The civic bodies of Delhi have asked the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to provide land for parking in case of land-use change or regularisation of unauthorised colonies.

Parking fees should go up, feel new MCD Commissioners

With the Master Plan for Delhi-2021 currently under review, the Delhi Development Authority should provide land to the Municipal Corporations to build parking facilities, said South Delhi Corporation Commissioner Manish Gupta on Wednesday. “We have sent a proposal to the DDA suggesting that it provide land for parking facilities when a colony is converted from a residential to a commercial area,” he said.

In a bid to make the city slum-free, the Delhi government has decided to start allocation of around 10,000 low cost flats from next month. The project is, however, delayed for more than three years.

The government will allocate 500 flats to slum dwellers in June and the allocation would continue thereafter, Delhi urban development minister A.K. Walia said.
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit instructed the urban development ministry to expedite distribution of flats on Wednesday.

The Delhi high court on Wednesday slapped costs of `15,000 each on the city government and the DDA for their failure to file replies on a PIL seeking appropriate safety measures in Mayapuri scrap market following the 2010 radiation exposure incident.

Irked over the failure to file their responses on three different occasions since April 2011, a bench of Delhi HC Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also summoned the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) vice-chairman and principal secretary of the environment ministry, Delhi government, on May 23, the next date of hearing.

New Delhi: Bus commuters have a reason to cheer. The transport department has finally been allotted land for a depot in Rohini, a move that has paved the way for more cluster buses to be launched.

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has written to Union Water Resources Minister P. K. Bansal to fast track the Renuka Dam project. The Chief Minister has expressed concern that further stalling of the project will jeopardise the city's water security. The dam has been proposed on the Giri River in Himachal Pradesh and is expected to provide Delhi 275 million gallons of water a day.

Delhi has been pressing the Centre for its intervention to secure clearances for the Renuka Dam project, claiming it is the only source of water for the city's future use. “There are limited sources of water for the city; and Renuka Dam is the primary source that assures water for the future needs.

With an aim to do away with ‘inspector raj’ , Union Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath said the new Delhi Master Plan should be made user-friendly and futuristic for the benefit of the commo

The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to various agencies including the Yamuna River Development Authority, issuing a stay on dumping of solid waste on the Yamuna riverbed.

“No response from official agencies despite reminders”

Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan, a non-government organisation fighting for preservation of the Yamuna and its riverbed, has sought intervention of the National Green Tribunal for action against debris being dumped on the floodplains of the river. The NGO claims its repeated reminders to various agencies, including the Delhi Development Authority and the Irrigation Department of Uttar Pradesh, have met with no response.