Pedestrians compete with rickshaws at Chandni Chowk’s overhauled street

The 1.3 km stretch between Red Fort and Fatehpuri Masjid is ready for its formal inauguration on September 12. But while it has been promoted as a pedestrianized area — it doesn’t, as one would expect, give a complete ease of movement The evening rush in Old Delhi’s Chandni Chowk, while nothing like pre-Covid days, […]

HC directs agencies to remove hanging wires, cables in Chandni Chowk or face action

The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed various agencies including North MCD, MTNL, BSES and mobile service providers to comply with the order of removing hanging wires and cables in the Chandni Chowk area here which is undergoing redevelopment. The high court made it clear that non-compliance of the order will invite contempt action against the […]

Chandni Chowk pedestrianisation project will be complete by Dec 31: AAP govt to HC

The AAP government on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that the stretch of road between the Red Fort intersection and the Fatehpuri Masjid in Chandni Chowk will be inaugurated on December 31 following its pedestrianisation. A bench of justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad was informed by various local bodies and the Delhi government […]

Tryst with independence

This is the story of a differently abled young man who has to continually find new ways to earn a livelihood, with a little help from friends Mohd Yusuf, 27, sells stationery items like folders and files at the Chandni Chowk metro station gate, in front of Shiv Shakti Mandir. His shop is his ‘handicapped […]