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Govt to divert 500 cusecs to Yamuna for improved water quality, officials confirm

India, Sept. 11 -- As part of the project to improve the water quality of the Yamuna, the government is working jointly with Uttar Pradesh to divert 500 cusecs of water from the Hindon river to the Ya... Read More


MCD suspends 3 building dept officials for negligence

New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Thursday suspended three officials of its building department for "dereliction of duty and negligence in the discharge of their official ... Read More


'Bullion worth crores' locked: MCD seals 54 jewellery units

New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Thursday sealed 54 jewellery units in basements of buildings in Chandni Chowk's Kucha Mahajani over alleged misuse of basements for c... Read More


Delhi starts PG survey; identify 52 running in dilapidated buildings

India, Sept. 9 -- New Delhi The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Tuesday initiated a pan-Delhi survey of paying guest (PG) accommodations in the wake of the building collapse in Satya Nikentan... Read More


52 dilapidated PG buildings identified in Delhi survey initiated by High Court

India, Sept. 9 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Tuesday initiated a pan-Delhi survey of paying guest (PG) accommodations in the wake of the building collapse in Satya Niketan, where seve... Read More


No sanctioned plan, no fire NOC: How Satya Niketan PG building grew unsafe

India, Sept. 7 -- The building that collapsed in south Delhi's Satya Niketan on Sunday, killing several people, had no sanctioned building plan and unauthorised construction in its basement, according... Read More


New Delhi civic agency rekindles plan for vehicle-free Connaught Place

India, Sept. 4 -- New Delhi The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has once again stirred the idea of turning Connaught Place's Inner Circle, the central commercial hub at the heart of Lutyens' Delhi... Read More


Gloria Steinem: Chronicling the India chapter of feminist pioneer's journey

India, Sept. 4 -- Gloria Steinem, an American journalist, author and activist who was one of the most enduring faces of the feminist movement and the face of the reproductive and civil rights of women... Read More


Capital's GARBAGE crisis piles up amid contract tangle

New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- Even as the Delhi government's cleanliness drive is underway, large parts of the Capital are drowning in garbage. The problem of overspilling dhalaos is linked to a bureaucratic ... Read More


Overflowing dhalaos invite jams, strays

New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- Garbage spilling out of dhalaos on to roads. Commuters stuck in traffic jams. Heaps of waste raising a stink in public spaces. Cows and dogs feeding on exposed food waste, overfl... Read More