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.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday fixed February 28, 2013, as the deadline for the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to restore Neela Hauz, the ancient water body on Aruna Asif Ali Marg near Vasant

Some interesting insights into what citizens think of the Delhi Master Plan-2021(MPD-2021) and how it impacts them, its errors and failures, and ways to improve and streamline it can be gleaned fro

NEW DELHI: Ironical as it may be, DDA has no jurisdiction over a large part of the Yamuna floodplain located within Delhi.

Two Ministers get additional grant for their constituencies

New Delhi: Chief minister Sheila Dikshit slammed the-Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Thursday by calling it a “closed system” and an “elephant” that cannot match the pace at which the capital