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Vibha Sharma

Vibha Sharma covers municipal bodies in Delhi. A journalist for almost a decade, she has also worked for the hyper-local editions of Hindustan Times, covering civic concerns in south Delhi, Gurgaon, and Ghaziabad.

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SDMC to install CCTV cameras to count number of commercial vehicles entering Delhi

The study has been organised on the direction of Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Committee. The video-based analysis of CCTV cameras to count the vehicles would be conducted for 15 days.

Centre maintains that diesel vehicles contribute little to the pollution in Delhi. The Delhi government in a report submitted to the NGT claims that only 41 of the 759 trucks entering Delhi violate norms. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

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Updated on May 27, 2017 11:51 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

Haven’t registered your pet dog yet? Your canine could be ‘detained’ by the MCD

Most people are not aware that registration is a must. According to the three civic bodies, in the last one year, owners of only 953 pet dogs came forward to register -- 365 pets in North, 255 in East and 333 in the South Delhi municipal corporations.

According to the three civic bodies, in the last one year, owners of only 953 pet dogs came forward to register -- 365 pets in North, 255 in East and 333 in the South Delhi municipal corporations.(Getty Images)

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Updated on May 27, 2017 11:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

MCD bypoll results: BJP loses to AAP, Cong on 2 seats days after election sweep

AAP won the Maujpur seat by a margin of 699 votes while Congress won Sarai Pipal Thala seat by 2743 votes.

Now, of the 272 wards, BJP holds 184 seats, AAP 47 and Congress 31. The other have got 10 seats.(HT FILE)

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Updated on May 23, 2017 11:21 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

Free access to toilets: Hotels in north, east Delhi may also open loos for women, kids

After south Delhi, women and children in north and east Delhi too could have free access to toilets of any hotel/restaurants. The north and east Delhi municipal corporations are putting efforts to execute the decision in their jurisdiction soon.

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Updated on May 10, 2017 09:52 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

Seven wonders park coming up in Delhi

Replicas of seven wonders of the world from different ages are coming up at a park being developed by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation near the Sarai Kale Khan Interstate Bus Terminus.

The chosen monuments are Taj Mahal, Great Pyramid of Egypt, Eiffel Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Christ the Redeemer of Brazil, Rome’s Colosseum and the Statue of Liberty.(Praveen Bajpai/ Hindustan Times)

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Published on May 09, 2017 05:51 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma

From dumpyards to parks: Civic bodies beautify open spaces below flyovers

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation took eight days to clear the rubble and clean the area under the Andrews Ganj flyover and transform it into a well-lit space with sculptures depicting yoga postures.

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Updated on May 09, 2017 04:29 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

Swachh rankings: All Delhi municipal bodies fare badly

In the Swachh Survekshan-2017, North Delhi Municipal Corporation, EDMC and SDMC are ranked 279, 202 and 196 respectively. The NDMC, which manages the Lutyen’s zone, slipped three points from the fourth rank in 2016 to seventh rank in 2017.

Heap of garbage are strewn along the roadside near Geeta Colony. Repeated strikes by sanitation workers and poor garbage management have led to Delhi scoring poorly on the Swachh rankings.(Arun Sharma/HT Photo)

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Updated on May 05, 2017 12:02 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

Shoppers welcome move to open eatery restrooms for women

On Day One of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s decision to allow free restrooms access to women and children in hotels/restaurants, Hindustan Times visited some markets in south Delhi to grasp the realties on the ground.

While the visitors, especially women, were very happy with the decision, restaurants and eateries had mixed reactions(Raj K Raj/Photo for representation)

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Updated on May 02, 2017 05:08 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

Campaign begins for municipal bypolls in Maujpur and Sarai Pipal Thala wards

The elections slated for April 23 was postponed after two Samajwadi Party candidates passed away just before polls.

Shaheen, daughter of deceased BSP candidate Naseema

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Updated on May 01, 2017 09:58 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

SDMC launches drive to repair public toilets

The repair work was taken up to check mosquito-breeding.

The South Corporation has undertaken repairing of public toilets following repeated complaints from users about their poor maintenance.(Sonu Mehta/ HT File Photo)

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Published on Apr 28, 2017 11:20 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

Change or challenge? Delhi’s MCDs get 255 first-time councillors out of 270

With a record number of new faces in Delhi’s civic bodies, parties plan to hold training sessions for the new councillors. Observers say it would be interesting to see how the first-timers perform and how they overcome delays in decision-making.

Only 15 councillors from the last term have made it to Delhi’s three civic bodies this time.(Arvind Yadav/HT FILE)

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Updated on Apr 28, 2017 11:56 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

MCD election: AAP fails to work magic where votes rained for Delhi ministers in 2015

MCD polls: Aam Aadmi Party mostly failed to win the wards located in the constituencies of Delhi ministers who had easily cornered the BJP and Congress in the assembly polls in 2015.

Three of the four wards in Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia’s assembly constituency - Patparganj - were pocketed by the BJP .(Sushil Kumar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 27, 2017 11:29 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma and Sweta Goswami, New Delhi

MCD election results highlights: BJP wins Delhi, AAP leaders blame EVMs, Congress decimated

MCD election results 2017 live updates: The BJP is set to sweep all three municipal corporations in Delhi. The AAP is at a distant second, while the Congress is in the third place.

Expressing gratitude for bestowing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with their mandate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday thanked the people of Delhi for choosing the saffron party.(Arabinda Mahapatra/HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 28, 2017 10:43 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByFaizan Haidar and Vibha Sharma

MCD polls: EVM malfunction affected election, alleges AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal

The state election commission, however, said the election body received 18 complaints of glitches, which was “normal”, and those were rectified soon.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal showing his ink-marked finger after casting his vote for Delhi MCD elections at Rajpura Road polling booth in North Delhi.(Ravi Choudhary/Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Apr 24, 2017 12:33 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVishal Kant and Vibha Sharma

MCD election 2017: Exit polls predict BJP win, Kejriwal rout after 54% turnout, EVM controversy

MCD polls: Delhi State Election Commission said only 44.48% voters had cast their ballot till 4 pm . Counting will take place on April 26, with BJP the front-runner

Voters queue up to vote in the municipal corporation election on Sunday.(Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Apr 26, 2017 06:56 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVishal Kant and Vibha Sharma, New Delhi

MCD election: Bypoll next month in two wards after death of candidates

MCD polls: Delhi is voting in MCD election on Sunday. However, two of the 272 wards will have bypolls on May 14 and 21.

Around 1.3 crore people are expected to cast their votes in MCD election on Sunday.(Mohd Zakir)

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Updated on Apr 23, 2017 10:40 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

What’s driving crorepatis, PhDs, engineers to cash-strapped MCD elections?

There are at least 697 candidates with financial asset worth over one crore.

One of the richest candidates this election is Mohammed Usman, a Congress candidate from Sadar Bazar with assets worth around Rs 36 crore.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 23, 2017 07:40 AM IST

New Delhi, Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma

Star studded campaign in Aya Nagar ward, residents demand development

Former Union minister Sachin Pilot, MP Raj Babbar, actress-turned-politician Nagma, and Mahabharata-fame actor Firoz Khan (Arjun) canvassed votes for the Congress candidate while the BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri took to the stage his party nominee. Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari and actor Ravi Kishan, who recently joined the party, did not turn up.

Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot campaigns for the party candidate from Aya Nagar, Ved Pal.(Vipin Kumar/HT)

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Published on Apr 20, 2017 11:45 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

MCD election: Why Delhi’s affluent feel it is not about them

Only 43% of the voters from Vasant Vihar turned up to vote during the 2012 MCD elections. In areas such as Greater Kailash, Vasant Kunj, Safdarjung Enclave, and Hauz Khas to the voter turnout was between 37% and 46%.

During the 2012 MCD election, the voter turnout at well-to-do areas such as Greater Kailash, Vasant Vihar and Hauz Khas, was between 37% to 46%.(Mohd Zakir/HT file photo)

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Updated on Apr 20, 2017 10:07 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma and A Mariyam Alavi, New Delhi

MCD election: AAP accuses BJP of ‘double speak’ on house tax waiver

The AAP said that while the BJP had made a similar promise in 2007 MCD elections, it is now opposing AAP’s promise to waive off house tax.

AAP spokesperson said that when chief minster Arvind Kejriwal promised to discontinue house tax, the BJP criticised the move saying the plan could not be implemented. .(Raj K Raj/HT FILE)

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Updated on Apr 17, 2017 02:34 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

CR Park residents announce Rs10,000 reward for ‘missing’ road

Residents sayd the DDA is set to build a mall in the neighbourhood next to the road, which only appears in zonal maps.

The discontented RWAs organised a ‘mock drill’ on Sunday to hunt for the missing road and issued a dummy cheque of Rs10,000 for the winner.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 17, 2017 07:53 AM IST

New Delhi, Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma

MCD election: RWA members enter Delhi civic poll race

With delimitation changing the electoral pattern in many wards and with new parties entering the fray, traditional players like Congress and BJP have also picked up candidates from RWAs.

Ruma Sikka, a resident of Hill View Apartments at Vasant Vihar, is contesting as an independent.(Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Nov 22, 2018 06:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

MCD election: Candidates dribble, slog for young Delhi voters

Roughly half of the electorate in Delhi is between the age group 18 to 35 years. Candidates are using sports, dance and theatre to woo these voters for MCD polls.

Candidate from CR Park, Virender Kasana, plays football with the local youth, who have been demanding a football field. Candidate from Andrews Ganj, Abhishek Dutt, tries his hand at ‘gully cricket’.(Saumya Khandelwal)

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Updated on Apr 30, 2017 09:00 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

BJP breaks its own ticket rule for MCD elections, fields relatives of leaders

The BJP had promised not to filed relatives of party leaders or sitting councillors in the Delhi MCD elections.

BJP worker celebrate out side the DM office at Gita Colony in New Delhi on Monday, the last day of filing election papers.(Sushil Kumar/HT photo)

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Updated on Apr 04, 2017 04:57 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVibha Sharma and Parvez Sultan

MCD elections: BJP declares list of 160 candidates, five seats go to SAD

A former Delhi University leader and a 22-year-old BTech graduate are among the 160 people, whose names were announced as contestants for the municipal elections on April 23.

New Delhi, India- March 14, 2017: Bharatiya Janata Party's Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari, Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta address a Press conference on the issue of MCD election in Delhi, in New Delhi, India on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. ( Photo by Sonu Mehta/ Hindustan Times)(Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Apr 03, 2017 12:02 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

MCD elections: RWAs take on civic body duties in East Delhi’s planned colonies

In areas such as Anand Vihar and Indraprastha Extension, residents welfare associations have taken over the responsibility of managing parks and garbage collection.

A view DDA flat Anand Vihar park is used for parking cars. Lack of parking space is a major problem in east Delhi.(Arun Sharma/HT Photo)

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Updated on Nov 22, 2018 06:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

BJP leaders told to showcase development work done in last five years before MCD polls

Ahead of the April 23 civic polls, the Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has asked its senior municipal leaders to showcase to the people the achievements of the three corporations in the last five years.

The elections for the three municipal corporations in Delhi will take place on April 23.(Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Mar 31, 2017 12:00 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

Kejriwal sop: Residential tax can’t be waived unless law is amended, say experts

MCD election: Property tax is one of the main sources of revenue for the three municipal corporations in city. The amount collected is used for paying salary, pensions and other development works in various areas.

Arvind Kejriwal has promised to waive property tax from residential properties if AAP was voted to power .(Arun Sharma/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Mar 26, 2017 12:09 PM IST

HIndustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

MCD elections: Lots of talk but public toilets in Delhi remain a problem

Most toilet designs fail to measure up to the city’s requirements. The 600 waterless urinals which were installed at prominent places like Connaught Place, Hauz Khas, Paharganj, Ajmeri Gate and ITO, were found to be unsuitable for the city within two years. The fate of high-end toilets which were built by south corporation is, similarly, undecided

A public toilet near Greater Kailash-1 M block Market.(S Burmaula/HT Photo)

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Updated on Mar 23, 2017 11:50 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVibha Sharma, New Delhi

MCD elections: Why civic bodies have failed to clean Delhi’s garbage

At least 9,100 tonnes of garbage is shipped out of homes, shops, malls, schools, hospitals and markets to the 2,500 community bins, daily. Of these, East corporation generates 2,200 tonnes, North 3,800 while South civic body daily has to remove 3,100 tonnes of garbage.

Garbage strewn along the roadside near Geeta Colony during the strike by municipal sanitation workers in June 2015.(Arun Sharma/HT Photo)

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Updated on Mar 23, 2017 10:55 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByRitam Halder & Vibha Sharma, New Delhi

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Vibha Sharma

Vibha Sharma covers municipal bodies in Delhi. A journalist for almost a decade, she has also worked for the hyper-local editions of Hindustan Times, covering civic concerns in south Delhi, Gurgaon, and Ghaziabad.

The study has been organised on the direction of Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Committee. The video-based analysis of CCTV cameras to count the vehicles would be conducted for 15 days.

Most people are not aware that registration is a must. According to the three civic bodies, in the last one year, owners of only 953 pet dogs came forward to register -- 365 pets in North, 255 in East and 333 in the South Delhi municipal corporations.

AAP won the Maujpur seat by a margin of 699 votes while Congress won Sarai Pipal Thala seat by 2743 votes.

After south Delhi, women and children in north and east Delhi too could have free access to toilets of any hotel/restaurants. The north and east Delhi municipal corporations are putting efforts to execute the decision in their jurisdiction soon.

Replicas of seven wonders of the world from different ages are coming up at a park being developed by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation near the Sarai Kale Khan Interstate Bus Terminus.

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation took eight days to clear the rubble and clean the area under the Andrews Ganj flyover and transform it into a well-lit space with sculptures depicting yoga postures.

In the Swachh Survekshan-2017, North Delhi Municipal Corporation, EDMC and SDMC are ranked 279, 202 and 196 respectively. The NDMC, which manages the Lutyen’s zone, slipped three points from the fourth rank in 2016 to seventh rank in 2017.

On Day One of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s decision to allow free restrooms access to women and children in hotels/restaurants, Hindustan Times visited some markets in south Delhi to grasp the realties on the ground.

The elections slated for April 23 was postponed after two Samajwadi Party candidates passed away just before polls.

The repair work was taken up to check mosquito-breeding.

With a record number of new faces in Delhi’s civic bodies, parties plan to hold training sessions for the new councillors. Observers say it would be interesting to see how the first-timers perform and how they overcome delays in decision-making.

MCD polls: Aam Aadmi Party mostly failed to win the wards located in the constituencies of Delhi ministers who had easily cornered the BJP and Congress in the assembly polls in 2015.

MCD election results 2017 live updates: The BJP is set to sweep all three municipal corporations in Delhi. The AAP is at a distant second, while the Congress is in the third place.

The state election commission, however, said the election body received 18 complaints of glitches, which was “normal”, and those were rectified soon.

MCD polls: Delhi State Election Commission said only 44.48% voters had cast their ballot till 4 pm . Counting will take place on April 26, with BJP the front-runner

MCD polls: Delhi is voting in MCD election on Sunday. However, two of the 272 wards will have bypolls on May 14 and 21.

There are at least 697 candidates with financial asset worth over one crore.

Only 43% of the voters from Vasant Vihar turned up to vote during the 2012 MCD elections. In areas such as Greater Kailash, Vasant Kunj, Safdarjung Enclave, and Hauz Khas to the voter turnout was between 37% and 46%.

The AAP said that while the BJP had made a similar promise in 2007 MCD elections, it is now opposing AAP’s promise to waive off house tax.

Residents sayd the DDA is set to build a mall in the neighbourhood next to the road, which only appears in zonal maps.

With delimitation changing the electoral pattern in many wards and with new parties entering the fray, traditional players like Congress and BJP have also picked up candidates from RWAs.

Roughly half of the electorate in Delhi is between the age group 18 to 35 years. Candidates are using sports, dance and theatre to woo these voters for MCD polls.

The BJP had promised not to filed relatives of party leaders or sitting councillors in the Delhi MCD elections.

A former Delhi University leader and a 22-year-old BTech graduate are among the 160 people, whose names were announced as contestants for the municipal elections on April 23.

In areas such as Anand Vihar and Indraprastha Extension, residents welfare associations have taken over the responsibility of managing parks and garbage collection.

Ahead of the April 23 civic polls, the Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has asked its senior municipal leaders to showcase to the people the achievements of the three corporations in the last five years.

MCD election: Property tax is one of the main sources of revenue for the three municipal corporations in city. The amount collected is used for paying salary, pensions and other development works in various areas.

At least 9,100 tonnes of garbage is shipped out of homes, shops, malls, schools, hospitals and markets to the 2,500 community bins, daily. Of these, East corporation generates 2,200 tonnes, North 3,800 while South civic body daily has to remove 3,100 tonnes of garbage.

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