New Delhi Feb 25 PTI East Delhi Mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal on Friday said that21 primary schools of EDMC are to be developed as model schools More than two lakh children are studying in 354 schools of the east corporation he said Keeping in view the new education policy and with an aim to provide quality primary education 21 schools of EDMC are going to be developed as model schools he said Aggarwal said efforts are being made to provide better primary education to these children Smart classes will have smartboards and apart from that English-medium education will be given and playgrounds will be made in these schools CCTV cameras will be installed for safety and positive monitoring of children he said adding primary schools located in Mayur Vihar Phase-I Dilshad Garden Geeta Colony Karawal Nagar Yamuna Vihar etc are to be developed as model schools PTI KND RCJ RCJ

New Delhi Jan 25 PTI East Delhi Mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal on Tuesday went down memory lane and recalled the Republic Day of 1972 saying he had attended the celebrations on Rajpath for the first time along with his father and sister when his familys financial condition was poor In a statement issued on Tuesday he said it is a matter of pride that on January 26 he would now attend the ceremony as a mayor In 1972 our family condition was not good and I and my sister had gone to Rajpath wanting to see the Republic Day parade We had walked from our home in east Delhi to Rajpath and my father carried groundnut on the cycle carrier to sell at the venue I and my sister made the packet which were then sold Aggarwal claimed It is an emotional moment that from selling groundnuts at the venue 50 years ago Wednesday tomorrow I will be attending it as mayor of east Delhi he said The BJP leader nearing 60 said the last time he had attended the parade was in 2017 when he was a councillor PTI KND CK

New Delhi Nov 17 PTI In a first-of-its-kind initiative a drone was on Wednesday used by vector-control team of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation to spray larvicide to check the spread of dengue in the city cases of which have seen a record spike hereEast Delhi Mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal claimed that the EDMC was the first civic body in the national capital to deploy a drone for control of vector-borne diseaseLarvicide was sprayed on the banks of river Yamuna using a drone which can carry a container with a capacity of10-12 litre he saidWe have hired an agency for it as a pilot project and if the response is good we will deploy more drones fir vector-control One drone can cover about 3 km range the mayor saidThe move essentially is to supplement the efforts of the municipal team especially to reach to inaccessible areas like a swampy land or middke of a lake where staff cannot go to do spraying officials saidDengue cases in Delhi have seen a massive surge in November triggering a blame game between the ruling BJP in civic bodies and the AAP which leads the Delhi government in the city The number of dengue cases in Delhi this season has crossed 5270 the highest in the national capital in a year since 2015 according to a civic report released on MondayNearly 2570 fresh cases of the vector-borne disease were logged in the city in the last one week However no fresh fatality was reportedAccording to the report on vector-borne diseases a total of 5277 denguecases were recorded this year till November 13 PTI KND KJ

New Delhi Sep 27 PTI East Delhi Mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal on Monday suspended 17 AAP members of the EDMC for 15 days for allegedly creating ruckus and indulging in misconduct during the proceedings of the House officials saidThe 17 members also include nominated members of the opposition party they saidThe issue that led to chaotic scenes in the EDMC House is related to a temple in east DelhiThe EDMC House ruled by the BJP currently has 64 membersCivic elections are due next year PTI KND KJ

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.

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 A Congress councillor in the BJP-led East Delhi Municipal Corporation EDMC has alleged that an old temple in his ward is lying neglected for long and being eyed by anti-social elements following which the areas mayor visited the site on MondayEast Delhi Mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal said the temple built about 50 years ago is located on a 600-square yard premises in Gali number 2 of the Chauhan Bangar wardAggarwal visited the area along with Chauhan Bangar Councillor Zubair Ahmad who told him that anti-social elements are eying the temple premises which is lying neglectedThe temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and there is a Shivling installed inside it but for the last around 15 years it has suffered neglect and decay the councillor saidHe appealed to the mayor to get the temple restored which will augment the feeling of communal harmony in the areaAggarwal said the temple is located in an area where only members of the Muslim community live so no one has visited it for a very long time leading to its neglectWe will seriously consider Ahmads demand for the restoration of the temple the mayor saidIn another development as part of an anti-encroachment drive EDMC authorities demolished illegally built shops in the fish market and murga mandi and sealed four fish-selling shops for operating without a licence officials said PTI KND RC