Now, MCD eyes motor boats

Wednesday 28 January '09

The disastrous economic slowdown might have forced the MCD to look at the bottom of the fiscal barrel and seek a bailout from the Delhi government but it hasn’t stopped its ambitious disaster management plan.

Buffalo owners say no to micro chips

Tuesday 27 January '09

More than a month after the municipal commissioner ordered that micro chips be implanted in buffaloes used to pull the 813 carts used for lifting garbage, not a single buffalo has been tagged with the micro chips.

Civic body carves path to revive Chandni Chowk of yore

Saturday 24 January '09

After successfully removing rickshaws and ensuing clutter from the Chandni Chowk Road, next on the cards for the MCD is to bring back the lost glory of the main Chandni Chowk area, the Chandni Chowk Road and other connecting stretches.

Civic body homes in on a tax hike after five years

Friday 23 January '09

There is good news and bad for Delhiites. First the good: development is on full swing. The bad: this will also mean that house tax across the Capital is about to rise.

MCD anti-littering drive in place by next month

Friday 9 January '09

Come February and spitting, littering and urinating in public spaces will become punishable offences, with the MCD putting into action its anti-littering drive to keep the city clean.

‘Outsider’ Kohli new Delhi unit president of BJP

Thursday 8 January '09

The BJP on Wednesday appointed Om Prakash Kohli as president of its Delhi unit.

Civic body eyes INTACH to revamp heritage roads, structures near Kotla

Wednesday 7 January '09

After approving plans for revamping the Jama Masjid area, the MCD is now all set to take the project forward and extend it to Ferozeshah Kotla and Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg.

MCD officials differ over appointment of additional commissioners

Tuesday 6 January '09

For more than six months now the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has not had three additional commissioners.

‘Generous’ Mayor wants printers for team of 272

Saturday 27 December '08

After having spent MCD funds in five foreign trips and a Mayor’s conference at the Taj Hotel in Delhi, the next big thing on the cards for Delhi Mayor Mehra is buying printers for all 272 councillors.

Fate of extra staff at Hardayal Library due next month

Wednesday 24 December '08

The Fate of the 700 employees recruited for the MCD’s Hardayal Library is going to be decided soon. The report for the same will be submitted to the High Court...

Trooping in on time, MCD staff now find time to walk, do yoga before work

Tuesday 23 December '08

The new biometric attendance-registering machine installed at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s (MCD) Town Hall headquarters has come to the civic agency’s help in more ways than one.

Now, civic body plans own firm for special jobs

Sunday 21 December '08

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) plans to take the corporate route to cut red tape and get on with special projects on a fast track.

No Jat, Gurjjar, Dalit, rural MLA in Cabinet

Thursday 18 December '08

Sheila Dikshit’s new Cabinet has bypassed the much-discussed Jat, Gurjjar and Dalit troika. The party has seven Jats, five Gujjars and five Dalit MLAs.

Councillors of unauthorised colonies move court over development work

Wednesday 17 December '08

About 40 councillors representing unauthorised colonies in the MCD plan to move a writ petition in court.

MCD to spend Rs 426 crore on roads in city’s industrial areas

Tuesday 16 December '08

Delhi has 13 big and small industrial areas and the roads in most of these areas have not been repaired for years.

MCD makes concrete plans to save roads from going bust in rains

Tuesday 16 December '08

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has a concrete plan up its sleeves to save some of the city’s busiest roads from withering away under the monsoon onslaught every year: make them concrete.

Ghazipur abattoir finally operational

Monday 15 December '08

The much-awaited Ghazipur abattoir has finally become operational. After a delay of about three years, the MCD inaugurated it on December 10.

Yogi’s wife overwhelmed by groundswell of public support

Friday 12 December '08

Clad in a white salwar suit and a pair of white sneakers, Asha Yogi goes from house to house with folded hands.

Election won, ‘Independent’ Bharat Singh heads home to parent party INLD

Wednesday 10 December '08

The BJP might not have let the Indian National Lok Dal contest the Assembly elections in Delhi due to the NDA and the INLD tie-up in Rajasthan and Haryana, but the latter has managed to find its way into the Delhi Assembly.

Akalis blame it on BJP ‘weak campaign’

Tuesday 9 December '08

The Shiromani Akali Dal has failed to open its account in Delhi. But the Akali candidates are not disappointed.

Only three women make it to Delhi Assembly

Tuesday 9 December '08

Out of the 13 women candidates in the fray, only three have won—all are from the Congress. Besides chief minister Sheila Dikshit, Congress’ Kiran Walia and Barkha Singh have won from Malviya Nagar and R K Puram respectively.

MCD trump card fails to pave BJP’s path to Delhi

Tuesday 9 December '08

What the BJP must be finding hard to digest is how a big lead in the MCD elections failed to translate into a push in the Assembly polls.

In rural Outer Delhi, women ‘outvoted’ men

Sunday 7 December '08

The sex ratio might be skew-ed against the female sex in Outer Delhi, as in most other parts of the Capital, but women voters outdid their male counterparts in several Assembly constituencies here on election day.

Expenses cut, but civic body denies meltdown effect

Saturday 6 December '08

Effects of the global meltdown can also be seen in the MCD budget this year. Municipal Commissioner K S Mehra has proposed a 45-per cent cut in office expenses and a 12-per cent cut in telephone expenditure.

Trend spotting: Two decades on, riots still scar Tilak Nagar

Sunday 30 November '08

Amarjeet Singh turned 20 this April. And the resident of Tilak Nagar, a resettlement colony of 1984 riot victims, voted for the first time.