MCD carries out anti-encroachment drive
The civic body took action against unauthorised encroachments at Shyama Prasad Mukherji Marg, Church Mission Road, Purani Delhi Railway Station, Khari Baoli and Arya Samaj Road in City SP Zone.
The civic body took action against unauthorised encroachments at Shyama Prasad Mukherji Marg, Church Mission Road, Purani Delhi Railway Station, Khari Baoli and Arya Samaj Road in City SP Zone.
In a bid to address pressing cleanliness issues in the national capital, newly appointed Mayor Mahesh Kumar Khinchi and Deputy Mayor Ravinder Bhardwaj embarked on their first official inspection on Saturday along with officials.
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).
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Saturday said that it has cleared over 18000 metric tons of construction and demolition waste from prominent locations across the national capital during a drive conducted in the month of October.
She also raised concerns about the shortage of sanitation workers, particularly during the festival season, and instructed officials to ensure daily waste collection in densely populated neighborhoods.
The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a 5-year-old boy died after falling into an open drain in Alipur area of north west Delhi on October 7.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Principal Secretary P K Mishra has expressed concern over the slow pace of clearance of landfill sites in Delhi and delays in the implementation of waste to energy plants by the MCD.
Alleging collapse of the Delhi’s sanitation system, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said on Tuesday that filth is all around the city during the festive season under the corrupt AAP government and the negligent Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
Ahead of the upcoming festive and winter season, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has launched a campaign to remove garbage and construction waste to curb pollution.
Taking a stern view of the LG's office exercising the executive powers directing the holding of the election of the sixth member of the Standing Committee, Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha heading a bench also comprising Justice R. Mahadevan, asked, “What was the tearing hurry” in holding election in the absence of Mayor.
