Vibha Sharma

SDMC to allow interest rebate to property tax defaulters if they pay before Dec 31

The proposal has received approval in standing committee last week. Chairman Standing Committee, Bhupender Gupta said the scheme will include all property owners who have not submitted tax return from April 2004 or have not submitted return on regular basis.

IIT-Delhi experts to help stabilise Ghazipur landfill

Focus would be on the portion running parallel to a canal on which a garbage mound fell on September 2, killing two people and prompting the Lieutenant Governor to shut the site for dumping waste.

Municipal schoolteacher shot dead in Delhi, gangsters’ hand suspected

The police did not identify the attackers till late evening but sources confirmed that the names of outer Delhi gangsters Jitender alias Gogi and his rival Tillu had cropped up during investigation.

Treated water will help 800 south Delhi parks stay green in summer

Presently, half of the city’s parks have borewells but most of them are non-functional because of the depleting ground water level.

Delhi’s MCDs on a mechanical sweeping machine-buying overdrive to combat air pollution

Civic agency officials said vacuum cleaning machines work in such a way that the cleared dust from the road does not disperse in the air, a common problem with manual sweeping

Delhi set to get facelift ahead of Asean summit in January

Delhi will host Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in January 2018.

Air better, EPCA to roll back parking fee hike, ban on truck entry and construction

Other GRAP measures like ban on diesel generators, hot mix plants, stone crushers and brick kilns, however, continue to remain in place.

Delhi pollution: Parking rates up 300%, curbs on trucks, construction

Four South Delhi parks to get play equipment for differently abled children

The project will be first of its kind in which swings, seesaws and merry-go-rounds will be installed at various colony parks.

SDMC seals mall parking, fines hospital for violating free parking rule

Malls and hospitals in south Delhi were allowed additional floor area ratio with a rider that they will provide free parking in their underground slots.

EPCA gets cracking on garbage burning in Delhi, Rs 5,000 fine for polluting air

Garbage burning is one of the major contributors to pollution in Delhi. The city produces nearly 10,000 metric tonnes of municipal solid waste daily, most of which directly lands at already exhausted landfills

Delhi: Agitating sanitation workers warn they will lock down civic centre

Swatantra Majdoor Sayunkt Morcha, a sanitation union with members in three municipal corporations, made the announcement on Monday, soon after it went on strike.

North Delhi civic body proposes no demolition in unauthorised colonies till 2020

During a standing committee meeting, the civic body approved a proposal to extend provisions of the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act from December 2017 to 2020.

Delhi sanitation workers’ strike may spread to other parts as meeting fails

While the MCD Swachhta Karamchari Union continued its strike in east Delhi, it rival, Swatantra Majdoor Sayunkt Morcha, with members in three municipal corporations, threatened to go on strike from October 16.

Delhi civic strike: Govt to release ₹108 cr, workers say won’t end strike till all demands met

On the ground, as the employees stayed away from work -- the third municipal strike this year -- the streets were not swept and garbage was not collected from many neighbourhoods.

Sanitation crisis looms over east Delhi this Diwali as worker unions go on strike

One of the biggest worker unions of East Delhi Municipal Corporation has called an indefinite strike from October 11 over non-payment of salaries, bonus, and arrears due from 2003.

North Delhi civic body proposes to regularise illegal constructions

Plot owners will have to pay a penalty amount, fixed on the basis of the circle rate, for the excess construction for getting their property regularised.

FIFA U-17: South Delhi civic body targets zero waste around JLN Stadium during games

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has set up a dedicated control room at Lodhi Colony to attend to issues related to cleanliness during the FIFA Under-17 World Cup.

Diwali cheer: Cash-strapped east Delhi civic body to pay pending salaries, bonus this month

The cash-strapped EDMC has not been able to pay regular salaries to staff, resulting in five strikes over three year. The corporation expects to receive Rs 100 crore from the Delhi government, with which it will clear the dues of nearly 30,000 workers, mayor Neema Bhagat said.

Four months on, garbage segregation at source still not doable for Delhi residents

The north and east Delhi civic bodies had launched the waste segregation at source project at 10 selected neighbourhoods on the occasion of World Environment Day. The objective was to encourage people to sort out their domestic trash

760 vehicle owners challaned on day one of drive to decongest Delhi

The agencies collected an amount of Rs4.97 lakh from defaulters on day one. They also impounded 80 vehicles that were parked illegally on the roadside and issued notices to 280 people for violating traffic norms.

Delhi agencies revisit old plan, introduce mechanical sweeping machines to clean roads

In 2010, the erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) had outsourced the work of vacuum cleaning of arterial roads to three private firms but the project met with serious operational problems.

Anti-encroachment drive threatens to push Delhi’s Ravana makers out of business

Thousands of artisans selling effigies on Najafgarh Road in Delhi are living under fear of being targeted by SDMC. They claim their effigies and material are damaged during anti-encroachment drives conducted by the civic body.

East Delhi civic body will regularise sanitation workers’ unions

According to the official, there are 28 unions in east Delhi and out of them only 17 are recognised-- nine approved by the erstwhile unified MCD and eight by EDMC.

Students find NCERT syllabus hard, SDMC to introduce simpler books for class 1

To simplify the procedure, the decision has been taken to form a committee which would work on selecting books based on the aptitude and level of understanding of students studying in MCD schools.

Python scare forces closure of park in Delhi’s Geetanjali Enclave

The worried residents, fearing for their lives and having failed to get any assistance from the civic agency, have decided to keep the park’s gate locked till the snake is captured.

Safety ignored: Plan to install CCTVs in Delhi civic schools moves in a slow lane

The plan to install surveillance cameras in primary schools was part of the three municipal corporations’ budgets for the two last consecutive years. But none could cover even one-fourth of schools so far.

DDA housing scheme 2017: Today is last day to apply, draw of lots before Diwali

People interested in buying a DDA flat in Delhi can apply online. DDA housing scheme 2017 has HIG, MIG, LIG and Janta flats on offer in places such as Vasant Kunj, Dwarka, Rohini and Narela

Delhi school where 5-year-old was raped shut for three days, DCW starts probe

Delhi Commission for Women has demanded background details of the rape accused and given the school three days to reply

East Delhi corp tries to convince NGT-appointed committee about need for landfill

Two persons were killed on September 1 when a part of the garbage mound at Ghazipur in east Delhi came crashing down.