Sweta Goswami

After Delhi, now NCR demands de-registration of old diesel vehicles

A survey has revealed that residents of neighbouring cities such as Noida and Ghaziabad are ready to welcome a similar ban on diesel vehicles that are over a decade old.

Construction ban pushes Metro’s Heritage Line opening to January end

A temporary construction ban in November when record smog and air pollution shrouded the national capital and its satellite cities may have forced the Delhi Metro’s Heritage Line to miss its Christmas deadline.

Fog envelopes Delhi again, one dead in Yamuna e-way pile-up near Mathura

Dense fog enveloped the Capital for the second straight day on Thursday, forcing airport operations to be suspended and slowing traffic down to a trickle.

Delhi: No cash to spare, alms dry up for beggars

At queues outside Delhi banks people share, collaborate, socialise

After a bumpy ride, Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 on a smooth upward trajectory

From conceptualising the biggest-ever project of adding 136 kilometers to the city’s Metro network in 2010, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is now in the final leg of its ambitious Phase 3 project. But the journey so far has not been a smooth one, if you ask DMRC chief Mangu Singh.

Faced resistance from my own department over Chunauti scheme: Sisodia

Crackdown begins in Delhi on diesel vehicles older than 15 years

Around two lakh polluting diesel vehicles older than 15 years are set to go off the capital’s roads as the Delhi government has started the process to de-register them and asked the traffic police to launch a crackdown as per the National Green Tribunal’s directions.

Banks struggle to handle panicked customers, ATMs run dry within hours

Millions of panicked consumers lined up outside banks and ATMs across India on Friday to exchange withdrawn banknotes but chaos ensued for the second straight day with poor cash flow and no signs of immediate relief.

People queue up at banks in Delhi-NCR but no cash in most ATMs

Green brigade says waste-to-energy unit near Yamuna is a bad idea

Environmentalists are against the Delhi government’s plan to convert the defunct Rajghat power plant into a waste-to-energy (WTE) unit.

No new cash? Here are 5 things you need to do today to survive

Winding queues of panicking customers outside banks and post offices across India continued to grow longer on Friday, as millions of people tried to exchange banknotes the government pulled out of circulation.

Autos available in Delhi for short trips, cab users face tough time

Environmentalists unimpressed with Delhi govt’s measures to tackle pollution

Delhi’s worst smog yet wakes up govt, emergency measures announced

The Delhi government woke up after breathing toxic air since Diwali and announced a spate of “emergency” measures on Sunday — shutting down schools and halting all construction activities — to combat the crippling smog that has engulfed the Capital.

Decongesting Connaught Place and Khan Market is not a cakewalk

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) which is implementing the project believes that pedestrianising certain areas, especially market places, is an effective way to decongest them.

Over a lakh e-rickshaws but no legal charging points in Delhi

With a rampant increase in their number, the Delhi government is faced with a new challenge of dealing with the safety hazards that these vehicles pose for the drivers and passengers.

Delhi Metro parking fares to be hiked soon

Move aimed at warding off non-Metro commuters from using these spaces

Delhi govt’s subsidy scheme for e-rickshaw drivers fails to take off

As soon as his government completed a year in Delhi, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, on February 17, announced with much fanfare, a subsidy of ₹15,000 for e-rickshaw drivers, which later was enhanced to ₹ 30,000.

Delhi’s trouble with worsening air pollution begins ahead of Diwali itself

Diwali is still five days away, but the national capital’s air quality has already begun to get worse.

Bird flu scare hits chicken supply at Delhi’s Ghazipur market

The wholesale chicken market in east Delhi’s Ghazipur has seen a dip of about 27% in its supplies amid an apparent bird flu scare in the city.

Delhi Metro’s longest Pink Line to open in three phases by Sept 2017

The longest corridor of Delhi Metro’s Phase 3 project, the Pink Line (Mukundpur-Shiv Vihar), will be opened in its entirety by September next year.

Delhi Metro’s Heritage Line launch put off to December

The Phase 3 of Metro that is running behind schedule will have a staggered opening, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) managing director chief Mangu Singh has said.

Bird flu alert in Delhi: Is the chicken we eat safe or not?

The Ghazipur mandi is the only meat market which caters to the entire city and perhaps the only place from where the virus can enter the food chain.

DTC buses going conductorless, e-ticketing machines to take over

Taking a giant leap in technology, Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) intends to make its buses ‘conductor-less’.

Delhi poultry traders brace for bird flu hit, say mutton prices may go up

The current wholesale rate of chicken ranges between Rs 82 per kilogram and Rs 105 per kg, depending on the size of the hen. Mutton, on the other hand, is being sold at Rs 380 per kg in the wholesale market.

No third phase of odd-even car rationing in Delhi?

Learning from its experience of the road rationing scheme, the Delhi government may ditch the odd-even formula this year and choose other steps to curb air pollution in the city.

Auto, taxi drivers to rally against govt

Auto unions say they don’t want any hike in fare

Auto, taxi drivers to hold mega rally against app operators

Accusing the Delhi government of being in cahoots with app-based cab operators, auto and taxi unions announced on Thursday they will hold a mega rally at Ramlila Maidan next month.