Drive to save water bodies
The Clean and Green Ludhiana Team of the Aam Aadmi Party started its campaign against pollution of water bodies on Sunday. Aam Aadmi Party volunteers could be seen at the Sidhwan Canal, assisting its...
View ArticleGovt rules against displacing slum dwellers
Asks DUSIB To Focus On In Situ Rehabilitation; To Be Tried First In 15 Slums In Sultanpuri And Hari Nagar The much debated and repeatedly amended slum re habilitation policy is back on the drawing board
View ArticleGovt lax, e-rick drivers pay heavy price
Being Charged Extra To Modify, Register Vehicle Both BJP and AAP , who played politics over the erickshaw issue a few months ago, have left their drivers in the urch. Four months and 19 regis rations
View ArticlePromises to keep and the promises kept
From rewarding e-rickshaw and auto drivers, and residents of unauthorised colonies, the Aam Aadmi Party government’s 100 days in office were underlined by welfare schemes as grand as the political mandate
View ArticleState plans to outsource underutilised Bawana plant
Exploring possibility of roping in an expert global power company Grossly underutilised since the last four years, the Aam Aadmi Party government is planning to outsource the Capital’s biggest power
View ArticleAfter Maggi, all noodle brands under scanner
The AAP government in Delhi on Wednesday announced plans to test all noodle brands available in the city after imposing a 15-day ban on Nestle’s Maggi Noodles due to presence of “excessive lead.” City
View ArticleGovt. redrafting solar policy for generating more power
Having a share of 66 per cent of the city’s total power generation, Delhi’s coal-based power plants are a ticking time bomb. They are old and are the biggest air pollutants with the highest manmade carbon
View ArticleWho'll clear this stinking mess, Kejriwal or Jung?
Health Crisis Looms As Delhi Reels Under 15k Tonnes Of Waste The strike by sanitation workers has turned east Delhi into a huge garbage dump over the past 10 days, posing a serious threat to people's
View ArticleDelhi houses are energy guzzlers, says CSE
“Cheap electricity, rising incomes and badly designed buildings that trap heat have led to the adoption of energy-intensive active cooling practices in the Capital,” states an analysis done on power...
View ArticleMCDs to collect pollution tax: Government
After announcing its intention to impose a pollution tax on goods vehicles entering the national capital in the Budget, the Delhi government has decided to appoint MCDs as the nodal agency to collect the
View ArticlePollution in Buddha Nullah a colossal problem: AAP
LUDHIANA: Aam Aadmi Party's local unit, under its 'Save Satluj and Buddha Dariya' project, organized a seminar titled 'Jal Hi Jeewan Hai' at Bachat Bhawan, near DC office, here on Sunday, calling upon
View ArticlePlantation drive in Delhi begins in earnest, target is 5L
With the first few showers already moistening Delhi's otherwise arid landscape, the forest department has started its annual plantation drive. The target is to plant at least five lakh saplings. Hopes
View ArticleIt's official, BRT will be dismantled after rains
Road To Be Restored To Original Form The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor -a cause of much misery for commuters -will finally be dismantled. The 5.8-km stretch between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand...
View ArticleGovt to introduce better BRT model
Though a good concept, it’s implemented badly: CM The Delhi Government today announced that it will introduce the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) model in an improved form in the national Capital. "The Delhi
View ArticleSolar power play in Delhi
After years of delay, a solar policy for Delhi has finally taken shape. Setting a target of generating 2 GW solar power by 2025, the Delhi government has now made it mandatory for all its buildings to
View ArticleDengue death toll rises to 15, over 2,000 affected in Delhi
Dengue scare in the national capital escalated today with a three-year-old girl becoming the 15th victim on the list of dead as the number of people down with the mosquito-borne fever crossed 2,000.
View ArticleBRT corridor to be history by February
Work on dismantling the 5.8-km stretch will begin from January 18; it was built at a cost of Rs.150 crore in 2008 by the then Congress government By February, Delhi’s only Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor
View ArticleSupreme Court dismisses plea against odd-even rule, says pollution killing...
"The government is taking some steps to control pollution. People are dying due to pollution and you are challenging it for publicity," the Supreme Court said today and refused to urgently hear a petition
View ArticleAAP govt floats elevated BRT corridors
PWD Minister Satyendar Jain, along with civic engineers, will visit Malaysia to study its bus corridors week after starting the dismantling process of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridor from Ambedkar
View ArticleGive input for next odd-even
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s decision to seek public opinion before implementing the next instalment of the odd-even scheme. Citizens can
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