The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) initiated disciplinary proceedings against Assistant Engineer and Executive Engineer of Karol Bagh Zone on Monday amid student protests after basement flooding claimed three lives in a coaching institute in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar.
Delhi police arrested seven persons so far, including a driver of an SUV vehicle, on Monday in connection with the deaths of three students in basement flooding at a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar.
After the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) initiated action against coaching centres violating building bye-laws, the owners of the institutes asked students using the basement libraries to vacate on Monday.
The corporation's crackdown against properties violating building bylaws has come in response to the harrowing incident that occurred on Saturday evening, triggering massive protests by students in the Old Rajendra Nagar area.
After three UPSC aspirants died due to flooding of the basement at Rau's IAS coaching institute in Delhi's Old Rajinder Nagar, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Sunday sealed seven properties and three basements for violating building bye-laws in Karol Bagh Zone
The Supreme Court on Friday expressed grave concern over tonnes of untreated solid waste in Delhi and noted no concrete solution seemed to be in sight until 2027 to treat 11,000 tonnes of solid waste generated in the national capital every day.
The Delhi High court has directed all statutory authorities including MCD, DUSIB, GNCTD and MoHUA to the extent their sanctions are required to take immediate steps for shifting all the dairies from Bhalaswa to Ghogha Dairy Colony within four weeks.
The leader of opposition in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Raja Iqbal Singh said that it's shocking to see Delhi's Finance Minister Atishi and Mayor Dr Shelly Oberoi demanding special funds equivalent to 5 per cent of total direct taxes collected from Delhi from Centre for MCD even as
Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi hon Saturday requested Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to ensure a fair allocation of central government funds for Delhi's development and maintenance. In her letter, Oberoi requested an allocation of Rs 10,000 crores to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi
The petitioner, Ravinder Yadav, has approached the court seeking revival of a contempt case which disposed in July 2023 with directions to deal with the issue of unauthorized construction.