Can Delhi resist the third wave?

Even though the government denies a record of any death due to lack of oxygen, the horrors of the last wave still haunts the citizens. With the probability of an upcoming Covid-19 third wave, the capital city amps up its healthcare facilities to fight it better — unlike last time The number of Covid cases, […]

Capital’s civic mess

Covid era has seen Delhi’s containment zones battling civic issues; public and community toilet facilities remains in  shambles — with 1 toilet for 55 women in slums Delhi is far from being a capital city of top-notch civic management. In fact, there are far too many sights of inadequacy, areas where people still don’t receive […]

Delhi’s unending parking woes

In 2019, the Supreme Court called parking one of the “most serious problems of Delhi.” Two years later, the picture remains the same It’s 4 o’clock in the evening, when three traffic police personnel were towing four bikes on a police truck. These vehicles were parked near Malai Mandir, of Vasant Vihar region, a ‘no […]

Sarojini Nagar market remains closed in protest against SDM order

The Sarojini Nagar markets’ associations kept shutters down of the shops, including the main section, Babu market and mini market, on Tuesday to protest against an SDM order that directed closure of the export market. The export market was closed on Sunday for “grossly” violating COVID-19 norms, according to an official order from the sub-divisional […]

World class drainage system to be developed in Delhi: CM Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said a “world class drainage system” will be developed across the national capital. He said drainage systems like the one at Minto Road here will be replicated across Delhi and drains and sewers will be desilted regularly. The chief minister made the announcement after taking part in a […]

Reports of snooping on Indians aimed at maligning Indian democracy: Vaishnaw

IT and Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday dismissed media reports on the use of Pegasus software to snoop on Indians, saying the allegations levelled just ahead of the Monsoon session of Parliament are aimed at maligning Indian democracy. In a suo motu statement in Lok Sabha, Vaishnaw said that with several checks and balances […]

Covid: DoE asks principals to ensure vaccination of all remaining Delhi govt school teachers, staff

Noting that all teachers and staff of Delhi government schools have still not received the COVID-19 vaccine, the Directorate of Education (DoE) has directed principals to ensure that the remaining ones are vaccinated in next 15 days. “It has come to notice that still some teachers are left to be vaccinated, hence all officers and […]

Breathless Capital: despite curbs, air pollution continues to rise in Delhi  

Even when pollution levels were brought down because of the Covid-19 induced lockdowns, the levels of NO2 in the city’s air continued to rise at an alarming rate During lockdowns, between April 2020 and April 2021 the capital witnessed a dramatic increase of NO2 in the atmosphere, revealed a report by Greenpeace India. According to […]