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HomeCity: Delhi / NCR

City: Delhi / NCR

Society

History of cities, as remembered by the people

August 27, 2021 Annabel Lopez

Citizens are often ahead of public officials in exploring the history of their cities and neighbourhoods; their success could point the way forward.

Delhi corporation school students
Education

Delhi: The case of the missing class 5 students from corporation schools

August 19, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

Thousands of Class 5 students from MCD run-schools are not traceable as their phone numbers and addresses in the records are wrong.

A view of Delhi City
Civic

Why citizen groups want more time to respond on the draft Delhi Master Plan 2041

July 22, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

Clearly, the Main Bhi Dilli Campaign (MBD) and planning authorities are not on the same page on most issues covered in the draft Delhi Master Plan 2041

The new parliament, part of Delhi's Central Vista Redevelopment project
Civic

Central Vista Redevelopment Project: Rules and laws thrown to the winds

June 19, 2021 Tikender Panwar

From land-use change to heritage protection to building laws, the government’s thrust on fast completion of the Central Vista Redevelopment Project has led to several violations.

Environment

Central Vista redevelopment: What we lose along with the trees around the National Archive

June 7, 2021 Jasmine Singh

1,838 trees in Delhi are slated for transplantation to make way for the Central Vista plans, despite the survival record of transplanted trees being very poor.

delhi land use and urban planning aerial view
Governance

As Delhi works on Master Plan 2041, time to rethink city plans from the bottom up

May 27, 2021 Benjamin Mathews John and Abhik Banerji

Delhi’s 4th master plan, the MPD 2041, is currently in the works. These FAQs explain what master plans are and why strong local area plans are as important.

COVID second spike mutants
Health

Opinion: How to break the inertia and solve the hospital bed crisis

May 17, 2021 Tikender Panwar

The only way the present crisis can be mitigated is by re-designating existing facilities and changing the ‘work as usual’ mindset. We need to think out of the box.

Governance

Opinion: Amendment to law on Delhi governance retrograde and regressive

May 2, 2021 Tikender Panwar

It is high time we start discussing how our cities are to be governed. Parliament should consider framing a 4th list apart from the present Union, Concurrent and State Lists.

Society

Don’t let your desperation during COVID times make you fall for such scams

April 27, 2021 Anusha Virmani

In these trying times, don’t let down your guard. A Delhi resident shares a cautionary tale, along with tips on what to check when you buy something online.

Environment

The price of a new storm-water drain in Delhi: 600 trees and a park

April 5, 2021 Rohan Kathpalia

Amit Kumar and his fellow Dwarka Sector 8 residents are fighting to prevent the DDA from destroying the only public park in their sector.

A smoggy Delhi neighbourhood
Environment

Delhi: Lapse of air quality commission confirms the devious motives behind it

March 17, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

It was clear from the word go that this lapsed Ordinance was meant primarily to prevent the Supreme Court from appointing the Justice Madan B Lokur commission to prevent stubble burning.

Education

Betrayed, cheated, angry: Delhi’s municipal school teachers not paid since August

February 4, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

Online teaching, physical coordination with students lacking digital access, frontline COVID duty — they have done everything expected of them. Yet their pleas fall on deaf ears everywhere.

Environment

Why NCR citizens are against a waste to energy plant at Bandhwari

January 26, 2021 News Desk

The landfill has poisoned groundwater in the vicinity and 50-60 people have died of cancer in the region. Residents fear the plant will only make matters worse.

Health

Nobody’s children: Out-of-school kids in Delhi find their plates empty

January 20, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

Lockdown and absence of midday meals has hit child nutrition badly. Even worse-off are the very poor and street children, who are struggling to secure a meal a day.

Health

Delhi: Kids go hungry even as foodgrains rot in overflowing godowns

January 19, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

The nutritional value of what the poor eat is not obtained from what they get with their ration card, but about what extra they can afford to put on the plate.

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