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New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Tuesday condemned Aam Aadmi Party convenor in the national capital, Saurabh Bharadwaj’s allegation that the ruling party is turning Delhi into a “cancer capital by creating new garbage mountains”.The Delhi BJP chief said that Bharadwaj’s claim that the BJP government is dumping Bhalswa’s waste in Kirari and thereby exposing Purvanchalis to cancer threat is an attempt to spread fear in Delhi through “political pollution…

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Advancing the vision of strengthening learning infrastructure, Delhi L-G V.K. Saxena on Thursday inaugurated the fifth Aarambh library in Vikaspuri and unveiled column fountains at key road junctions in Dwarka Sub-City. The facility at Vikaspuri is the fifth in the series under the Aarambh initiative, which offers a 24×7 library accommodating over 180 students daily in three eight-hour shifts, said a DDA official.Developed by the Delhi Development Authority, the library…

New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Friday that a comprehensive and timeline-based action plan has been finalised for dust mitigation in the national capital. A review was conducted of the roads and dust control plans of all agencies, including PWD, DSIIDC, DDA, NDMC, MCD, and Delhi Cantonment.”Directions have been issued to initiate mist spray arrangements on all PWD roads in Delhi, particularly at the identified 62 hotspots,” he said.”Additionally,…

New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Friday that the government is working 12 months a year, seven days a week, to control pollution in Delhi-NCR, and that a comprehensive, time-bound plan is underway to counter the challenge.Short-term and long-term plans have been prepared and are under effective implementation, she said after chairing a high-level review meeting on air pollution control at the Delhi Secretariat.She added that the fight against pollution is a long …

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Friday, will inaugurate the third International Kite Festival of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) at Baansera grasslands on Yamuna floodplains near Sarai Kale Khan in the national capital, an official said on Thursday. Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) V.K. Saxena will be the Guest of Honour at the event that will also be attended by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.DDA Vice-Chairman N. Saravana Kumar said, in the invite for the three-day e…

New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena on Saturday hit out at the previous Aam Aadmi Party government for not paying the due money and delaying the handing over of land in Narela to two government universities for their new campuses.Saxena said it is unfortunate that despite the allotment of land in January 2024, the then Delhi Government ignored the requests of their own universities for land and refused to pay any money for the same, he said.Earlier, the LG presided ove…

New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena on Thursday formally named Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sadbhavana Park located along Mahatma Gandhi Marg (Ring Road), parallel to Daryaganj in the historic Walled City, The event, also attended by Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, coincided with the birth anniversary of the former PM.The LG and the Chief Minister bought entry tickets to the park and appealed to the people of Delhi to visit the park to spend quality time with their friends a…