Toxic air, tragic deaths 

Two young men die in Noida after inhaling toxic sewage gases while retrieving a cricket ball. This is not an isolated incident, but a forewarning of a disaster waiting to happen In a megacity like Delhi and the NCR, precious lives are wasted for most innocuous reasons. And this doesn’t include fatal road accidents (1,463 […]

Delhi approves policy to incentivise pvt sector to set up oxygen plants, storage facilities

Stepping up preparations for a possible third wave of COVID-19, the Delhi cabinet approved a policy on Tuesday under which subsidies and incentives will be given to the private sector for setting up oxygen production plants and storage facilities to help improve the availability of the life-saving gas in the national capital “Approved Medical Oxy […]

PWD to carry out overhaul of major roads in Delhi after monsoon

The Public Works Department (PWD) in Delhi will carry out complete overhaul of major city roads after the monsoon season gets over, officials said on Tuesday According to PWD officials, the move is aimed at improving health of roads which gets deteriorated during rainy season due to extensive waterlogging and high-intensity rainfall. A major portion of […]

Plea in HC for door-to-door COVID jab to bed-ridden senior citizens; court seeks govt reply

The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought the Centre and Delhi government’s reply on a plea seeking direction to them to introduce a policy on urgent door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination for bed-ridden senior citizens here Notice on the PIL, which also seeks a helpline for registration of such cases, was issued by a bench of Chief Justice […]

Libraries in slums: Project Aashayein aims to make books accessible to kids living in slums

Amidst the pandemic many kids from the weaker sections of society lost access to educational material like books. Project Aashayein, under the leadership of Kajal Gupta is now on a mission to bring books back into the hands of kids living in slums around Delhi   In a small room of 8×9 square feet, four volunteers […]

When labourers go unregistered, so do their problems   

Ad hoc payments in case of injuries and deaths, dangerous working conditions and difficulties in getting registered are just some of the problems plaguing Delhi’s labour force   In June, 2021 three construction workers Basant, Mangal Prasad Singh and Panna Lal Yadav were killed in Delhi Development Authority (DDA)’s under-construction housing society situated in Dwarka’s Sector […]

Yamuna river breaches ‘danger mark’; alert issued

The Delhi administration on Friday sounded a flood alert and expedited efforts to evacuate people living in the Yamuna flood plains, as the river in the capital breached the danger mark of 205.33 metres amid heavy rains in the upper catchment areas, officials said. The water level was recorded at 205.34 metres at the Old […]

After multiple challans & closures, are Delhi markets adhering to Covid safety norms?

Patriot visits some of Delhi’s busiest markets to assess the severity of the situation     We visited three of the popular markets of Delhi: Janpath, Lajpat Nagar and Sarojini, which have at some point been ordered to close for violating Covid-19 norms. We found most shopkeepers and patrons adhering to masking up (while not all), […]