Slow wind speed and sudden drop in temperatures caused spike in AQI, may witness improvement: Rai
GRAP- III restrictions will not come into force for now as the air quality may witness improvement: Rai
GRAP- III restrictions will not come into force for now as the air quality may witness improvement: Rai
In a significant effort to promote greater devolution to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), the Centre is organizing a one-day Finance Commissions Conclave – Devolution to Development at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday.
The minimum temperature in the last 24 hours stood at 17 degrees Celsius while it was recorded at 17.9 degrees Celsius on Tuesday.
Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta on Wednesday said the sanitation system in the national capital has completely “collapsed” under the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
Senior AAP Leader and former Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia hosted the ‘Shiksha Par Baat, Mata-Pita Ke Saath’ initiative at Sunlight colony in Jangpura on Tuesday and interacted with the parents of the government school children
Yamuna breached the danger level of 205.33m on July 10, flooding low-lying pockets on its banks and forcing the evacuation of thousands
The road remained suspended due to severe waterlogging for six days as flood water was spilled all over the Ring Road in the backyard of Red Fort since July 13, as the Yamuna continued to flow above danger level.
The Central agencies are working on a war-footing together with Delhi government and MCD to clear the area of flood water from overflowing Yamuna.
The Delhi floods raise a question that would, mutatis mundis, apply to all metropolises, where flooding has become increasingly common: Why were all Governments sleeping when floodplains and wetlands were encroached, lakes and ponds were built upon, drains were not cleaned, and the Yamuna River was not desilted.
The main concern of the people living in the affected districts is that once Yamuna floodwaters start receding snakes could creep into homes along the river bank.
