Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Savita Vihar Vs Irrigation & Flood Control Department & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant raised the grievance against throwing of construction debris and sewage obstruction in the Ghazipur drain. According to the applicant this drain flows behind …
Social networking site Facebook is fast catching on with Government agencies as the fastest medium to reach out to the youth and keyboard tapping denizens. After the widespread response to the Delhi police and MCD pages, the Delhi Government’s Environment and Forests department is the latest entrant on the popular …
The spat between residents of Sukhdev Vihar and the Delhi government over the proposed waste-to-energy plant witnessed another twist during the ongoing hearing in the Delhi High Court on Monday. While the counsel for the Residents
Waste-to-energy plant z Residents of colony filed PIL in HC claiming that the plant was too close and posed an environment threat The Delhi government has filed a detailed counter to the PIL by Sukhdev Vihar residents who had claimed that the construction of a waste-to-energy plant in the locality …
With only 0.05% of the total area of the country, Delhi is home to 1.34% of India's population. This creates enormous pressure on natural and man-made resources, and generates situations in which non-health determinants may take precedence over the conventional determinants directly associated with health and health care.
Residents of several colonies in Okhla on Thursday marched to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to protest against the construction of a toxic waste-to-energy incinerator by Jindal Ecopolis in the thickly-populated area in south Delhi. The residents presented a memorandum to environment minister Jairam Ramesh demanding the project …
Neither the DDA nor the Traffic Police can be blamed if housing colonies are filled to capacity with parked cars. The residents of BB Block in Jankapuri discovered this when they turned to the RTI Act after many appeals to both the agencies went unanswered. In an RTI reply to …
A YEAR has passed since the residents welfare association (RWA) of B3A Block, Janakpuri, adopted five parks, and the difference is there for everybody to see. RWA president S K Chandan points at a green neighbourhood park and says,
In recent months, the BJP-dominated Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the Congress-led Delhi government have been outdoing each other in floating proposals and schemes for better governance. The MCD is in the throes of implementing a new Residents' Welfare Committee (RWC) scheme. Not to be left behind, the Delhi …
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today assured the resident welfare associations of Okhla that there would be no health hazard due to the waste-to-energy plant being built in the area because only domestic waste would be used to generate power. The CM gave the assurance to the RWAs at a …
Panchkula MC Budget; Nothing for slums; last year only Rs 3.69 cr was spent on development work. In its first meeting in a year, the Panchkula Municipal Council (MC) passed its budget unanimously for fiscal 2011-12. An amount of Rs 37.75 crore has been earmarked for development works whereas last …
The responsibility of municipalities to provide crucial services is being increasingly passed on to the resident welfare associations located in middle and upper middle class areas in cities. Similar tools of intervention are absent in the slums and low-income neighbourhoods and even the local ward committees fail to represent their …
The buying and selling of the flats in buildings standing on notified private forest lands in Mumbai and Thane is going on uninterruptedly. The fate of nearly 5 lakh families in 15,000 buildings with several thousand apartments in Borivli, Mulund, Nahur and Thane is hanging in balance for the past …
With the onset of monsoon in the national Capital, dengue and swine flu cases are increasing with 25 fresh cases of dengue and 32 cases of swine flu reported during the last 24 hour. According to the officials, the number of dengue cases has reached 322 this season.
Residents In Several Colonies Object To Design Of Toilet-Cum-Coffee Houses New Delhi: The toilet-cum-coffee houses being constructed by Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) before the Commonwealth Games are already courting controversy. Resident welfare associations (RWAs) and traders of various colonies have raised concerns about the tawdry design, location and the …
New Delhi: A discussion among Delhi Jal Board (DJB), resident welfare associations and civil society groups on the proposed groundwater bill on Tuesday brought to the fore several apprehensions. Residents pointed out that since DJB was proposing to charge for groundwater use, would the agency then be liable if groundwater …
Even with the Chief Minister coming out on the street to observe the Earth Hour yesterday, the amount of power saved in the Capital was not even half as much as was saved last year. The lack of enthusiasm could be attributed to the fact that this was the second …
Delhi will join 91 other countries in switching off their lights for Earth Hour at 8.30 pm sharp across the globe. Last year, the Capital saved 700 megawatts (MW) during the Earth Hour. Monuments, government buildings, residential and commercial establishments switched off non-essential lights for an hour to save energy. …
Residential welfare associations are a window of opportunity to consolidate loose networks of local associations engaged in activities around urban services. They have changed the dynamics of urban politics. This article attempts to trace how, while working in an increasingly globalised and polarised city like Bangalore, these groups demand a …
