New Delhi: Delhi High Court passed the order in 2006 but of the 13 enclosures that were supposed to be made specially for immersions so that the Yamuna can be spared from a religious and cultural onslaught, only one is ready. With Dussehra and Durga Puja only a week away, government agencies are still clueless about who is to take action.
New Delhi: In what is bound to become a carefully watched case in Delhi, the high court has asked the authorities to give reasons why it should not stop all development and construction activity in the Ridge area.
The CSE report on Sanjay lake situated in East Delhi. This rainwater lake was to be developed before the 2010 Commonwealth Games but the negligence of DDA and the Delhi Tourism Department who are in charge of the lake has made it a pool full of mud and sewage.
In yet another jolt to the scam-hit Delhi Development Authority (DDA), an environment panel has issued notice for flouting green norms at its mega housing project coming up at posh Vasant Kunj area in the national Capital. The State-Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), Delhi recently asked the DDA to explain the reasons for initiating the construction work without getting its approval.
New Delhi: In yet another jolt to scam-hit DDA, an environment panel has issued it a notice for flouting green norms at its mega housing project coming up at posh Vasant Kunj in the Capital.
The State Level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), Delhi recently asked the DDA to explain reasons for initiating construction work without getting its approval.
Aug. 30: At least two mega projects in the city that were supposed to give relief to people from parking and housing woes have hit a roadblock with a state-level green body questioning how they started the work without getting the necessary environmental clearances.
DDA decided to declare Nehru Place a `No Hawking Zone' . It will also take up construction of 10,000 houses for the poor under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.
The Delhi Development Authority on Monday passed the draft zonal plans for Yamuna river bed (zone"O") and Rohini area (zone "P-II") in a meeting of the authority here.
