New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Delhi police on Thursday arrested two persons allegedly involved in arms supplies and recovered illegal arms and live rounds, informed Deputy Commissioner of Police East Priyanka Kashyap.

New Delhi Apr 26 PTI A Delhi Transport Corporation DTC bus caught fire on Tuesday afternoon on Vikas Marg area here officials saidThe fire department received information about the blaze around 225 pm following which a fire tender was rushed to the spot to douse the flamesThe fire was brought under control at 250 pm and no one was injured in the incident they added PTI NIT NIT TDS TDS

New Delhi Oct 19 PTI From conducting a prolonged drive to make a stretch of Vikas Marg free of single-use plastic to staging street theatres to raise awareness the civic body in east Delhi is running a campaign to promote cleanliness and sustainabilityAs part of its larger vision for a cleaner and greener environment the East Delhi Municipal Corporation EDMC Tuesday launched Pollution Mitigation Action Plan 2021-2022A senior official said the civic body has been running the campaign to cut use of plastic and civic teams are conducting awareness drives too including through nukkad natakStarting October 1 a month-long drive had been started to make a stretch of Vikas Marg single-use plastic-free as a demonstrative activity to motivate the masses and set an exampleOur teams go on that stretch from time to time and talk to people and distribute handbills to raise awareness the official saidThe campaign also finds space in the pollution mitigation action plan of the civic bodyA one-month long awareness campaign in association with NGO IPCA Indian Pollution Control Associationwas started on October 1 inorder to declare Vikas Marg from Laxmi Nagar to Karkari More as plastic-free zone the document saidShopkeepers as well as visitors to the area are being educated to not use plastic according to the planWe also doing awareness programmes and running workshops with members of market associations as markets are bulk waste generators to cut down on the use of plastic besides imposing challans on violators the senior official saidTheEDMChad run Say No to Single UsePlastic campaign from September 25 to October 2 in all the wards under the leadership of its councillors Under this campaign wasteplasticwas collected and local residents were made aware about the ill-effects ofplasticThe pollution mitigation action planenvisions both short-term and long-term action items to improve the condition of the environment A proposed project on bio-mining of 50 lakh tonne of legacywaste in Ghazipur landfill dump to setting up of a dust control and management cell are also part of itRecently in a creative initiative a vertical garden and artworks made ofplasticcups and bottles were mounted on walls in New Ashok Nagar ward in east Delhiaiming to raise awareness on cleanliness and greener environment PTI KND SRY

New Delhi Sep 23 PTI The Delhi government has directed all state-run alcohol outlets to maintain sufficient stocks to deal with a possible shortage in the coming days as all private liquor shops are set to wind up their business by September 30 officials saidUnder the New Excise Policy around 260 privately-run liquor vends in the city will close down on September 30 Of the total around 850 liquor shops in Delhi only those operated by Delhi government agencies will continue retail sale till November 16New players who have got licences through open bidding will enter the market and operate the 850 vends from November 17The consumers have started experiencing the shortage as their favourite liquors brands are missing owing to the winding up of business by privately-run liquor shopsAt one of the private liquor shops on Vikas Marg in east Delhi several liquor lovers were seen returning empty handed They said they were told whisky or vodka brands were not available thereOur owner has asked us to sell whatever stock is there and lock the shop We have already sold all other liquors and now only beer is left said a worker managing the sale counter of the vendThe liquor stores in Star City Mall in Mayur Vihar were also rapidly emptying their shelves before putting their shutters down permanentlyWe are sorry to return back our regular customers as stocks are depleting We stopped restocking and placing fresh orders after it was decided by the government to close private shops said manager of a liquor store in the mallA senior Excise department officer said steps are being taken to ensure that there is no shortage of liquor by strengthening retail sale from government vendsIts a transition period of one and half month after which things will become normal We have already asked the government agencies running liquor stores up to November 16 to maintain stock according to demand said the officerNaresh Goel president Delhi Liquor Traders Association said the private liquor vends in some areas like Saket have already shut their shop after selling out the remaining stocksShortage is bound to occur as private vends used to be better stocked Closure of all the private shops in the city in one go will create shortage as government shops cannot handle the demand as they are also in the process of winding up before November 17 Goel saidAmit Sharma president of Delhi Liquor Sales Association that represents workers at the liquor stores in the city claimed around 3000 people will be out of jobs after private stores close downWith the closure of private vends on September 30 there will no retail liquor sale in 26 of the 272 municipal wards Also there are no liquor vends in 80 wardsThe New Excise Policy of Delhi government seeks to ensure equitable distribution of liquor vends across the city by dividing it into 32 zonesEach zone covering 8-10 wards will have nearly 27 liquor vends that will provide customers walk in experience and a choice of their preferred brands PTI VIT TDS TDS