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.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
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