Hazards of illegal construction plagues the Capital

With grievances lodged under MCD’s building department pending and DDA’s redressal app failing to address these issues – Delhi’s long-drawn struggle to deal with the hazards of illegal constructions and encroachment continues   Delhi has witnessed a few building collapses, where not just property but lives have been lost – most recently in North Municipal […]

Street battles

From being evicted to getting their materials confiscated, street vendors in the capital continue to face uncertainty even four years after the implementation of the Street Vendors Act “I sat on a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar in 2014, in order to get the Street Vendors Act passed, so that I could have a stable […]

WHO RUNS DELHI?

Reacting to traders holding the city to ransom while protesting against the recent sealing drive, the apex court observed, “Is there a rule of law?”   There’s great inertia in Delhi to implement reforms. Some hidden forces seem to guide the government. The multiplicity of agencies, the three tiers of government, have recently been at […]