City: Delhi / NCR Citizen Matters

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Delhi: Super commission fiddles while air pollution turns deadly

January 8, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

It is still the Supreme Court that continues to drive government action towards bringing down air pollution in Delhi-NCR.

Delhi’s waste mountain is pushing up child mortality, but does anyone really care?

December 9, 2020 Sri Krishna

On the night of November 24th, a fire broke out at the Ghazipur landfill site in the capital, choking an already severely polluted city.

Delhi’s COVID numbers: Blame the people, not air pollution

December 5, 2020 K V Venkatasubramanian

The hike in penalty for not wearing the mask has only led to a new trend. Masks have slid down the nose and mouth, and rest on the chin.

Chandni Chowk, from Shah Jahan to Kejriwal

December 3, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

Now, for pedestrians only! Delhi’s iconic 17th century market road gets a new look and modern makeover.

Delhi struggles to breathe; can the new super commission bring relief?

November 25, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

No one really expected the CAQM to immediately clear up the smog. NCR residents will simply have to wait and hope it shows results next year. The question is, will it?

Opinion: This Diwali, let’s just be selfish!

November 13, 2020 Satarupa Sen Bhattacharya

The issue around firecrackers is not a religious, cultural or legal one. It is one that concerns every one of us individually, our health and that of our children.

City Buzz: Hyderabad floods | COVID-19 vaccine in a few months | The top biomedical waste generator….and more

October 17, 2020 News Desk

A recap of important urban updates across the country over the past week

City Buzz: ICMR allows walk-in tests | Delhi at risk from super spreader dhabas | Ahmedabad survey shows reinfection risk

September 6, 2020 News Desk

India has now recorded more than 41 lakh COVID cases. Which are the worst affected states now? What are the changes in testing protocol? What are the latest updates from cities such as Delhi, Noida and Ahmedabad?

Delhi electric vehicle policy: Ambitious targets, but is the capital ready?

August 31, 2020 Asha Ramachandran

The policy aims to make 25% of all new vehicles in Delhi electric, by the next four years. But it has no answers to some very critical questions that will determine its success.