Dwarka was once conceived as a non-suburban solution to the desire for self-sufficient, gated communities for Delhi’s middle class. But today it is struggling under a laundry list of woes.
Anti-Corruption Branch alleges former Delhi minister fixed sewage tender to ensure his friend and neighbour would get 3% of billing amount in single-party deal.
Earlier probe said tendering process manipulated to favour one company. ACB has also arrested ex-DJB CEO Rai, who had allegedly received a bribe in his own and his relatives' bank accounts.
Safai Karamchari Andolan estimates that more than 1,726 workers have died cleaning sewers and septic tanks since the anti-manual scavenging law came into force in 2013.
After air pollution, choked traffic, and garbage mountains, now comes black foul-smelling water from taps in several Janakpuri enclaves. ‘In a gated community, we thought basic things wouldn't be an issue.’
Delhi's erstwhile ruling party AAP has questioned the Delhi Jal Board’s assertion that the 15-foot ditch into which Kamal Dhyani fell with his bike was 'barricaded and closed for public safety'.
The land around the lake is shared by the Centre, Delhi and Haryana governments, farmers, and private owners, with multiple agencies involved in its revival and the ongoing legal battle.
Though only 2 percent of its total length, the 54 km section of the river that flows through Delhi accounts for over 75 percent of its total pollution load.
The increase in overall funding was largely driven by late-stage investments, which rose 32 percent to $2.7 billion from $2 billion during the same period in 2025.
Netanyahu has won only because he hasn’t been defeated. He’s also changed Israel fundamentally. Any ruling alliance now will have to be a coalition to the exclusion of Israel’s Arab citizens.
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