipal Corporations respectively civic officials said A senior Delhi government officer said that a proposal has been prepared under the Swachh Bharat Mission for flattening and clearing up the three landfill sites The proposal prepared along with the municipal corporations will be sent to the Centre soon for its approval and release of funds The proposal estimates the cost of the project to scientifically treat and remove the garbage at the three dump sites at Rs 1755 crore The proposal prepared by the Urban Development department will be vetted further before being sent to the Centre he said If the Centre approves the proposal and provides the required funds the three landfill sites are expected to be cleared of the legacy waste in one and half years he added The three municipal corporations are already trying to bring down the size of the massive mountains of garbage dumps through bio-mining of legacy waste and setting up of waste-to-energy plants The North Delhi South Delhi and East Delhi corporations have set deadlines of June 2022 December 2023 and December 2024 respectively to shut landfill sites in their jurisdictions In 2019 the height of the Ghazipur landfill was 65 metres which was only eight metres less than the height of Qutub Minar In 2017 a portion of the landfill had fallen on an adjacent road in which two people were killed Currently 140 lakh metric ton of waste is lying at the Ghazipur landfill site officials said The authorities at the North Delhi Municipal Corporation NDMC had last year estimated that nearly 60 lakh metric tonnes garbage was lying at the Bhalswa landfill site According to SDMC officials around 3600 metric tonnes of garbage is generated in south Delhi every day of which only 50 per cent is processed by the SDMC and the rest is dumped at the Okhla landfill The civic body has plans to start operation of a waste-to-energy plant in June 2022 in Tahkhand area having capacity to process around 2000 metric tonnes waste material PTI VIT SMN SMN
New Delhi Jan 21 PTI The Delhi Commission For Protection of Child Rights on Friday served a notice to North MCD following a complaint by AAP MLA Vishesh Ravi alleging that multi-level parking was being built on the land allotted to two primary schools The Delhi Commission For Protection of Child Rights DCPCR in its notice asked officials concerned to submit all records pertaining to the matter and file a detailed submission within seven days It further said that it is in receipt of a complaint from Karol Bagh MLA Vishesh claiming that the North Delhi Municipal Corporation NDMC was building a multi-level parking complex on the land allotted to two MCD primary schools -- MCD Primary Boys School and MCD Primary Girls School -- in Karol Bagh The Commission said it has taken cognizance of the matter and issued notices to Director Education NorthM CD and Deputy Commissioner MCD Karol Bagh Zone The complaint further submits that the destruction of these two schools is completely against the norms of the RTE Act that states children should have access to primary schools within the radius of 1 km Also children as young as 6-year-old in class 1 are forced to travel for more than 3-5 kms because of the destruction of these schools read the notice PTI SLB SRY
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has written to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asking to release Rs 328 crore to North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to resolve the issue of non-payment of salaries of employees.
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): In a unique initiative, North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has set up 22 garbage cafes in the Karol Bagh area of the national capital.
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