The court, hearing a petition on unhygienic public toilets in Delhi, directed civic bodies to prepare a detailed, expert-backed plan to ensure clean & functioning washrooms.
In November last year, DDA initiated special drive, extended till 31 March, 2025, to assist residents of these colonies in applying under PM-UDAY scheme.
Several departments and agencies under housing ministry have 10-50% posts lying vacant, according to response given in Rajya Sabha. CPWD has 27% of sanctioned posts vacant.
DDA allotted land for expansion & felled trees in Ridge area without clearance, drawing SC's ire. Moreover, farmhouse owners allege DDA altered the plan to favour one side over the other.
A DDA flat was a privilege in a city where almost nobody could build anything. Its inventory of unsold flats now exceeds 40,000 at a value of Rs 18,000 crore, and it's still building more.
The draft MPD-2041 proposes to split the river zone into active floodplains and regulated parts, but environmental experts say it will encourage encroachment.
With the draft 2041 Delhi masterplan expected to be notified by April, researchers and academics have expressed concerns over the language of the draft, lack of extensive mapping.
The court said that since the members of the petitioner society are in unlawful occupation, the relief for compensation on the ground of DDA damaging the crop is not maintainable.
Weak governance, corruption and poverty continue to define tribal life in India. The introduction of industrial and mining projects has benefited contractors, politicians and officials more than Adivasis.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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