Multi-level parking at CGO?
Faced with an acute shortage of parking bays near the CGO complex on Lodhi Road, which has in its perimeter several office complexes, the Union Urban Development Ministry has proposed a multi-level...
View ArticleJal Board advocates new rating system for water appliances
The Delhi Jal Board has advocated a rating system for water-using appliances similar to the one that is used to denote energy efficiency for an electrical appliance.
View Article‘Water privatisation is not for India’
Apex court specifies that air, water, sea and forests cannot be with private sectorA social republic like India cannot have water in private ownership and deny the citizens their right to quality water...
View ArticleSheila promises more power and water for Capital
Keeping in sight the pivotal role of water and power in an election year, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit presenting the Delhi budget in the State Assembly on Wednesday promised an augmented power and...
View ArticleSlums have better access to drinking water and electricity, says report
Though they have most basic amenities, sanitation is missingSlum residents have better access to drinking water and electricity than their counterparts in the urban non-slum areas, claims a report on...
View ArticleCAG finds deficiencies in supply of potable water
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has found deficiencies in supply of potable water in the city. In its recent report, the CAG has pointed out that the raw water available in Delhi is not...
View ArticleNGO writes to Planning Commission to reject funding for dam on Yamuna
Says river’s catchment area is fragile and falls under Zone V seismic beltCiting the fragility and seismic nature of the Yamuna catchment as one of the reasons for not going ahead with the construction...
View ArticleUrban Development Ministry looking for experts to draw up mobility plans
In the absence of comprehensive plans for traffic movement and decongestion of cities, the Union Urban Development Ministry is looking out for agencies to draw up a comprehensive mobility plan for
View ArticleWe will focus on single window clearance for housing projects: Maken
It will allow developers to seek all permissions in a time bound mannerHaving paved the way for protection of consumers against inordinate delays in the completion of housing projects through the...
View ArticleFloods have shifted focus on us for now, say Tehri villagers
Residents of Charu Khet say they would have been languishing in apathy if not for the delugeIt is a small hamlet of about a dozen households just off the national highway near the Narendra Nagar bypass...
View ArticleConcern over huge dip in South Delhi groundwater
Planning Board alarmed over heavy contamination, poor qualityThe groundwater level in South Delhi has plunged to an alarming 66.7 metre at its deepest, the second-worst in the whole of the National...
View ArticleUgly fight over dirty water in NCERT Colony
It is a choked, overflowing and disowned manhole that has emerged as the cause of water contamination that lead to two deaths and scores of people falling ill in South Delhi’s National Council of E
View ArticleSun holds key to end Delhi’s power shortage
City has potential to generate 2000 MW of power, says GreenpeaceDelhi has the potential to generate 2 Gigawatt, or 2000 MW, of solar power by 2020 to overcome its perennial power shortage. And if...
View ArticleUrban households have shown overall improvement, says study
Number of households has risen from 53.69 per cent in 2001 to 78.86 per cent in 2011.
View ArticleSocial Justice Ministry moots a Commission for denotified tribes
They can finally look forward to education, health care and economic empowermentLeft untouched by the Centre’s welfare juggernaut, the denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes (DNTs) that comprise...
View ArticleFloods have shifted focus on us for now, say Tehri villagers
Residents of Charu Khet say they would have been languishing in apathy if not for the deluge It is a small hamlet of about a dozen households just off the national highway near the Narendra Nagar...
View ArticleConcern over huge dip in South Delhi groundwater
Planning Board alarmed over heavy contamination, poor quality The groundwater level in South Delhi has plunged to an alarming 66.7 metre at its deepest, the second-worst in the whole of the National...
View ArticleUgly fight over dirty water in NCERT Colony
It is a choked, overflowing and disowned manhole that has emerged as the cause of water contamination that lead to two deaths and scores of people falling ill in South Delhi’s National Council of...
View ArticleSun holds key to end Delhi’s power shortage
City has potential to generate 2000 MW of power, says Greenpeace Delhi has the potential to generate 2 Gigawatt, or 2000 MW, of solar power by 2020 to overcome its perennial power shortage. And if...
View ArticleUrban households have shown overall improvement, says study
Number of households has risen from 53.69 per cent in 2001 to 78.86 per cent in 2011. As the government gears up to meet the overall housing shortfall of nearly 18.7 million in the urban areas, a...
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