New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to ensure that no commercial or religious activity takes place on the Yamuna floodplains at Sur Ghat, observing that the ecologically sensitive area cannot be used even for parking purposes. A single-judge Bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh said that no activity, including parking of vehicles for commercial purposes, should be permitted on the land situated in Zone-O of the Yamuna floodplains.“It is di…
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New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RG & CCI) on Thursday flagged off six awareness vans as part of the Census 2027 public outreach campaign in Delhi for the ongoing first phase of Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO), an official said. The Census awareness vans, flagged off from Janganana Bhawan in Delhi, will travel across Delhi NCT carrying messages on Census participation, Self-Enumeration (SE) facility, key features of Census 2027 and the imp…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Pravesh Wahi, BJP councillor from Rohini E ward, was elected as the new Mayor of Delhi on Wednesday, securing a decisive victory with a landslide margin. The outcome was largely anticipated as the BJP holds a majority in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). While the Opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chose to stay away from the mayoral contest, Wahi defeated Congress candidate Mohammad Zarif in the election.A total of 165 votes were cast in the mayoral poll, with W…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta has nominated 14 MLAs to represent the legislature in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, an official said on Monday.The legislators have been nominated members of the civic agency as per the provision of Section 3(3) (b) (iii) of Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 for Financial year 2026-2027, said an official statement.The nominated MLAs are — Satish Upadhyay (Malviya Nagar), Umang Bajaj (Rajinder Nagar), Kartar Singh Tanwar (Chhat…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) As many as 34 instances of visible road dust violations were detected by five flying squads of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR and adjoining areas during an inspection drive in Delhi’s Civil Lines and Karol Bagh areas, an official said on Thursday.The teams detected the violations during field assessments across three zones of Delhi — Civil Lines, Karol Bagh, and West Delhi — falling under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Corporation of Del…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The first phase of the Census in Delhi is set to begin on Thursday, initiating a large-scale data collection exercise that will play a crucial role in shaping governance and policy decisions over the coming decade.Officials are preparing to conduct extensive door-to-door visits across the national capital as part of the process that forms the foundation of India’s population database.The opening stage, known as the House Listing and Housing Census, will focus on gath…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Delhi BJP on Friday lashed out at leaders of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), including municipal councillors, for spreading misinformation about the “dissolution” of the all-powerful Standing Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that the very name of the Standing Committee suggests that it is a permanent body that is never dissolved.He said AAP leaders have been spreading confusion by claiming th…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to place on record a time-bound action plan for clearing legacy waste and managing daily waste at the Ghazipur landfill site.A Bench of Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Expert Member Dr Afroz Ahmad granted four weeks’ time to the MCD to examine the submissions filed by the Court Commissioner in response to its status report.The direction came in a suo motu case registere…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested four public officials in two separate bribery cases in the national capital, exposing alleged corruption within civic and heritage bodies, the agency said on Friday.”The CBI officials laid traps on April 1, resulting in the arrest of a junior engineer (JE) and a Beldar from Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s (MCD) Shahdara North Zone, alongside a conservation assistant and a monument attendant from the Archaeological Su…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday arrested two officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, including a Deputy Commissioner, in connection with an alleged bribery case involving a demand of Rs 4 lakh, officials said.The accused have been identified as Deputy Commissioner of Shahdara North Zone Abhishek Mishra, and Administrative Officer Gautam, who is posted in the same zone.According to the agency, a case was registered on March 30 against the Adminis…